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Elgin ND wheat meets sellers’ claims
Cereals, Features

Elgin ND wheat meets sellers’ claims

This Canadian northern hard red wheat gave growers high yields and better returns

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Elgin ND promises high yields and better returns. Do those claims hold up in farmers’ fields? Two growers who tried out the new variety last year share their experience. North Dakota State University plant breeders developed Elgin ND as a high-yielding milling variety. They first distributed it south of the border in 2013. In Canada, […] Read more
This photo shows Goodeve wheat, not sprayed with fungicide. The photo was taken on August 2, 2012.
Columns, Crops

Looking for solutions for fusarium

Fusarium head blight is on the rise, and Les Henry is looking for a solution

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The title of this piece might suggest that the author is an authority on plant disease, but that is not true. For this I have my farmer hat on. There is nothing like a little skin in the game to force one to read the literature and learn. My rotation had been wheat/peas/wheat/canola for 15 […] Read more
New wheat varieties fight fusarium
Cereals, Crops, Wheat & Chaff

New wheat varieties fight fusarium

Agronomy tips... from the field

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Looking at new wheat varieties for 2017? Yield, standability, as well as protein and maturity will still be top of mind. And for many, fusarium tolerance will also be high on the list. Fusarium is now established across Western Canada, and in years when environmental conditions favour the disease, it can have devastating impacts on […] Read more
Leaf spotting: what you need to know
Cereals, Crops

Leaf spotting: what you need to know

The fight against tan leaf spot, and what you can do about it in your fields

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We’ve been working with leaf spots for the last 26 years,” says Dr. Myriam Fernandez, an Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada research scientist, and lead author of the a recently released 12-year study of the impacts on climate change, region and agronomic practices on leaf spotting in wheat and durum, conducted between 2001 and 2012. Leaf […] Read more
Fusarium head blight as bad as it sounds
Cereals, Crops, News

Fusarium head blight as bad as it sounds

An Alberta study says fusarium can easily cost farmers $50/acre. What you can do?

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As demonstrated by terms like rhinorrhea, which is basically a runny nose, some conditions sound worse than they are. In the case of fusarium head blight (FHB), a cereal disease affecting small grains and corn, the nasty name fits like a glove. In her research work on plant pathology for The Grain Research Centre (CEROM) […] Read more
The white, shriveled kernels have been damaged by fusarium. Take safety measures to minimize risk.
Cereals, Crops

Got fusarium? Handle it safely

Fusarium damaged grain can be dangerous to more than just your bank account

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Does handling fusarium infected grain pose more risks to producers than regular grain? It’s a question that yields few answers to the casual researcher or farmer looking for information online. In fact, according to J. David Miller, a professor at Carleton University, you only really hear about the dangers of fusarium damaged grain, and how […] Read more
Fusarium graminearum symptoms in barley are less obvious than those in wheat. Dust from contaminated grain contains more contaminated material than the grain itself.
Cereals, Crops, Features

Marketing fusarium-damaged wheat

Got fusarium? Here are five guidelines for unloading that low-grade grain

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If you grew wheat this year, odds are good you’re facing the hard reality of fusarium. What are you going to do with damaged grain? It’s a hard question in a good year, and much harder in a year when fusarium infection is widespread. Grain infected with Fusarium graminearum can carry vomitoxin (also known as […] Read more
fusarium
Cereals, Crops

Is it fusarium or drought stress?

Drought can cause white heads in cereal crops. But so can fusarium

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Some forecasters are predicting a hot, dry summer across much of western Canada, which means farmers could see some signs of drought stress — such as bleached heads — in their cereal crops. But how can they be sure these symptoms aren’t the result of something else, like fusarium? “In a lab, we can tell […] Read more
stripe rust
Cereals, Crops

Stripe rust on the horizon for winter wheat

Keep an eye on the weather. Precipitation may bring you more than just moist soil

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Stripe rust is moving up the Pacific Northwest, so western Canadian producers might see infections in winter wheat this spring, says Randy Kutcher, associate professor at the University of Saskatchewan. Last year, there was a lot of stripe rust throughout the continent, but it was too dry on the Prairies to become a major concern […] Read more
Canola is typically sold with a seed treatment that includes both a 
fungicide and insecticide.
Crops, Features

Are seed treatments worth the cost?

Ask the Experts: Seed treatments come at a price, but some say they add enough benefits to pay that bill

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Some farmers consider seed treatments an insurance policy to try and ensure their crop has every opportunity to germinate and establish healthy plants. Others see them as another added cost they don’t need, especially if they haven’t had any serious disease issues for a while. Invariably though, once a farmer has had a disease problem […] Read more

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