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Varieties designated for 2018 wheat class

By Lee Hart April 20, 2016

It might take a bit of thought to keep all the old and new classes straight, but here are the wheat varieties scheduled to be moved into a new Canada Northern Hard Red (CNHR) class effective August 1, 2018. There are 29 long-standing Canadian wheat varieties on the list and of those, 25 were originally registered […] Read more

Cereals, Crops

Wheat class changes for 2016

By Lee Hart April 20, 2016

While it is the hard red spring (CWRS) varieties that capture most of the attention as the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) introduces some new wheat classifications effective in 2018, there are some changes taking place for the 2016 growing season. Starting this year, effective August 1, 2016, the CGC is changing the name (and moving […] Read more

Crops, Winter Wheat

Don’t reseed winter wheat too soon

One agronomist recommends getting halfway through seeding before you decide

By Julienne Isaacs April 19, 2016

In parts of the Prairies, thin to nonexistent snow cover in parts through much of the early spring months might have some farmers worried about their winter wheat. But agronomists say it’s too soon to make the decision to reseed. “You can go out and do a spring assessment at the end of April if […] Read more

Cereals, Crops

Perennial wheat more than a pipedream

It's still years from commercialization, but early perennial wheat research is promising

By Julienne Isaacs April 11, 2016

Doug Cattani is working on a long-term investment that will pay dividends down the road. The University of Manitoba plant sciences professor is currently in year five of a now much-publicized 15- to 20-year perennial wheatgrass breeding project. Perennial grain is something of a holy grail in plant breeding: a cereal crop that delivers high […] Read more

Columns, Markets

A six-month marketing check in

Looking back at recent market movements, what should you have done?

By Brian Wittal April 11, 2016

Looking back over the last six months, how did you do from a marketing perspective? The fastest way to assess this is to look at a couple of commodity price charts. You can find these charts and more online for free at tradingcharts.com. Wheat price First, let’s look at May Minneapolis wheat futures (see chart at […] Read more

Cereals, Crops, Features

Kiwi secrets to growing record wheat

This New Zealand farmer has grown wheat yielding 232 bushels per acre

By Lilian Schaer April 4, 2016

An agronomist from New Zealand who helped a grower in that country set world wheat yield records was a guest speaker at this year’s Southwest Agricultural Conference in Ridgetown, Ont. According to Graeme Jones, arable business manager with PGG Wrightson Seeds, the recipe has three key ingredients: environment, management and genetics. Although the current wheat […] Read more

Cereals, News

Prairie wheat growers wanted for gluten strength study

What's in it for you? Valuable data about your wheat, and potentially help boost returns for the whole class

By Allan Dawson March 18, 2016

Scientists investigating the effect weather, agronomics and genotype have on milling wheat quality are appealing to farmers across the Prairies to participate in their study. The goal is to improve the quantity, quality and consistency of Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat and in so doing increase returns to farmers. In return participating farmers will […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Spring Wheat

Egypt to allow trace ergot in wheat

By Reuters, GFM Network News March 7, 2016

Cairo | Reuters –– Egypt will allow wheat imports with trace levels of the ergot fungus of up to 0.05 per cent, the agriculture ministry said Monday, a day after the head of its agriculture quarantine authority was changed. Former quarantine head Saad Moussa’s zero tolerance policy on ergot had led to shipments to the […] Read more

Sunset in Egypt on the Nile River south of Luxor. (CIA.gov)

Cereals, Reuters

Egypt’s Agriculture Ministry to keep sending wheat inspectors abroad

By GFM Network News March 4, 2016

Abu Dhabi/Reuters – The Agriculture Ministry of Egypt, the world’s largest wheat importer, said on Friday it would continue to send experts to inspect government wheat purchases at ports of origin. Sources had told Reuters on Thursday that the agricultural quarantine authority was considering halting inspections abroad. “The central administration of the agriculture quarantine will continue […] Read more

These changes in height and lodging rates were found on irrigated land at Lethbridge in 2015.

Cereals, Crops, Features

Researchers put PGRs to the test

Alberta researchers find that PGRs impact different wheat varieties in different ways

By Lisa Guenther March 2, 2016

The perception that all hard red wheat varieties respond equally to plant growth regulators doesn’t hold up in the field, according to an Alberta Agriculture and Forestry researcher. “We’ve looked at several different hard reds that have a height reduction, but they don’t have the improvement in standability that we need,” Dr. Sheri Strydhorst told […] Read more

Daily Network News

Argus cuts Ukraine wheat crop forecast on lower harvest area

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Southern California honeybees show resistance to varroa mites

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