Reading Time: < 1 minute Manitoba Agriculture’s insect and disease update has been issued for this week. Topics this week include armyworms in cereals, aphids, thrips, sclerotinia, soybean aphid and green cloverworms. Due to the provincial government publication ban in advance of an election, the reports cannot be posted on the MAFRI website, but are available here and on our […] Read more
Manitoba weekly pest and disease update
Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame announces 2011 inductees
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame has announced three inductees for 2011. Full biographies are in the accompanying document. • Dr. David Chalack (nominated by the Canadian Livestock Genetics Association)• Laurent Souligny (nominated by Egg Farmers of Canada)• Frank Stenger (nominated by Jersey Canada) The formal induction ceremony will take place later this year at the Canadian […] Read more
Manitoba crop report: things turn hot and dry
Reading Time: < 1 minute After several months of cool wet weather, Manitoba has turned hot and dry, conditions which are reflected in Manitoba Agriculture’s weekly crop report. Conditions vary throughout the province, but there are some concerns about heat stress depending on seeding date and crop staging. However haying conditions are generally favourable. Because of a publication ban in […] Read more
PEI spring wheat growers urged to monitor fusarium
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Prince Edward Island Department of Agriculture has issued a statement reminding spring wheat growers that the crop is most susceptible to fusarium head blight in the week following head emergence. Conditions in the next few days will have a large effect on the degree of fusarium damage present at harvest, as infection is promoted […] Read more
Legumex Walker confirms U.S. canola plant
Reading Time: < 1 minute Legumex Walker Inc. has confirmed that it will proceed with construction of a canola crushing plant in Warden, Washington, its first plant in the U.S. It is expected to be completed by late 2012 and operational in 2013. The plant is being built and operated by Pacific Coast Canola, a Washington State company owned 85 […] Read more
Five winter wheat classes reclassified Aug. 1
Reading Time: < 1 minute If you still have stocks of certain winter wheat varieties, you may want to deliver them by the end of this month. The Canadian Grain Commission has reminded grain producers and industry stakeholders that effective August 1, 2013, the following wheat varieties will be moved from the Canada Western Red Winter (CWRW) class to the […] Read more
Greenbelt Fund projects promote Ontario food
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Ontario government’s Greenbelt Fund has announced funding for two projects to encourage more use of Ontario food. 100 Mile Market, a group of 160 farmers, will receive funding to provide more Ontario food to daycares, schools, universities and colleges, and hospital and long-term care facilities. “Getting local food from the field to students and […] Read more
New Brunswick maple syrup plant receives funding
Reading Time: < 1 minute The New Brunswick and federal governments are providing more than $284,000 to help Canadian Syrup Inc., a maple syrup company in Elgin, N.B. build a modern and more efficient plant. The provincial government is providing $40,000 through the NB Growth Program to enable the company to build a 1,080-square-metre (12,000-sq.-ft.) plant with modern processing equipment […] Read more
MANA sells controlling interest to Chinese company
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Makhteshim Agan Group (MANA) has announced that 60 per cent of the company will be purchased by ChemChina, a large Chinese chemicals and agrochemical company controlled by the Chinese government. Sale price will be US$1.44 billion, the company said. MANA, based in Israel, is the world’s largest manufacturer of off-patent pesticides, including 17 herbicide, […] Read more
Dryness continues in Argentina
Reading Time: < 1 minute Hot weather and dryness continue to threaten corn and soy production in Argentina, where some corn crops are entering a a key growth stage, according to a Reuters report. Corn plants are starting to die in some areas and the soy crop is developing at a slower rate than normal due to parched conditions, which […] Read more
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