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Manitoba winter wheat performance data for 2012

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Reading Time: 4 minutes Farmers select winter wheat varieties based on yield potential, disease resistance, height, standability and maturity. But what is becoming increasingly important is selecting varieties on planned end-use or marketing considerations.   Is the harvested product for milling? For ethanol production? As an ingredient in feed rations? Knowing the answers to these questions will help farmers […] Read more
Crops, General, Markets

Chinese buying could push soybeans over $20

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Reading Time: 3 minutes The July-September quarter is traditionally a soft period for U.S. soybean exports as the world’s top buyers of the oilseed typically divert their buying interest to South American suppliers while the U.S. crop rounds out the growing season. But the shortage of supplies in Brazil and Argentina following this year’s drought in that region has […] Read more
CWB to begin marketing canola
Crops, General

CWB to begin marketing canola

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Reading Time: < 1 minute CWB announced Thursday that for the first time in 63 years, it will add canola to its marketing program, a release from the organization said. The farmer sign-up for the new CWB canola pool is now open, the release said. CWB added the program to its marketing mix because farmers were interested in using the pool […] Read more
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Across Canada in a farmhouse: Calgary to Canmore

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Reading Time: 3 minutes If you haven’t been to Calgary since the last boom happened, you’ll notice the skyline has filled in quite a bit. Large office towers dominate the downtown, and there is no shortage of expensive vehicles on the roads But, as it is still a city of around a million, it proves to be manageable and […] Read more
General, Weather

Balkan drought highlights years of farm neglect

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Reading Time: 4 minutes As crops wilt and die in the Balkans, farmers struck down by a particularly harsh drought this year are rueing the region’s failure to upgrade irrigation networks and invest in a long-term agricultural strategy. Hot, dry weather in eastern and southern Europe has piled pressure on world grain markets already reeling from huge drought damage […] Read more
Crops, General

Crop Chatter: Rye on rye, undeveloped canola seeds and more

Reading Time: < 1 minute Recent questions on Manitoba’s CropChatter website include whether it’s advisable to seed fall rye back to back, the explanation for undeverloped canola seeds germinating in the pod, and why canola seeds are bleached red. Producers are invited to submit questions to the site.
Crops, General, Livestock

Nitrate risk from drought-stressed corn

Reading Time: < 1 minute As if U.S. livestock producers don’t already have enough problems, they are being warned that’s what left of drought-diminished feed supplies may be toxic to cattle. News releases from both Purdue University and the University of Missouri say that drought-stressed corn fodder may have elevated levels of nitrate, because the plant has not been able […] Read more
General, Machinery

Case IH celebrates a Magnum milestone

Reading Time: < 1 minute In his regular E-Quip machinery blog, Grainews machinery editor Scott Garvey attended the 25th anniversary of the Magnum brand in Racine, Wisconsin, and got to compare the latest version with the oldest model in existence, serial number 2. For the full report read here.

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