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Time to test all Man. fields for clubroot, province says

By Country Guide Staff June 5, 2015

Reading Time: 3 minutes Distribution of clubroot spores across Manitoba now suggests it’s time for more widespread testing to keep the disease in check, the provincial ag department recommends. Since the disease appeared in Manitoba in 2009, fewer than five per cent of the province’s farms have so far been tested for the spores that cause the yield-robbing disease […] Read more

Canola at the cotyledon stage. (Photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)

Canola, Crops, Weather

U.S. canola crop also hurt by frost, likely off early estimates

By Phil Franz-Warkentin June 4, 2015

Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS Canada — Recent frost that forced farmers to reseed canola fields across a large portion of Western Canada also reached into canola-growing regions of the northern U.S., with production likely taking a hit south of the border as well. “We’ve had at least 200,000 acres that have been reseeded, and a small number of […] Read more

Barley, Crops, Markets

Lethbridge feed barley feels slight lift from canola

By Dave Sims June 3, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — It seems the recent surge in canola has carried over to the feed barley market near Lethbridge. A weekend frost and other issues saw canola futures jump sharply in recent days, and according to trader Jim Beusekom at Market Place Commodities near Lethbridge, that rally has given strength to the feed barley […] Read more

Flea beetle feeding (Photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)

Crops, Weather

Cutworm, flea beetle pressure piling on Prairie crops

By Jade Markus June 2, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — High levels of cutworms and flea beetles are damaging crops in Western Canada this spring, according to Manitoba’s crop entomologist. Manitoba growers started noticing damage from cutworms this week, said John Gavloski, extension entomologist for Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development in Carman. “They were there in the fields, but they were […] Read more

(Photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)

Canola, Crops, Weather

Tight seed supplies, storms could hamper canola reseeding

By Jade Markus June 1, 2015

Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS Canada — Frosty late-May weather in parts of Western Canada means some farmers will need to reseed canola crops — but due to a seed shortage, some may have to wait. Temperatures dropped below freezing for a number of hours Saturday morning across a large area of Manitoba and into eastern Saskatchewan, according to […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Weather

Some S. Manitoba canola ‘wiped out’ in weekend frost

By Terryn Shiells June 1, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada –– Many canola crops in southern Manitoba were badly damaged by frost early Saturday morning, leading farmers to reseed fields, one local farmer reports. “There’s quite a bit of canola that has been damaged, and some guys are reseeding. Some guys are still assessing, though,” said Anastasia Kubinec, oilseed specialist with Manitoba, Agriculture, […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets

Canola crush margins deteriorating

By Phil Franz-Warkentin May 21, 2015

Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS Canada — Canadian canola crush margins continue to drift lower and currently find themselves at some of their worst levels in over a year. Declining demand for canola oil, together with the fact that a lack of farmer selling is forcing processors to pay up to bring in canola seed, was behind some of […] Read more

Canola, Crops

Canola program stacks genes against new clubroot

By Dave Bedard May 13, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes Rather than send out a canola variety with a single source of resistance against clubroot — especially the disease’s most recent pathotype — Agrium’s CPS division has stacked several sources into the new hybrids it’s sending for testing this summer. Crop Production Services on Monday announced its “next generation” of Argentine canola hybrids shows “high […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola drifts downward in rangebound trading

By Dave Sims April 29, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada –– ICE Futures Canada canola contracts chopped around in sideways trading during the week ended Wednesday, before settling slightly lower. Activity was volatile with values generally staying within a $10 range, analysts said. Gains in the U.S. soy complex were responsible for much of the support canola saw over the five-day period, along […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

ADM to upgrade crush plants for soy

By Country Guide Staff April 27, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes Archer Daniels Midland plans to get ahead of increased soy acreage on the Prairies by upgrading two crushing plants to handle more soybeans. The U.S. agrifood firm said Monday it will upgrade its processing plant at Enderlin, N.D., about 80 km southwest of Fargo, to crush soybeans as well as canola and sunflower seed. At […] Read more

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Time to test all Man. fields for clubroot, province says

U.S. canola crop also hurt by frost, likely off early estimates

Lethbridge feed barley feels slight lift from canola

Cutworm, flea beetle pressure piling on Prairie crops

Tight seed supplies, storms could hamper canola reseeding

Some S. Manitoba canola ‘wiped out’ in weekend frost

Canola crush margins deteriorating

Canola program stacks genes against new clubroot

ICE weekly outlook: Canola drifts downward in rangebound trading

ADM to upgrade crush plants for soy

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