Tag Archives cereals

Top 10 weed management practices
Crops

Top 10 weed management practices

Herbicide resistant weeds are no longer a novelty, they’re the norm

By
Hugh Beckie, a research scientist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, said it’s a challenge to get farmers to implement herbicide-resistance best management practices (BMP) because growers are diverse, and one size doesn’t fit all. But Beckie has found that growers who use BMPs tend to have less herbicide resistance. So, in the spirit of David[...]
Read more
Eight tips to run your own crop trials
Crops

Eight tips to run your own crop trials

Do your own research instead of adapting other people's research to your farm

By
Every acre can be a research acre, said Nicole Philp to farmers at this years CropSphere in Saskatoon. Farmers interested in testing new products and practices can create powerful data sets with a little co-ordination, said Philp, a Canola Council of Canada agronomist. But how can you make sure you get good data out of[...]
Read more
Photo: Prairie Oat Growers Assoc.
Crops, Oats

Five tips for a successful oat crop

By
Oats is a small-acre crop that has tended to fall behind in terms of agronomy research. That’s changing as more oat varieties become available and new niche markets continue to develop and offer premiums to growers meeting their specifications. For anyone trying oats for the first time, or considering adding oats to their rotation, soak[...]
Read more
In the chase for varieties best suited to Ontario conditions, the needs of farmers and the seed companies get balanced with those of the processors.
Cereals, Crops

Getting back into Toledo

IP premiums for soft red and other wheats may open doors to make both reds and white more profitable

By
Reading Time: 4 minutes In Eastern Canada, if you hear the phrase “identity preserved” or “IP,” it’s almost always in connection with soybeans. And that’s only fair, given the importance of that market. But increasingly, “IP wheat” is also becoming part of the jargon. In 2015, the soft red winter wheat variety Branson seemed to be the hot commodity[...]
Read more
Will van Roessel reported a 15-bushel yield from Guttino rye harvested this fall.
Cereals, Crops

Rye takes an innovation jump

Hybrid varieties and new specialty markets are breathing new life into what had become the poor cousin of the Prairie cereal family

By
Reading Time: 5 minutes Some new varieties and new markets may signal the end of a long decline in Western Canada’s rye production. The 1990s started with rye area pushing the 1.3-million-acre mark, yet this year only 220,000 acres went into the ground. But some of those acres were planted with new hybrid varieties that have produced some eye-popping[...]
Read more
New triticale varieties have reduced awn, which makes them more suitable for swath grazing.
Cereals, Crops

New life for triticale

High yield, high nutrition, disease resistance and swath grazing potential are among the attractions of this wheat/rye hybrid

By
Reading Time: 6 minutes Triticale was introduced to Canada in the 1960s and got a bit of extra fanfare from a mention in the famous Star Trek episode “The Trouble With Tribbles.” Interest soon waned, but the wheat-rye hybrid is now getting some renewed attention as a versatile crop with potential for grain, forage and ethanol production. Breeding programs[...]
Read more
Oats (pictured) and barley will be two crops that enjoy a renaissance in the coming years, thanks to a renewed interest, a revitalized research initiative, and new varieties.
Cereals, Crops

New in spring cereal crop varieties

Developments in the public breeding sector are generating excitement in spring cereals

By
Reading Time: 2 minutes The world of spring cereals may never be the same in Eastern Canada, especially in the next few years. In the past 12 months, two new positions have been filled within the public breeding sector, with new breaders at the University of Guelph and at Agriculture and Agri-Food’s Eastern Cereal and Oilseed Research Centre (AAFC-ECORC)[...]
Read more
Adding yellow peas to a serving of cereal can boost its protein content by five times.
Crops, Pulses

Peas — your morning cereal

Cereal manufacturers are looking to counter declining sales by increasing the nutritional content of their products

By
Reading Time: 3 minutes As the quality of processed foods faces greater scrutiny from consumers and media, the food industry has responded by focusing greater attention on improving nutrition in their products. Cigi (Canadian International Grains institute) is currently working with an international pulse task force led by representatives from major food-processing companies, food equipment manufacturers, millers, and the[...]
Read more
Prairie crops had a bit of everything in 2015
Crops

Prairie crops had a bit of everything in 2015

Drought in the western Prairies had a lot of people concerned about production last season, but the latest information suggests the crop was bigger and better quality than expected

By
Reading Time: 5 minutes You can see it in the numbers — the StatsCan canola numbers that is. In August the agency predicted 2015 canola production at 13.3 million tonnes. By October that number had risen to 14.3 million tonnes and one industry watcher says it could be headed even higher. David Drozd of market advisory Ag-Chieve told Country[...]
Read more
Green peas. (PulseCanada.com)
Crops, Markets

Trends for 2016: Pulses expected to steal acres from cereals

By
Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Canadian farmers are expected to seed more pulse crops at the expense of cereals in 2016, according to early projections from industry experts looking at current market trends. “Definitely we’ll see an increase in pulse crop acreage,” said Bruce Burnett, weather and crop specialist at G3 Canada. Lentils and peas are seeing[...]
Read more

A message from April Stewart, Country Guide's Associate Editor

Glacier Farmmedia Podcast

AgCanadaTV

AGCanadaTV: In case you missed it; your national ag news recap for Sept. 5, 2025

Sponsored By:
More Videos →

Latest Market News

More Market News →