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FHB infection in barley. The Brewing and Malting Barley Research Institute and the Canadian Grain Commission are testing an innovative post-harvest treatment from a Scandinavian company called ThermoSeed. It has potential to eliminate the pathogen during malting and brewing.

Careful grain sampling key when looking for mycotoxins

Ontario’s worst-ever year for DON infection in corn may provide some guidance for managing the problem in Western Canada

By Julienne Isaacs January 7, 2020

Reading Time: 5 minutes For Ontario corn growers dealing with an outbreak of deoxynivalenol (DON), 2018 was a year to forget. “It was a really major, widespread issue,” says Art Schaafsma, a professor in field crop pest management for the University of Guelph’s Ridgetown Campus. He says the last time the industry saw widespread issues with DON was in […] Read more

Cereals, Production

Guess who’s paying for new grain grading?

New CGC regulations would add DON and falling number to Canada’s grade specifications

By Ralph Pearce August 6, 2019

Reading Time: 8 minutes A proposal by the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) to add two grading factors to its list of parameters is stirring considerable debate, mostly among members of the western Canadian food value chain, but also in the east. The two factors revealed in a document published by the CGC late last year are falling number (FN) […] Read more

Crops

Grain grading revamp may add falling number, DON as factors

By GFM Staff March 12, 2019

Reading Time: 3 minutes Two significant grain specs that aren’t yet factors for a crop’s official grade are now under consideration to join that official list. The Canadian Grain Commission on Monday put out a call for “grain sector stakeholders” to submit their views before May 10 on a proposal for falling number and deoxynivalenol (DON) to both become […] Read more

Crops, Weather

Pearce: Multiple modes of action an emerging reality for fungicides

By Ralph Pearce August 17, 2018

Reading Time: 2 minutes As growers face more challenges from weeds, diseases and insects, many researchers, agronomists, advisers and farmers have shifted thinking from “control” of pests to “managing” them. Some of this trend is attributable to single-mode-of-action products and a reliance on one or two chemistries or technologies — but the adaptability of weed, disease and insect species […] Read more

The falling number test requires laboratory-like conditions, and is usually only done at selected central locations when there is a general concern about sprout damage.

Cereals, Crops

Better than meets the eye?

Canada’s quality-control system still has a lot of support, but some are calling for grades to be determined by machines, not the human eye

By Richard Kamchen March 7, 2018

Reading Time: 4 minutes Is that No. 2 CWRS just as good for milling and baking as a No. 1? Or does that No. 1 CWRS have some quality damage that can’t be seen with the naked eye, making it no better than a No. 2? The answer could be yes in both cases, sometimes, in cases that might […] Read more

AAC Connect (left) offers moderate resistance to fusarium, making it attractive for the eastern Prairies. CDC Bow (right) has good standability, but its susceptibility to fusarium makes it more of a candidate for the western Prairies.

Barley, Crops

Maltsters keen on promising new barley varieties

The recommended malting list for 2018 contains varieties with better agronomics than Copeland and Metcalfe

By Richard Kamchen February 26, 2018

Reading Time: 4 minutes For a change, it’s not just farmers who are eagerly greeting new malting barley varieties. Maltsters, too, are singing the praises of emerging varieties intended to replace the big two. The Canadian Malting Barley Technical Centre’s 2018-19 list of recommended malting barley varieties emphasizes growing demand for AAC Synergy, plus two new varieties, AAC Connect […] Read more

Ontario farmers, such as this one harvesting near Lucan, Ont. say yields are as good as last year, with this farm seeing about 100 bushels per acre.

Crops, Production, Winter Wheat

Ontario winter wheat crop yielding well, quality good

By John Greig July 20, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutes Ontario’s winter wheat crop is living up to its great expectations after a warm winter and lots of spring rain got it off to a great start. Farmers have been harvesting the crop for two weeks in the southwest of the province, but are just getting going in other areas. “I think the wheat’s looking […] Read more

Canola, Crops

Four canola diseases to watch for

Be ready to recognize these major diseases in your canola crop this summer

By Lisa Guenther May 29, 2017

Reading Time: 6 minutes Is that canola crop afflicted by blackleg, root rot, both, or something else entirely? It’s a messy question farmers and agronomists encounter every year. Presenters tried to untangle those problems at CanoLAB in Vermilion this winter. Here are four diseases to watch for in canola fields this summer, and tips on diagnosing them. 1. Blackleg […] Read more

Hogs, Livestock, Markets

Canadian hog prices to rise by summer

By Dave Sims March 17, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Cheap prices for feed and a softer Canadian dollar have helped keep Canadian hog prices aloft so far in 2017. “Right now producers are looking at $180 to $184 a pig,” said Andrew Dickson, general manger of Manitoba Pork. “Prices are looking pretty good for June, July, August.” By July, he said, […] Read more

Crops, Oats

Wheat disease risk sees farmers looking to oats

By Phil Franz-Warkentin - MarketsFarm February 27, 2017

Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS Canada — Canadian farmers are showing an increased interest in seeding oats this spring, despite a lack of activity from a pricing standpoint, as quality concerns in wheat and barley have growers looking to other cereals. “We are seeing a huge influx of acres into oats,” said Scott Shiels, grain procurement merchant with Grain […] Read more

Prairie cash wheat: Bids generally higher

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