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Mild weather poses risks for Prairie winter wheat

By Phil Franz-Warkentin January 26, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Milder-than-normal temperatures across Western Canada over the past week could raise some issues for its winter wheat crops, though snow cover and conditions through the rest of the winter will also be important. “It’s not ideal conditions for winter wheat, and I’d anticipate that we’d see some damage,” said CWB analyst Bruce […] Read more

Cereals, Crops, Reuters, Weather, Winter Wheat

Arctic air surge puts U.S. SRW wheat at risk of winterkill

By Christine Stebbins January 5, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — An arctic blast hitting the U.S. Midwest this week will put a third of the dormant soft red winter (SRW) wheat crop at risk of damage, agricultural meteorologists said Monday. “It looks like extensive sub-zero temperatures on Wednesday night in the soft wheat belt will leave one-third of the belt at […] Read more

Crops, Weather, Winter Wheat

Recent mild spell seen hurting Prairie winter wheat

By Terryn Shiells December 17, 2014

Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Recent milder weather seen in Western Canada was unfavourable for winter wheat crops and has left the crops more vulnerable to winterkill. “The major impact is that it melted some of the snow cover that the winter wheat had, and in a lot of cases now some of those fields are bare,” […] Read more

Crops, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Winter wheat isn’t spring wheat

Ever wonder why buyers get so upset at the idea of mixing winter wheat with a shipment of spring?

By Trevor Hnatowich November 10, 2014

Reading Time: 2 minutes Commercial bakeries need dependable flour to achieve consistent end-product quality, which means that traits such as extensibility, protein content, and water absorption must remain the same with each flour shipment. Millers around the world choose Canadian wheat because of its reputation for consistency among shipments, year after year. Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) is regarded […] Read more

Cereals, Crops, Weather, Winter Wheat

Prairies’ winter wheat looks good heading into dormancy

By Terryn Shiells November 7, 2014

Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — There weren’t a lot of acres planted to winter wheat in Western Canada this fall due to the late harvest of many other crops — but what was seeded looks good as it heads into dormancy. “The fields that are there look good, just we have no clue how much there is,” […] Read more

Crops, Production

Tufted vetch takes off

Tufted vetch not a new weed, just a different weed challenge

By Ralph Pearce July 14, 2014

Reading Time: 3 minutes The battle with weeds just never seems to end, and now, as if resistant weeds, dandelions or Eastern black nightshade don’t provide enough challenges, there’s some concern that tufted vetch will be a growing issue for an increasing number of farmers. To be fair, Canada fleabane, giant ragweed and common ragweed are still the “Big […] Read more

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