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Ont. panel to study crop pesticide management for bee health

Reading Time: 3 minutes Faced with beekeepers demanding a ban on neonicotinoid pesticides, and crop growers bent on keeping those products available, the Ontario government hopes a new “cross-industry” panel on bee health will find some middle ground. The province on Tuesday announced the formation of a Bee Health Working Group, which it said will include “beekeepers, farmers, agribusiness […] Read more
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McMillan: U.S. wheat harvest behind the curve

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Reading Time: 2 minutes The U.S. wheat harvest continues to roll off the field, albeit at a slower than normal pace. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) on Monday reported that nationally, the country’s winter wheat harvest is 57 per cent complete, compared to the 2008-to-2012 average of 64 per cent. Crop growth and development […] Read more
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Oat prices could move lower due to high acreage

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Canadian oat prices are expected to move lower after a Statistics Canada report showed acreage up significantly in 2013-14. However, oats’ price spread relationship with other commodities will continue to strengthen,said Ryan McKnight, grain merchant for Linear Grain at Carman, Man. According to StatsCan, 3.371 million acres of oats were seeded this spring, up about […] Read more
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McMillan: Prairie flax acres rise, shift

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Reading Time: 3 minutes It may have fallen short of the initial estimates for this year, but flax has seen its first increase in acreage since 2010. Initial estimates by Statistics Canada in its April seeding intentions repor saw farmers indicate they may seed 1.24 million acres. However, based on the June 25 Field Crop Reporting Series from Statistics […] Read more
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Moisture boosts risk of sclerotinia stem rot: Canola Council

Reading Time: 2 minutes Moisture in the canola canopy — before, during and after flowering — promotes the sclerotinia cycle that can produce severe sclerotinia stem rot infection in crops. Sclerotinia stem rot is the most common and costly disease of canola on the Canadian Prairies, and its severity is directly related to moisture. If a field has regular […] Read more
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Weevils, grasshoppers on Prairie farmers’ radar

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Reading Time: 3 minutes As this year’s crops develop on the Prairies, several pests are growing right along with them. Cabbage seedpod weevils, grasshoppers and alfalfa weevils are all on farmers’ radar right now — and wheat midge may be, soon. Here’s a look at the insect situation across the Prairies: Cabbage seedpod weevils are popping up in Alberta […] Read more
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Canola rangebound, watching weather and soybeans

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Reading Time: 2 minutes ICE Futures Canada canola contracts were lower during the week ending Wednesday, as relatively favourable Canadian crop conditions and a combination of bearish outside market influences weighed on values. Prices neared the low end of their well established trading range and found some support, as activity slowed down ahead of the U.S. Independence Day holiday. […] Read more
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U.S. wheat up one per cent as China buys

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Reading Time: 3 minutes U.S. wheat rose over one per cent on Wednesday, posting its best advance in two weeks on reports that China bought large quantities of wheat from Australia and the U.S. Wheat also traded higher on a bargain buying spree, after a series of eight consecutive daily losses drove the market to a one-year low earlier […] Read more

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