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Jun. 13, 2013 at 6:09 pm CDT

After a gruelling spring, Prairie grain growers have caught up. All three Prairie provinces are reporting virtual completion of seeding in their latest crop reports. Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development says 97 per cent of the crop is in the ground, which is in line with the long-term-average. Emergence is […]

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Jun. 7, 2013 at 7:31 pm CDT

With a cycle of high moisture and then a few days of dry, soil crusting is an issue in canola fields in parts of eastern Saskatchewan in particular, according to the Canola Council of Canada. Canola seedlings can’t penetrate the crust, and often curl back and die, the council said […]

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Jun. 7, 2013 at 7:02 pm CDT

Canola rowers should be using early-season fungicide applications against blackleg only if blackleg caused yield losses last season, the Canola Council of Canada warns. A number of factors increase blackleg risk, such as tight canola rotations, using the same variety in the rotation, yield losses from blackleg in previous years, […]

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Jun. 4, 2013 at 9:52 am CDT

Seeding is still behind schedule, but grain growers throughout Manitoba and Saskatchewan are getting the crop into the ground as quickly as possible. In Saskatchewan, the provincial agriculture ministry reports “great strides” were made in seeding progress in the past week, with 67 per cent of the 2013 crop now […]

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May. 28, 2013 at 1:37 pm CDT

After an excruciatingly slow start to the seeding season, Prairie farmers are quickly getting the crop into the ground, according to the latest crop reports from the agriculture departments of all three provincial governments. In Alberta, weather conditions in the province during the last two weeks have been mainly warm, […]

By FBC staff