Insights and Stories of Staff

Pioneer gets approval of single-bag refuge protection

Jul. 20, 2011 at 1:10 pm CDT

Pioneer Hi-Bred says it has received Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) approval of its Optimum AcreMax insect protection, which integrates insect control and refuge needs in a single bag. Optimum AcreMax bags contain 95 per cent of a Pioneer hybrid with Herculex 1 insect protection plus YieldGard corn borer protection and […]

Plenty of moisture in most of Alberta: crop report

Jul. 20, 2011 at 12:54 pm CDT

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Want more respect? Then don’t quit farming

Jul. 19, 2011 at 4:43 pm CDT

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Ontario and federal governments fund traceability

Jul. 19, 2011 at 3:35 pm CDT

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Manitoba weekly pest and disease update

Jul. 19, 2011 at 3:16 pm CDT

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Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame announces 2011 inductees

Jul. 19, 2011 at 2:41 pm CDT

The Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame has announced three inductees for 2011. Full biographies are in the accompanying document. • Dr. David Chalack (nominated by the Canadian Livestock Genetics Association)• Laurent Souligny (nominated by Egg Farmers of Canada)• Frank Stenger (nominated by Jersey Canada) The formal induction ceremony will take place later […]

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Manitoba crop report: things turn hot and dry

Jul. 18, 2011 at 4:20 pm CDT

After several months of cool wet weather, Manitoba has turned hot and dry, conditions which are reflected in Manitoba Agriculture’s weekly crop report. Conditions vary throughout the province, but there are some concerns about heat stress depending on seeding date and crop staging. However haying conditions are generally favourable. Because […]

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PEI spring wheat growers urged to monitor fusarium

Jul. 18, 2011 at 1:32 pm CDT

The Prince Edward Island Department of Agriculture has issued a statement reminding spring wheat growers that the crop is most susceptible to fusarium head blight in the week following head emergence. Conditions in the next few days will have a large effect on the degree of fusarium damage present at […]

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Legumex Walker confirms U.S. canola plant

Jul. 18, 2011 at 11:34 am CDT

Legumex Walker Inc. has confirmed that it will proceed with construction of a canola crushing plant in Warden, Washington, its first plant in the U.S. It is expected to be completed by late 2012 and operational in 2013. The plant is being built and operated by Pacific Coast Canola, a […]

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Five winter wheat classes reclassified Aug. 1

Jul. 18, 2011 at 11:04 am CDT

If you still have stocks of certain winter wheat varieties, you may want to deliver them by the end of this month. The Canadian Grain Commission has reminded grain producers and industry stakeholders that effective August 1, 2013, the following wheat varieties will be moved from the Canada Western Red […]

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