Members of the organizations talking amalgamation will have their say in February at the CropConnect Conference
Manitoba farmers will vote this winter on the amalgamation of five commodity groups. Leaders of the Manitoba Corn Growers Association, the Manitoba Flax Growers Association, the National Sunflower Association of Canada, Winter Cereals Manitoba and the Manitoba Wheat and Barley Growers Association have been formally talking about a merger since 2017. The vote will happen […] Read moreMan. farm group merger vote set for winter
Bees approved to deliver disease control
Thirty years is a long time to wait. For John Sutton, the wait has been worth it because his novel idea from the late 1980s is finally coming to market. Last week, the United States Environmental Protection Agency approved a Canadian technology that uses bees to deliver a bio-control fungus that protects plants from diseases. […] Read more
Wildlife habitat program conserves land in B.C. delta
DELTA, B.C. — When commuters drive the Deltaport Way Highway on their way to the Port of Vancouver, they may glance out their windows to see fields of sunflowers nodding back at them. These strips of land are actually part of a conservation set-aside supported by the Delta Farmland Wildlife Trust. The 25-year-old program in […] Read more
Selling flowers in Alberta
Sarah Adams is a businessperson who doesn’t mind getting dirt under her fingernails. She farms about five acres near Vulcan, Alta., where she grows cut flowers for artisan bouquets. After a short time in the business, she has launched the Alberta Growers Flower Market at a venue just south of Calgary. The idea for a […] Read more
Alberta company teases out new value from oilseed
A Calgary company hopes to break into the alternative protein market using prairie grown oilseeds. Working with Corteva Canada and Rowland Farms, the company is developing a new processing technology to separate protein and oil from crops that can be used for personal products, food and animal feed. The company has perfected a proprietary technique […] Read more
BeeDar may help focus pollination efforts
Technology will be tested in North Dakota this summer that could help producers move hives based on bee activity
A high-tech company from Australia believes it can make bees more productive, particularly when it comes to pollinating crops. This summer, Bee Innovative and scientists from the University of North Dakota are testing out a concept called “precision pollination” in sunflower crops near Bismarck, N.D. They want to know if a technology, known as BeeDar, […] Read more
U.S. demand creates sunflower opportunity
American stocks are low because of increased demand, but prairie growers aren’t expected to increase acres by much
Consumers and food companies want more sunflower oil. Demand for the product is booming, especially in the United States because the food industry has moved away from unhealthy fats. Food processors have changed or are changing their product formulations, and their preferred option is often sunflower oil. “Domestically is probably the greatest area we’ve seen […] Read more
Maestro has gentle touch with delicate seeds
DUGALD, Man. — Like a symphony conductor keeping precise meter for the orchestra with his wand, the Horsch Maestro seed metering system precisely conducts the flow of soybean, canola, sunflower and corn seeds. Before launching into the Maestro design process, Horsch engineers studied the many conventional planters already on the market. They saw that most […] Read more
Low stocks may boost sunflowers
Manitoba farmers might have fallen out of love with oilseed sunflowers, but 2019-20 might be a good year in that market, says analyst Mike Krueger. “We’re in a trend where we’re going to end up with almost half of what we had a year ago,” said Krueger of World Perspectives about oilseed sunflower ending stocks. […] Read more
China has been making canola sales harder, trader says
Canada’s increased difficulty exporting the crop to the Asian giant is linked to political tensions over the Huawei issue
Canada’s dispute with China over the detention of a Huawei executive is hurting canola sales to its top market, says a trader. “It is definitely impacting our demand scenario into there, for sure,” said the Canadian canola trader who did not want to be identified. Not much canola is being sold April forward, and product […] Read more
