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U of S ag and–bioresources college not just for farm kids
Grain firm paints rosy picture for marketing system
More efficient | New environment will allow companies to source and deliver grain from producer to port, says Richardson International
Changes to Western Canada’s grain marketing system will result in a more efficient grain handling system, faster movement of wheat, durum and barley and fewer delivery bottlenecks at country elevators and port terminals, says the president of Richardson International. Curt Vossen said the Canadian Wheat Board’s traditional methods of calling producers’ grain into the grain […] Read moreBarley sector failing to grow markets for lower quality malt
Australia embraces GM technology: farmer
Manitoba Ag Days | Although one farmer says Australia supports GM, Greenpeace says consumers will never accept GM wheat
Australian grain producer Bill Crabtree is convinced that the vast majority of farmers in his country support the concept of genetically modified wheat. Crabtree, who spoke at Manitoba Ag Days in Brandon last week, said it’s likely Australian farmers are more supportive of GM technology than Canadian farmers. “It would be 90 percent of (Australian) […] Read moreScientists peer inside nitrogen fixation
Process occurs when bacteria breach cell walls | Scientists discover that plants allow it to happen
A British discovery that explains how plants fix nitrogen has answered a 124-year-old question and might alter the future of crop agriculture. Since an 1887 study on the nodules that form on legume roots, scientists have tried to understand how soil bacteria breach the cell walls of legumes, which is an essential step in the […] Read moreSeedingnot likely delayed this season
Manitoba Ag Days | Dry spring predicted
BRANDON — Farmers in Manitoba and southeastern Saskatchewan almost certainly don’t have to worry about another saturated spring, says a leading American agricultural weather expert. They will likely face a spring and summer with a “dry bias.” However, the difference between dryish and really dry can’t be determined until La Nina shows the cards it’s […] Read moreAssociation wants rabbit producers to multiply
Saskatchewan-made canola oil stumps game show contestants
Growers ponder check-off models
Value or production based | Industry expert says percent-of-sales formula worked for pulses
A proposal to raise the flax checkoff in Saskatchewan has sparked a debate about whether a value or production based levy would be the best way to go. The Saskatchewan Flax Development Commission is seeking producer approval to double its levy to six cents per bushel in time for the new crop year. When the […] Read more