Cadmium, sawflies, midge, fusarium head blight, and lodging can nearly be solved with new durum wheat varieties, SaskWheat says. SaskWheat brought five varieties of durum wheat to Ag in Motion this year, with four of them being new to address different problems that producers face. The only one returning, AC Napoleon, has proven strong against […] Read more
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Competition grows in durum market
Canada's share of purchases in the European Union has plunged to 19 percent in 2023-24 from 72 percent last year
SASKATOON — Canada has yet another fierce competitor to contend with in its former top market for durum. Reports surfaced earlier this year about the sharp rise in Turkish and Russian durum exports to the European Union. Those exports have severely restricted Canadian sales to Italy and other European Union countries. However, a third player […] Read more
Wheat group takes on winter cereals
WINNIPEG — It’s been a few years in the making, but the Saskatchewan Winter Cereals Development Commission is now officially part of SaskWheat. The merger of SaskWheat with Saskatchewan Winter Cereals was finalized at the SaskWheat annual general meeting, held Jan. 9 in Saskatoon. SaskWheat will assume responsibility for managing producer levies collected from growers […] Read more
Wheat growers question HVK
WINNIPEG — Wheat growers in Saskatchewan want to know why hard vitreous kernels are still used as a grading factor for Hard Red Spring Wheat. If it doesn’t serve a purpose except for unnecessary downgrades at the elevator, some producers say, then the industry should get rid of it. “HVK has been around as a […] Read more
Commission addresses test weight controversy
Canadian Grain Commission official says the organization needs to review how it goes about making decisions
REGINA — The Canadian Grain Commission plans to review its processes in light of what happened this past summer regarding test weights, says assistant chief commissioner Patty Rosher. Speaking at the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan annual meeting, Rosher said the decision to align primary and export test weights, and then reverse it, indicates the […] Read more
Wheat in the fast lane
Canada’s canola industry reached a milestone in the fall of 2005. From 1990 until 2004, canola yields across the Prairies were stuck in a range of 23 to 27 bushels per acre. Some producers were recording yields much higher than 25 bu. per acre, but the average yield in Canada was stagnant. Finally, in 2005, […] Read more
Producer groups ask Sask. to review Bunge-Viterra deal
Four Saskatchewan farm organizations have asked the provincial government to examine the proposed merger of Bunge and Viterra. The Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan, SaskCanola, SaskWheat and SaskBarley wrote to agriculture minister David Marit asking for a “thorough risk assessment.” The Saskatchewan government said it is closely watching developments but this falls under federal jurisdiction. […] Read more
Research project studies nitrogen-fixing bacteria
Researchers at the Indian Head Agricultural Research Foundation focus on applying endophytes using a foliar spray
SaskCanola, SaskWheat and a provincial program called Agriculture Demonstration of Practices and Technologies (ADOPT) are supporting research into foliar-applied, nitrogen-fixing products.
