CNS Canada — While many crops in southern Manitoba and Saskatchewan are considered a write-off this year due to excessive precipitation and flooding, winter wheat is sitting in an area of uncertainty. “We’re not doing worse than anybody else, let’s put it that way,” said Jake Davidson, executive director of Winter Cereals Canada at Minnedosa, […] Read more
Extent of flood damage to winter wheat not yet known
Southern Alberta stripe rust survey
June 30 to July 3, 2014
Reading Time: 2 minutes Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development – Dr. Denis Gaudet, and his crew from the Lethbridge Research Centre, surveyed twenty-three fields of winter wheat for stripe rust in the Lethbridge, Cardston, Taber, Forty Mile and Cypress counties. Two fields in the Cardston and Welling regions were observed with 60 per cent incidence (55 per cent severity) and 33 […] Read more
Brazil to open added tariff-free import quota for wheat
Brasilia | Reuters — The Brazilian government plans to reduce to zero the 10 per cent import tariff applied to non-Mercosur wheat for a quota of up to one million tonnes through Aug. 15, a source in the government with knowledge of the plan said Wednesday. Brazil, regularly one of the world’s leading importers of […] Read more
Stripe rust on winter wheat being reported near Olds, Alta.
Reading Time: < 1 minute Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development – On June 2, Drs. Krishan Kumar and Kequan Xi saw heavy infections of stripe rust on winter wheat in the cereal breeding nursery at Olds. They did not see the disease in adjacent spring wheat plots. Additionally, there were some stripe rust pustules in winter wheat in the breeding plots and […] Read more
Management critical to preventing ergot outbreak
Crop rotation, mowing field edges, and good agronomic practices can reduce impact of ergot infestation
Reading Time: 2 minutes When it comes to controlling ergot, the best control is prevention. Ergot fungi, which produce mycotoxins that are extremely toxic to humans and livestock, affects all cereal crops except oats. “Although not significantly impacting yield, the low tolerance level for affected grain can cause grain rejection or downgrading at the elevator,” said provincial crop specialist […] Read more
Egypt raises price paid to local wheat farmers
Cairo | Reuters — Egypt, the world’s biggest wheat importer, will pay local wheat farmers 500 Egyptian pounds (US$70.87) per Egyptian ardeb, the equivalent of around 150 kg, according to a statement posted on the finance ministry’s official Facebook page. Last year the government raised the fixed price it pays for local wheat to 420 […] Read more
Prairie winter wheat in good shape, analyst says
CNS Canada — Winter wheat crops across Western Canada are generally in good shape, according to a CWB analyst, although the lateness of the spring thaw will also push back the harvest in many areas. “The winter wheat is in reasonably good shape,” said Bruce Burnett, a CWB weather and crops specialist. Emergence and moisture […] Read more
U.S. wheat futures still rising, but ‘getting tired’
CNS Canada –– All three U.S. futures markets climbed higher over the past week, rising to some of their best levels of the year. There is some more room to the upside, but further gains may be short-lived, according to an analyst. “Wheat is getting tired,” said Randy Martinson of Progressive Ag at Fargo, N.D. […] Read more
Prairie winter wheat looking good, but damage still possible
CNS Canada — Most winter wheat crops seeded in Western Canada last fall seem to be in good condition so far this spring — but they’re not in the clear yet. “Not all of the winter wheat is out from the snow cover yet,” said Bruce Burnett, crop and weather specialist with CWB in Winnipeg. […] Read more
Weather, Ukraine boost U.S. wheat futures
CNS Canada — U.S. wheat futures rose sharply on Monday and could continue to increase due to cold weather in the southern Plains and the political unrest in Ukraine. “We had this (cold) in the weather forecast,” said Austin Damiani, a U.S. wheat analyst from Frontier Futures in Minneapolis. “The forecasts are calling for even […] Read more
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