Jan 9, 2025 · Glacier FarmMedia | MarketsFarm — Canadian farmers will plant more wheat and coarse grains in 2025 at the expense of oilseeds, according to the first supply/demand projections for the 2025/26 marketing year from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, released Jan. 20.. The government agency estimated all-wheat seedings, including durum, at 27.25 million acres, which would be up two per cent from ...

Jan 15, 2025 · Glacier FarmMedia—The Canadian agriculture research sector has a productivity problem. “There are two areas where we’re falling down,” Saskatchewan deputy agriculture minister Bill Greuel said during an agriculture research panel discussion held Tuesday in Saskatoon as part of Crop Production Week 2025. “One is front-end basic research and science, and the other is downstream ...

Jan 4, 2025 · Please note the following list includes only brand-new variety releases for 2025. READ MORE: New tools could speed up development of cereal varieties Alliance Seed. CWRS: CDC Envy is an early-maturity, semi-dwarf spring wheat with high yield potential, yielding 14 per cent more than the check cultivar average in the 2018-2020 Parkland Cooperative Wheat Trials.

Jan 30, 2025 · For those of us who stay in Canada for the winter, seasonal shifts in light, weather and nutrition often take… I’ve received many inquiries from cattle producers regarding the price outlook for feeder cattle in 2025. The benchmark for the western Canadian feeder market is central Alberta. During ...

Sep 3, 2024 · BY 7204LL is a new LibertyLink hybrid from BrettYoung offering consistent yield performance over a variety of conditions. photo: BrettYoung BY 6219TF is a medium-maturity canola suitable for all growing season zones. This TruFlex hybrid is equipped with the Pod DefendR and Clubroot DefendR traits and it also contains the Rlm7 blackleg resistance gene.

Jan 14, 2025 · Canadian canola exports continued to stay far above those in 2023/24, the Canadian Grain Commission reported earlier in January. In the CGC's monthly report those outbound shipments of canola from licensed facilities at the end of November reached 3.84 million tonnes which are up by more than 80 per cent from a year ago.

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Jan 16, 2025 · Authored by Hugh Beckie, a former AAFC researcher known for his contributions to weed management and herbicide resistance (HR), the study examined the management of HR wild oat patches by preventing seed shed. The data, collected between 1997 and 2002, revealed wild oat patches left unchecked expanded by 330 per cent — but patches where panicles were removed to prevent seed shed increased by ...

Dec 18, 2024 · A recent study conducted by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada provides a glimpse into why some Canadian producers are using harvest weed seed control, the effectiveness of the technology and some of the challenges associated with it.

Dec 4, 2024 · Canterra’s CS Prostar, shown here at the company’s site at Ag in Motion on July 17, is also marketed as an early-maturity variety, making it suitable for areas with a short growing season. photo: Dave Bedard CDC 6928 is a small red lentil variety with good yield potential, yielding nine per cent more than CDC Maxim. It has a seed size similar to CDC Simmie and is slightly taller than the ...