Western Canada News
Source: Daily News | 2013-05-18
Despite a slow start to seeding in Manitoba this spring, farmers should still be able to plant a record-large soybean crop.
Source: Daily News | 2013-05-18
With warming weather come weeds and pests. So far insect pest numbers on the agricultural Prairies have been light -- although that can change quickly.
Source: Daily News | 2013-05-18
The federal government has joined with the Saskatchewan government and University of Saskatchewan to form a new Canadian Wheat Alliance, dedicated to improving yields and profitability of wheat.
Source: Daily News | 2013-05-17
Providing agronomists with detailed information on a problem field can help field visits go well -- but farmers also need to know agronomists might not have a solution right away.
Source: Daily News | 2013-05-17
Saskatchewan has jumped straight from flooding into fire season this spring.
Source: Daily News | 2013-05-16
Seeding is now active across most of the Prairies, but is running one to three weeks behind normal, leaving farmers eager to get seed in the ground as soon as possible.
Source: Daily News | 2013-05-16
Producers across Alberta are thoroughly taking advantage of warm, dry mid-May weather to catch up on seeding.
Source: Daily News | 2013-05-15
ICE Futures Canada canola contracts moved higher during the week ended May 15, with the largest gains in the old-crop July contract as tightening supplies and bullish technicals provided support.
Source: Daily News | 2013-05-14
The Canadian Plant Technology Agency is warning unauthorized seed sellers and potential buyers to avoid trading in "common" seed for the Faller wheat variety.
Source: Daily News | 2013-05-14
A storied southeastern Saskatchewan tree nursery that played a central role in remediating the Prairies following the Dirty '30s and spawned countless shelterbelts across the region is getting a temporary reprieve.
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