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Cereal leaf disease minimal in Alberta but be aware of blown-in stripe rust

By Jeff Melchior July 26, 2024

The province received variable precipitation this spring which had pathologists and producers expecting the arrival of members of the leaf spot complex. However, Kelly Turkington with the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Lacombe Research and Development Centre said they may have been scorched by the July heat wave.

Ergot is best recognized in the field as black or dark purple sclerotia sticking out of a floret.

Cereals, Crops

How the problem of ergot in cereals was solved in Alberta

In the story of ergot in wheat, barley and oats, the answer was simply ‘copper’

By Ieuan Evans June 13, 2024

Glacier FarmMedia – When I was first hired by Alberta Agriculture as a diagnostic plant pathologist, I was told I would be primarily responsible for barley, oat, wheat and canola diseases. I was also asked to head up the provincial control program for bacterial ring rot of potato. The bacterial ring rot program, run in […] Read more

Malteurop, which operates a malt house at the east end of Winnipeg, is one of several malting companies with a presence in Manitoba. (Dave Bedard photo)

Barley, Crops

CMBTC study finds new malting barley lines a fit for Manitoba

Agronomic traits in new varieties overcome disease issues that held crop back

By GFM Staff, GFM Network News November 4, 2023

Manitoba farmers have improved prospects to access the more-lucrative malting barley market, according to a recent study. The report by the Canadian Malting Barley Technical Centre (CMBTC), in collaboration with the Manitoba Crop Alliance, says new Canadian malting barley varieties can be grown successfully in Manitoba. With yields and quality comparable to the check variety […] Read more

ICE November 2023 FCOJ with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Crops, Fruit/Vegetables, Markets, Reuters

Orange juice prices near all-time high as storm hits Florida

Crop was already expected to be small

By Marcelo Teixeira, GFM Network News August 31, 2023

New York | Reuters — Orange juice prices at the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) rose more than three per cent on Wednesday, heading back toward an all-time high hit earlier this month, as storm Idalia slammed parts of main U.S. orange producer Florida. Contracts for frozen concentrated orange juice (FCOJ) at ICE hit a high of […] Read more

Crops, Markets

‘Keep it Clean’ program aims for more than just good advice

Program seen as 'one stop shop' for ensuring marketability of grains

By Don Norman, GFM Network News March 31, 2023

As farmers plan for the upcoming season, they need to do their part to make certain their grain will be ready for market, come harvest time. “Market access issues in general are becoming a bigger issue globally,” said Ian Epp, an agronomy specialist and lead on market access and pesticides with the Canola Council of […] Read more

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs rise

U.S. grains: Wheat falls on favorable weather in growing regions

ICE Weekly: Soyoil influencing canola prices

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U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs rise

U.S. grains: Wheat falls on favorable weather in growing regions

ICE Weekly: Soyoil influencing canola prices

Tag Archives crop diseases

Cereal leaf disease minimal in Alberta but be aware of blown-in stripe rust

How the problem of ergot in cereals was solved in Alberta

CMBTC study finds new malting barley lines a fit for Manitoba

Orange juice prices near all-time high as storm hits Florida

‘Keep it Clean’ program aims for more than just good advice

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