Information and awareness have always been and continue to be the best defences against fusarium. While fusarium may...
Cereals
Vietnam Lifts Restrictions on Canadian Cereals Exports
Vietnam has released a revised quarantine pest list, which no longer includes creeping thistle (Cirsium arvense), thus...
Raja Ragupathy is Breeding Plants for a Bigger Purpose
Raja Ragupathy’s plant breeding work is focused on helping future generations. When Raja Ragupathy was a boy growing...
Do You Know About Near-Infrared Spectroscopy?
The journey from a summer student at the Field Crop Development Center (FCDC) to a seasoned research scientist has...
CGC Walks Back on Changes to Grain Grading
After receiving concerns from stakeholders the Canadian Grain Commission’s (CGC) is removing previously proposed...
Alberta Grains Chosen as New Name for Merged Wheat, Barley Commissions
Alberta Barley and Alberta Wheat commissions have chosen the name Alberta Grains for its newly merged organization, a...
Cereals Canada Announces New Members and Board Change
Cereals Canada welcomes the SaskBarley Development Commission (SaskBarley) and AgroHall into its membership according...
CGC Makes Changes to Grain Grading Guide
Changes are coming to the Canadian Grain Commission’s (CGC) Official Grain Grading Guide for the 2023-24 crop year, a...
Bayer Launches Varro FX Herbicide in Western Canada for 2024
Bayer Crop Science's Varro FX cross-spectrum herbicide has received registration for use in Western Canada on spring...
Manitoba Takes Over CWRC Hosting Duties from Alberta
The Manitoba Crop Alliance (MCA) has taken over the hosting duties and appointed a new president of the Canadian Wheat...
Quality Matters When it Comes to Testing New Cereal Crop Varieties
A career in advancing near-infrared technology for Lori Oatway has made field crop development more efficient. Most...
Canadian Cereal Crops Have $68.8 Billion Impact on Economy
A new report commissioned by Cereals Canada has found that Canadian-grown wheat, barley, durum, and oats had an...
2022 Canadian Wheat Harvest Third Largest on Record
Better growing conditions in Western Canada helped to push national wheat production for the 2022 growing season to...
2022 Canadian Wheat Crop Rated as Excellent
A high proportion of the 2022 Canadian wheat crop has been graded in the top two grades, making for am excellently...
Alberta Wheat, Barley Farmers Vote in Favour of Amalgamation
Preliminary results show farmers in Alberta have voted in favour of the Alberta Barley Commission (ABC) and the...
WheatStalk Returns for 2022 Growing Season
WheatStalk is back for the 2022 growing season with events happening in Magrath and St. Albert, a May 24 email from...
Farmers Receive $33 for Every Dollar Invested in Wheat Breeding
A new study is showing that for every dollar invested in wheat breeding western Canadian farmers receive nearly $33 in...
Syngenta Releases Miravis Era Fungicide in Canada
Syngenta has launched Miravis Era fungicide, which protects wheat crops against Fusarium head blight, in Canada, a...
Cirray Herbicide Released for use on Wheat and Barley
Cirray herbicide has been registered for use in Western Canada on spring wheat and barley, the Crop Science division...
WGRF Marks Four Decades of Research Support
With so many milestones to count, the 40th anniversary of the Western Grains Research Foundation can be summed up as...