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Oct. 27, 2010 -At this point of the fall, many canola growers are turning their attention to choosing which new varieities they will seed to their operations for 2011. The Alberta Canola Producers Commission offers this breakdown of the selection process.     READ MORE

Oct. 27, 2010 -Markets were on the rise, early this week, as all wheat classes saw higher bids, with cash indexes higher, as well. Tuesday's close saw soft red winter wheat up 15 cents to $5.97, hard red winter up 16 to $6.10 and hard red spring  up 14 cents to $6.85.    READ MORE

Oct. 27, 2010 -AC Metcalfe, a two-row malting barley, has been chosen Seed of the Year -West, with congratulations to Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada barley breeder Dr. Bill Legge and his research team at Brandon, Manitoba, as well as the Cereal Reserach Centre in Winnipeg.

Oct. 27, 2010 -Rising prices for grains and fertilizer are helping push up commodity prices, which may force BHP Billiton to sweeten its offer to Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan.          READ MORE

Oct. 27, 2010 -A free-trade agreement with the European Union, currently under negotiations, could further damage Canada's manufacturing sector, with the potential to wipe out thousands of jobs, including the food processing sector.          READ MORE

Oct. 27, 2010 -Researchers at the University of Illinois and University of Tennessee have documented a case where the fungus responsible for frogeye leaf spot in soybeans is showing resistance to the strobiluron class of fungicides, as well as with triazoles.      READ MORE

Oct. 20, 2010 -A report from the International Center for Soil Fertility and Agricultural Development (IFDC) estimates world supply of rock phosphate, the primary component of phosphorus (P) fertilizer should last another 300 to 400 years.            READ MORE

Oct. 13, 2010 -Canadian farmers may want to read this report on last month's oversight hearings by the US Senate Agriculture Committee, where the Environmental Protection Agency was called to account for its stand on atrazine and the contention that it causes cancer.          READ MORE

Oct. 12, 2010 -As the dealings surrounding PotashCorp's takeover bid by BHP Billiton continues to unfold, the list of interested suitors continues to grow. According to the Economic Times of India, China's Sinochem is in talks with India's NMDC about a joint bid.             READ MORE

Oct. 12, 2010 -The recent jump in prices, largely for grains, is fuelling more news about a global food crisis, yet for all of the furor over food shortages and spiking prices, the real issue is one of market volatility, not actual production shortfalls.            READ MORE