The western producer february 2, 2017

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2017

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Not all wheat varieties live up to their official fusarium resistance ratings BY SEAN PRATT SASKATOON NEWSROOM

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Colton Hofer spreads out a round bale for pregnant ewes waiting in the background to enter the corral at the Cayley Hutterite colony near Cayley, Alta., Jan. 25. Sixty of 700 ewes had already birthed their lambs. | MIKE STURK PHOTO FARM CHEMICALS

It might be a good time to stock up on glyphosate Production problems in China are expected to increase prices soon BY SEAN PRATT SASKATOON NEWSROOM

Glyphosate prices are on the rise because of production problems in China. The average price of technical grade glyphosate in China fell to US$2,878 per tonne in 2016, the lowest level in three years, according to an analysis by CCM Data & Business Intelligence, a market intelligence provider for China’s agriculture, chemicals, food and

life science sectors. However, the price started to climb in August, and there is no end in sight. CCM predicts the price of technical grade glyphosate will fluctuate between $3,309 and $4,748 this year. That would be a 15 to 65 percent increase over the average price in 2016. Monsanto executives also talked about rising glyphosate prices in a recent conference call discussing the company’s first quarter results.

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Farmers need to take fusarium head blight resistance ratings with a grain of salt, according to research out of Manitoba Agriculture. The research shows that varieties can perform much differently in the real world than they did in the variety registration trials where they received the official rating that is published in the provincial seed guides. Some varieties with intermediate or even susceptible ratings performed better than many that received moderately resistant ratings. “It’s one more thing to take into account when you’re looking for information on variety selection,” said study author Holly Dirksen, field crop pathologist with Manitoba Agriculture. Samples of 72 spring wheat varieties from 14 Manitoba locations were collected and tested for fusarium damaged kernels (FDK) and deoxynivalenol (DON) accumulation between 2009 and 2015. “Basically what we just found is results are variable,” she said. Some moderately resistant varieties performed poorly, while a couple in the intermediate category had the best results of all 72 varieties. The researchers produced a bar chart showing the level of FDK and DON for all 72 varieties in a continuum ranging from moderately resistant varieties on the left to susceptible varieties on the right. “You would expect your bars to be the lowest on the far left and have a straight gradient to the highest on the far right, which is not what we see,” said Derksen.


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