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• Dr. Denis Gaudet, AAFC - Managing Ergot and Stripe Rust

• List of Stripe Resistance in Wheat, Durum and Triticale Varieties

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• January 27, 2012 - BioNitrogen Corp., by utilizing patent-pending technology, is able to convert biomass waste - from household garbage to plant stalks and husks - into high-nitrogen content, urea fertilizer.

• January 27, 2012 - A proposed class action suit against Canada's two major railways over grain freight rates is due Feb. 1 in a Calgary courtroom, where it will be decided whether the suit can proceed on all Prairie farmers' behal

• January 26, 2012 - Privately held Richardson International Ltd. announced Wednesday that it is buying a grain handling and crop input retail facility in Nampa, Alta., from the Great Northern Grain.

• January 25, 2012 - Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. (TSX:POT) is doubling its quarterly dividend for the second time in a year, announcing Wednesday that its next payout will be 14 cents US per share.

• January 20, 2012 - The International Grains Council is expecting global wheat harvested area to expand slightly in 2012, although production is forecast below the year ago level.

• January 20, 2012 - Canola futures finished on the defensive today, with the declines in the CBOT soybean complex and liquidation ahead of the weekend behind the downward price slide, market watchers said.

• January 20, 2012 - Rising farmland values and wildly fluctuating commodity prices are making it risky for the next generation to take over the family farm, said Peter Manness, a farm business consultant with Meyers Norris Penny.

• January 19, 2012 - ICE Futures Canada: Canola futures prices mostly lower, barley unchanged

• January 19, 2012 - Government lawyers are urging a Manitoba judge to throw out a bid to suspend the law ending the monopoly of the CWB on western wheat and barley sales.  They say there is no proof the measure is necessary.

• January 18, 2012 - The Alberta government has set up a $5 million fund to help try to close any high-speed internet service gaps remaining in rural areas of the province.

• January 18, 2012 - Dryness in Argentina again captured headlines Tuesday propelling oilseed futures higher, with good economic news from China and Germany providing additional support

• January 18, 2012 - There’s an optimistic mood among attendees and exhibitors at this year’s Western Canadian Crop Production Show. Lori Cates, agriculture manager at Saskatoon’s Prairieland Park, says the show is sold out for the third year in a row with 307 exhibitors, 1002 booths and a long waiting list to get in.

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  January 27, 2012 - Ethanol Plant Construction Begins in Alberta
  January 27, 2012 - Wheat Eager to Partner up in Research
  January 27, 2012 - Global Need for Canadian Canola on Rise
  January 26, 2012 - Alberta Weather Outlook
  January 26, 2012 - Prairie Canola Cash Bids Firm, but Upside Limited
  January 20, 2012 - Moisture Situation Update
  January 20, 2012 - AAFC Boosts 2012 Canola, Barley Acreage Ideas
  January 20, 2012 - Judge Reserves Decision on CWB Directors' Request
  January 19, 2012 - Organic Food Not Safer than Conventional
  January 19, 2012 - Strategie Grains Backs Record Wheat Stocks Number
  January 18, 2012 - CWB Not Yet Buying 2012-13 Grains
  January 18, 2012 - ICE Canola Consolidates Lower