Farming market news for Apr 2004 Lynn County Declared Ag Disaster AreaWASHINGTON - Apr 8/04 - SNS -- The USDA declared Lynn County in Texas as a primary agricultural disaster area due to losses caused by hail and winds that occurred on Sept. 7, 2003, and by drought that occurred from Jan. 1, 2004, and continuing. . . . Continue or visitors click here CWB Contract Call UpdateWINNIPEG - Apr 13/04 - SNS -- The Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) announced contract calls for Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPSR) wheat, and Canada Western Amber Durum (CWAD) for the 2003-04 crop year. . . . Continue or visitors click here Angle-Disc Openers Best on Dry Brown SoilREGINA- Apr 14/04 - SNS -- Researchers in Saskatchewan say there is no question angle-disc openers do the best job of lowering weed populations, resulting in better yield trends, says Eric Oliver, president of Wheatland Conservation Inc., the producer organization that carried out the project Opener/Rotation Study: The Effect of Opener Disturbance and Crop Rotation on Weed Populations in the Dry Brown Soil. . . . Continue or visitors click here USDA Licenses 14 New VarietiesWASHINGTON - Apr 19/04 - SNS -- The USDA issued certificates of protection to developers of 14 new varieties of seed-reproduced and tuber-propagated plants. . . . Continue or visitors click here Canada's FPPI Continues DowntrendOTTAWA - Apr 26/04 - SNS -- Though increasing from January, Canada's Farm Product Price Index (FPPI) continued its downward trend in February, falling 14.3% below its year earlier level, according to the latest data developed by Statistics Canada. . . . Continue or visitors click here Lodging Resistant Peas a Distant GoalREGINA - Apr 27/04 - SNS -- Agricultural researchers in Saskatchewan have found little correlation between lodging in field peas and susceptibility to mycosphaerella blight, but they did confirm the amount of lignin in plant stems had a direct impact on susceptibility to lodging. . . . Continue or visitors click here USDA Designates Disaster AreasWASHINGTON - Apr 27/04 - SNS -- The USDA designated several counties in Kansas, Oregon and Texas as primary agricultural disaster areas. . . . Continue or visitors click here
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