WASHINGTON - May 4/04 - SNS -- The USDA designated several counties in California, Michigan, Montana and Texas as primary agricultural disaster areas. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - May 10/04 - SNS -- The USDA designated another eight counties in New York as primary agricultural disaster areas. . . . Continue or visitors click here

REGINA - May 10/04 - SNS -- Much of the pulse planting seed in use this year is disease free, but growers still need to scout fields for early signs of disease outbreaks so they can work early on controlling their spread, warns Saskatchewan Agriculture. . . . Continue or visitors click here

EDMONTON - May 12/04 - SNS -- Placing fertilizer with field pea seed worries some pulse growers concern, but with careful planning and calculation the practice can boost yields . . . Continue or visitors click here

REGINA - May 18/04 - GPR -- The second year of a research project that took place at six sites in the province is poised to answer the much-debated question about the adaptive quality and potential for warm-season crops as annual forages in Saskatchewan, says Lorne Klein, a rangeland and forage agrologist with Saskatchewan Agriculture, Food and Rural Revitalization in Weyburn. Second-year results are now available. . . . Continue or visitors click here

REGINA - May 18/04 - GPR -- The second year of a research project that took place at six sites in the province is poised to answer the much-debated question about the adaptive quality and potential for warm-season crops as annual forages in Saskatchewan, says Lorne Klein, a rangeland and forage agrologist with Saskatchewan Agriculture, Food and Rural Revitalization in Weyburn. Second-year results are now available. . . . Continue or visitors click here

OTTAWA - May 24/04 - SNS -- The Canadian Seed Trade Association (CSTA) is pleased with the Supreme Court of Canada decision to uphold lower court findings that farmers are violating seed patents when they withhold seed from harvested crops for plantingin subsequent years. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - May 24/04 - SNS -- The USDA declared two counties in California as primary agricultural disaster areas. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - May 26/04 - SNS -- Plant varietal protection was extended to three new varieties of plants this week, including barley, brachiaria and wheat. . . . Continue or visitors click here

OTTAWA - May 27/04 - SNS -- Declining cattle incomes offset much of the advances recorded by the grains sector, with the result total farm cash receipts during the first quarter of the 2004 calendar year were down 2.6% at CDN 8.9 billion. . . . Continue or visitors click here

OTTAWA - May 27/04 - SNS -- Net farm incomes sank to their lowest level in a generation last year, sinking 43.3% to $4.2 billion, the second consecutive decline, according to the latest data assembled by Statistics Canada. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - May 31/04 - SNS -- Wet weather has prompted the Manitoba government to extend the seeding deadline by five days for crops with deadlines prior to June 20. . . . Continue or visitors click here

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