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Crop yield records broken across the board

The 2018 edition of Yield Manitoba with this week’s Co-operator has all the details

By Allan Dawson February 15, 2018

It’s official. Many Manitoba yield records were broken in 2017, despite a drier-than-normal growing season. That’s what crop insurance data collected by the Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation (MASC) show. The information is in Yield Manitoba 2018, a supplement to this week’s Manitoba Co-operator. Of the 13 insured crops Yield Manitoba tracks for annual comparisons, eight

Crops, Local news

VIDEO: Doug Wilcox on Yield Manitoba 2018

By Allan Dawson February 14, 2018

Manitoba Co-operator reporter Allan Dawson and Doug Wilcox of the Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation take a look at what’s in this year’s Yield Manitoba, an insert in the Feb. 15, 2018 issue of the Manitoba Co-operator.

Crops, Local news

VIDEO: Get ready for Yield Manitoba 2018

By Allan Dawson February 13, 2018

Manitoba Co-operator reporter Allan Dawson talks to Doug Wilcox of the Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation about new record crop yields as reported in Yield Manitoba 2018, an insert in the Feb. 15, 2018 issue of the Manitoba Co-operator.

Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Alberta prices see wide range

By Dave Sims, GFM Network News February 8, 2018

CNS Canada — A tale of two markets is emerging in Alberta as feed users in the south take advantage of cheap corn trucked in from Manitoba, while users farther north pay higher prices. “As far as Red Deer north goes, it’s quite different than feedlot alley,” said Joseph Billett, general manager of Agfinity in

Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Demand shifting at Alberta feedlots

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm, GFM Network News February 1, 2018

CNS Canada — Demand has shifted at Alberta feedlots this year with more forward contracting and less business taking place in the spot market, according to an analyst. “In a lot of years we’ve seen the demand has stayed in the spot market but this year there were more forward purchases that were done by

Rob Hannam of Synthesis Agri-Food Network, who has been hired to assist in the merger discussions, spoke about the proposal Jan. 16 at Ag Days.

Crops, Local news

Five commodity group merger discussed at Ag Days

Some are concerned the merger could cause more checkoff refunds

By Allan Dawson February 1, 2018

Increased checkoff withdrawals and reduced farmer control were top concerns during a discussion at Ag Days Jan. 16 on merging five Manitoba crop commodity groups. “I worry that it will be extremely easy (if there’s one group instead of five) for a farmer to pick up the phone and get all of his checkoffs back

A field of wheat felled by hail. Producers at the meeting referred to some of the insured prices as "a joke."

Crops, Local news

MASC comes under fire at organic insurance update

Producers call organic insurance ‘a joke’ while MASC says it’s already a money-loser

By Alexis Stockford January 31, 2018

Organic producers are not happy with their crop insurance. Maurice Gaultier, Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation (MASC) insurance sales and service manager for the southern region, faced pointed questions Jan. 18 during his organic insurance update at Ag Days. MASC and the Manitoba Organic Alliance have been looking for a middle road on insurance for months.

Hogs, Livestock, Markets

Pork exports key in 2018 as U.S. slaughter ramps up

By Dave Sims, GFM Network News January 30, 2018

CNS Canada –– Canadian pork producers should see higher returns for their product in the spring of 2018, but whether those prices last may determine how successful Canada is at tapping new markets. According to U.S. Department of Agriculture supply estimates, weekly U.S. hog slaughter numbers over the past two months have averaged 2.369 million

Supporters of the Arborg and District Growing project pose for a portrait on harvest day. Meaza Melkamu, (second from right), a policy adviser working for the Foodgrains Bank’s conservation agriculture program in Nairobi was on site to take part in the harvest gathering that afternoon.

Country Crossroads

Growing projects celebrate a successful 2017

Canadian Foodgrains Bank ‘farm’ last year covered  16,640 acres and stretched from the Maritimes to Alberta

By Lorraine Stevenson January 30, 2018

Canadian Foodgrains Bank staff often refer to growing project acres planted across the country as “the farm,” and last year it covered 16,640 acres. Projects from P.E.I. to Alberta involving what also adds up to thousands of supporters sowed them to wheat, barley, corn, pulses, soybeans, canola and other grains. Roughly 5,000 of the Canadian

Livestock

Making silage cost palatable for producers

Silage becomes more palatable for producers if you look beyond simple cost  per acre, Manitoba Agriculture’s Ray Bittner told the Ag Days audience Jan. 17

By Alexis Stockford January 29, 2018

It’s time to add a little fermentation to your feed plan. That’s the message Manitoba Agriculture’s Ray Bittner had for his Ag Days audience. The livestock specialist centred his talk around maximized silage value. Silage is old hat for producers in the Interlake, but its expense, and the fact that it often requires a custom

Daily Network News

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Iran conflict drives up urea prices

Speculative net long position grows in canola

Barley

Crop yield records broken across the board

VIDEO: Doug Wilcox on Yield Manitoba 2018

VIDEO: Get ready for Yield Manitoba 2018

Feed weekly outlook: Alberta prices see wide range

Feed weekly outlook: Demand shifting at Alberta feedlots

Five commodity group merger discussed at Ag Days

MASC comes under fire at organic insurance update

Pork exports key in 2018 as U.S. slaughter ramps up

Growing projects celebrate a successful 2017

Making silage cost palatable for producers

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