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Winter cereal harvest continues, rain seen as benefit to remaining crops

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report for August 11

By Manitoba Agriculture August 11, 2020

Southwest Region An EF-2 tornado touched down near Scarth on August 7, destroying a farm property and causing loss of life. Wind speeds reached 190km/hr at the time of storm. Overall, the preceding week was windy and dry in the Southwest region, advancing crops in their growth stages quicker than normal. Scattered showers fell over

Editorial, Op/Ed

(Former) Editor’s Take: Our most important customer

By John Morriss August 6, 2020

It will take a couple of weeks until the final figures are out, but now that the 2019-20 crop year is over, it’s interesting to note how well grains and oilseeds have been moving, and to where. As of Week 50 with two weeks left to go, producer deliveries were a whopping 60.7 million tonnes,

Crop Report, Crops, News

Warm, sunny weather sees rapid development of Manitoba crops

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report for August 4

By Manitoba Agriculture August 4, 2020

Southwest Region Another good growing week without major weather events. Most late seeded crops are catching up rapidly with favourable weather. Growing degree-days are normal to above normal across most of the region. Soil moisture conditions are generally adequate, but soybeans, corn, and sunflowers could use a decent rain in coming days as fields are

Overall crop conditions in Alberta’s latest provincial crop report were pegged at about 78 per cent. Photo: File

Crops

Strong crops in southern Alberta, weaker ratings in north

By GFM Network News, MarketsFarm Team July 31, 2020

MarketsFarm – Crop conditions in Alberta are a story of opposites in looking at the data in the latest provincial crop report. In the northern half of the province excessive moisture has created poor crop conditions, while more ideal conditions in the south have resulted in ratings far above the five-year averages. Due to the

Crop Report, Crops, News

Crops advancing quickly across Manitoba, as do the grasshoppers

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report for July 28

By Manitoba Agriculture July 28, 2020

Southwest Region Producers welcomed some nice warm days during the past week. Several areas received precipitation, with some larger amounts reported in thunderstorms with high winds and hail in the Shilo and Glenboro areas. There is no shortage of moisture in most of the region. Drowned out spots are very visible due to wet weather

Crop Report, Crops, News

Winter cereals could soon see harvest, corn, sunflowers growing well

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report for July 21

By Manitoba Agriculture July 21, 2020

Southwest Region A mix of sun and rain last week. Repeated thundershowers with southern parts of the region getting the most rainfall last week. Continuous moisture is putting a lot of stress on moisture-sensitive crops like peas and canola. Some crops are handling better this excess moisture situation than others. Water is pooling in low-lying

Crop Report, Crops, News

Sclerotinia pressure rising, cereals, soybeans see grasshopper stress

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report for July 14

By Manitoba Agriculture July 14, 2020

Southwest Region Last week began with sun and no rain; but multiple thunderstorm systems brought significant rainfall to areas already suffering from excess moisture stress over the weekend. The majority of the region received some level of precipitation. Areas like Miniota, Kenton, Russell and Hamiota, received the most. Crops are showing the effects of saturated

News

Manitoba Crop Alliance checkoffs get approved, start Aug. 1

Pam de Rocquigny and Darcelle Graham will serve as CEO and COO

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff July 10, 2020

The newly created Manitoba Crop Alliance (MCA) has received provincial government approval to start collecting checkoffs from all sales of wheat (spring and winter), barley, sunflowers, corn, and flax in Manitoba starting Aug. 1, the MCA announced in a recent news release. The checkoff amounts are unchanged to what was in place with the five amalgamating organizations, and remains refundable. The

Crops

Merged Manitoba crop groups qualify for checkoffs

Manitoba Crop Alliance also names top brass

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News July 8, 2020

The new unit formed from the merger of five Manitoba crop commodity organizations is set to begin collecting checkoffs for its founding groups’ crops, starting Aug. 1. The Manitoba Crop Alliance (MCA) announced Monday it now has its designation under the provincial Agricultural Producers’ Organization Funding Act. The designation allows the new organization to collect

Grain delivery declarations will look the same to farmers but they’re now a legal requirement by the Canadian Grain Commission.

News, Other

Grain declarations same, but different

CUSMA compliance means the documents are no longer voluntary contracts between buyer and seller

By Allan Dawson June 26, 2020

On the surface the grain delivery declarations western farmers fill out before being allowed to deliver grain to elevators in the new crop year starting Aug. 1 won’t look much different than those of the past 15 years. However, there is a major change. While the declarations, which have been essentially commercial contracts between grain sellers and buyers, they are

Daily Network News

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Flax

Winter cereal harvest continues, rain seen as benefit to remaining crops

(Former) Editor’s Take: Our most important customer

Warm, sunny weather sees rapid development of Manitoba crops

Strong crops in southern Alberta, weaker ratings in north

Crops advancing quickly across Manitoba, as do the grasshoppers

Winter cereals could soon see harvest, corn, sunflowers growing well

Sclerotinia pressure rising, cereals, soybeans see grasshopper stress

Manitoba Crop Alliance checkoffs get approved, start Aug. 1

Merged Manitoba crop groups qualify for checkoffs

Grain declarations same, but different

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