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Questions remain over heat’s impact on 2018 yields

By Dave Sims, GFM Network News August 30, 2018

CNS Canada — Harvest came early for some crops in Western Canada this year. A few canola crops in Manitoba are already in the bin as warm temperatures and a lack of rain helped growers hit the fields quicker than other years. However, a hot and mostly dry summer on the Prairies has left many

Crop Report, Crops, Weather

Spring cereals, canola, early soy harvested, dugout levels very low in most areas

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report for August 27

By Manitoba Agriculture August 27, 2018

Southwest Region Another week of dry weather continued harvest progress. Rainfall on Sunday brought some relief from dry conditions, but ground remains very dry and hard. Some areas in the southeast side of region reported hail. Winter wheat and fall rye harvest is complete with average yields reported for both crops. Click here for the

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Sask. crop proceeds well ahead of average pace

By GFM Network News, MarketsFarm Team August 23, 2018

CNS Canada – Saskatchewan harvest continues to come off well ahead of the five-year average. Saskatchewan Agriculture, in its latest crop report for Aug. 14-20, said the harvest was 16 per cent complete compared to the five-year average of seven per cent. Dry weather was allowing producers to stay in fields. Harvest is most advanced

Crop Report, Crops, Weather

Dry conditions advance harvest, premature ripening, wilting in crops

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report for August 20

By Manitoba Agriculture August 20, 2018

Southwest Region Dry warm conditions over the past week continued to ripen crop prematurely. Harvest of winter wheat and fall rye continues with average yields and good quality. Click here for the Crop Weather Report for the week ending August 19 Majority of spring cereal crops have been harvested, with several producers swathing to aid

Crop Report, Crops, Weather

Moisture stress seen in crops, rain needed to fill out grains

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report for August 13

By Manitoba Agriculture August 13, 2018

Southwest Region Little to no rain over the past week. Crops are turning quickly due to hot and dry conditions. Harvest is starting in most areas. Winter wheat and fall rye are being harvested. Yields are reported as average with good quality. Click here for the Crop Weather Report for the week ending August 12

Crops, Weather

Southern Sask. harvest underway

By GFM Network News, MarketsFarm Team August 9, 2018

CNS Canada — Saskatchewan farmers are starting to get into fields, especially in the south where three per cent of the crop has been combined. Overall, producers in the province have combined one per cent of the crop, in line with the five-year average. Two per cent has been swathed or is ready to be

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Omega-3 supplements not so heart healthy?

But they might make the kids behave better

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff August 8, 2018

There’s good news and bad news from two recent university studies on the benefits of consuming omega-3 supplements. Omega-3 is a type of fatty acid found in oily fish such as salmon, or in plant sources such as flaxseed or canola oil. Its consumption has been widely recommended as a means of preventing heart disease. The bad

Crop Report, Crops, Weather

Dry conditions continue across Manitoba

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report for August 7

By Manitoba Agriculture August 7, 2018

Southwest Region Little to no rain over the past week. Hot and dry weather is turning crops quickly. Major thunderstorms with hail activity around the north and south of Hamiota, causing crop damage. Grasshoppers are becoming prevalent in field margins. Click here for the Crop Weather Report for the week ending August 6 Winter wheat

Wheat being loaded onto a cargo ship in Vancouver in 2011. (File photo: Reuters/Ben Nelms)

Crops, Markets

Canadian grain exports hit new record in 2017/18: CGC

By GFM Network News, MarketsFarm Team August 3, 2018

CNS Canada – Total exports of Canada’s major grains and oilseeds hit a new record in 2017/18 (Aug/Jul), as sharp increases in wheat and barley more than made up for a decline in canola sales, according to the last weekly report from the Canadian Grain Commission for the recently finished crop year. Total exports of

Crops, News, Other

Intercropping coming closer

Research centres are building on their knowledge  base through the trial-and-error approach

By Alexis Stockford August 2, 2018

There are signs of both success and failure amongst the intercrop plots at Melita’s Westman Agricultural Diversification Organization. Some look great. Others are nothing but bare soil where nothing established. In others the crops aren’t playing well together and underseeded legumes are set to overtake the crop they were supposed to support. That’s just fine

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Questions remain over heat’s impact on 2018 yields

Spring cereals, canola, early soy harvested, dugout levels very low in most areas

Sask. crop proceeds well ahead of average pace

Dry conditions advance harvest, premature ripening, wilting in crops

Moisture stress seen in crops, rain needed to fill out grains

Southern Sask. harvest underway

Omega-3 supplements not so heart healthy?

Dry conditions continue across Manitoba

Canadian grain exports hit new record in 2017/18: CGC

Intercropping coming closer

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