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Rain falls, but more needed; cereal harvesting, canola swathing begin

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report for August 14

By Manitoba Agriculture August 14, 2017

Warm weather has advanced crops, and also caused some injury in canola. Rainfall occurred throughout the province, but more rainfall is needed in many areas. Harvest has begun in winter cereals, spring cereals, and field peas. Canola is starting to be swathed. Insect monitoring is on-going, but disease incidence remains low. Haying continues, but in

Crop Report, Local news, Weather

Hot weather advances crops, hurts some canola in process

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report for August 8

By Manitoba Agriculture August 9, 2017

Moderate to hot weather from past weeks has advanced crops, but also caused some injury in canola. Rainfall occurred throughout the province, but in many areas more is still needed. Harvest has begun in winter cereals and field peas with good yields and quality reported. Insect monitoring is on-going in many crops, but disease incidence

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Saskatchewan harvest starts amid heat, dryness concerns

By GFM Network News, MarketsFarm Team August 3, 2017

CNS Canada – Some producers in the south have started harvest, according to the latest Saskatchewan Agriculture crop report for the week ended July 31. Less than one per cent of fields have been combined across the province so far, but 47 per cent of fall rye, six per cent of winter wheat, two per

Crop Report, Local news, Weather

Winter wheat, rye harvest begins, many areas dry

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report for July 31

By Manitoba Agriculture July 31, 2017

Winter wheat and fall rye harvest is underway in Central Manitoba. Grass seed harvest has begun in Central Manitoba and the Interlake. Many regions in the province are below normal precipitation and would benefit from rain. Most of the Southwest and Northwest received less than 5 mm of rain over the past week. Heat unit

Crops, Oilseeds

VIDEO: Scouting flax crops for pasmo

Do you know how to identify this flax disease and when to look for it?

By Allan Dawson July 31, 2017

At the recent Crop Diagnostic School, Manitoba Co-operator reporter Allan Dawson spoke with Rachel Evans, extension agronomist with the Flax Council of Canada, about what flax producers can do to avoid pasmo appearing in their flax crops. Video editing by Greg Berg.

There are five pesticides grain companies belonging to the Western Grain Elevator Association don’t want to have been applied to crops they buy in the 2017-18 crop year starting Aug. 1, 2017.

Crops, News

‘Keep it Clean’ to protect grain markets

The major western Canadian grain companies have identified five pesticides they don’t want used on the crops they buy

By Allan Dawson July 31, 2017

With harvest approaching, western Canadian farmers are being reminded to avoid trade disruptions by “Keeping it (crops) Clean” from pesticide residues. Even though a pesticide is registered for use in Canada it might not have been approved in an importing country, which means there’s no acceptable level of residue. With that in mind members of

Crop Report, Local news, Weather

Weather conditions see crops quickly advance, disease, insect pressures low

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report for July 24, 2017

By Manitoba Agriculture July 24, 2017

Hot and humid weather conditions across much of the province are advancing crops quickly. Winter cereals and some early seeded spring cereals are starting to turn. Areas in the Southwest, Northwest and Central regions are well below normal precipitation and would benefit from rain. Thunderstorms brought damaging winds and hail to some areas of Manitoba.

Soybean acres are now higher than wheat, but it’s not certain whether they’re high enough to attract a crushing plant to the province.

News, Oilseeds

Manitoba soybean acreage now higher than red spring wheat

By Allan Dawson July 20, 2017

Manitoba farmers’ affection for soybeans has hit new heights. Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation (MASC) projects 2.3 million acres of insured soybeans this year, up 39 per cent from last year’s record and for the first time higher than Canada Western Red Spring wheat. In 2000, Manitoba farmers insured just 18,419 acres of soybeans. Insured plantings

Crops

Finer nozzle screens linked to Proline plug-ups

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff July 6, 2017

Bayer CropScience is recommending users of its Proline foliar fungicide double-check the nozzles they’re using before spraying, to avoid the “plugging issues” affecting some customers’ sprayers. The company on Wednesday reported a “small” number of cases in which farmers’ sprayers were plugging up during applications of Proline, a broad-spectrum prothioconazole (Group 3) suspension Bayer bills

Crops, Markets, Weather

China’s requirements leave Canadian flax piling up

By GFM Network News, Jade Markus July 5, 2017

CNS Canada –– Stalled demand from a key international buyer has caused a buildup of flax inventories in Canada, with more crops on the way. Demand on the ingredient side of the flax market has been steady, said Mike Popowich of processing firm TA Foods at Yorkton, Sask. “But we’ve experienced a bit of a

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Rain falls, but more needed; cereal harvesting, canola swathing begin

Hot weather advances crops, hurts some canola in process

Saskatchewan harvest starts amid heat, dryness concerns

Winter wheat, rye harvest begins, many areas dry

VIDEO: Scouting flax crops for pasmo

‘Keep it Clean’ to protect grain markets

Weather conditions see crops quickly advance, disease, insect pressures low

Manitoba soybean acreage now higher than red spring wheat

Finer nozzle screens linked to Proline plug-ups

China’s requirements leave Canadian flax piling up

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