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Flax production lowest since 1967, StatCan predicts

Returns on effort invested 'not attractive right now'

By Adam Peleshaty, GFM Network News September 15, 2023

MarketsFarm — After going into its least acres seeded since 1950, the 2023-24 Canadian flax crop is projected to be at its smallest in decades. Statistics Canada (StatCan) reported in its principal field crop estimates on Thursday that 267,900 tonnes of flaxseed are expected to be produced in this year’s harvest. The total not only

Crop Report, Crops, Weather

Manitoba harvest ahead of five-year average, canola conditions seen mostly fair to good

Manitoba Crop Report: Issue 17 (week 36)

By Manitoba Agriculture September 5, 2023

Overview Harvest progress sits at 37 per cent complete across the province, which is ahead of the 5-year average (31 per cent). Winter wheat and fall rye harvest is complete (100 per cent). Yield reports are averaging about 60 bu/acre for winter wheat and 70 bu/acre for fall rye. Harvest continues in spring cereal crops,

Crop Report, Crops, Weather

Winter wheat, fall rye harvest nears completion, waterhemp makes further inroads

Manitoba Crop Report: Issue 16 (week 35)

By Manitoba Agriculture August 29, 2023

Harvest progress sits at 18 per cent complete across the province, which slightly lower than the 5-year average (23 per cent) harvest progress. Winter wheat and fall rye harvest is near completion, with 97 per cent of acres harvested. Early yield reports for winter wheat are averaging about 60 bu/acre and 70 bu/acre for fall

Prairie Clean Energy says it’s turning nuisance flax straw into pellets for horse bedding at a Gilbert Plains facility.

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Saskatchewan company to buy flax straw in Gilbert Plains area

Prairie Clean Energy to pelletize flax straw for animal bedding

By Geralyn Wichers August 28, 2023

A Saskatchewan biomass company says it is buying flax straw in the Gilbert Plains area this fall for use in pellets. Prairie Clean Energy, a Regina-based company, has leased time in a Gilbert Plains plant for its initial commercial run of flax pellets, it said in an announcement posted to the Canadian Biomass website. The

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Crops, Other

The do’s and don’ts of desiccation

As with all herbicide applications, follow the label, especially on application timing

By Don Norman August 25, 2023

It is time to think about desiccation and pre-harvest weed control. “We’ve had some really good, hot weather for harvesting, so it really hasn’t been a year that we’ve had to talk much about pre-harvest desiccation or pre-harvest weed management,” provincial weed extension specialist Kim Brown-Livingston says. “But the harvest has just begun, and we’ve

Crops, Markets

Increases seen in most July grain deliveries

Oats deliveries more than double, canola near double

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm August 24, 2023

MarketsFarm — Most July deliveries of major grains in the country were higher than those from the same period a year ago, Statistics Canada reported Thursday. Total grain deliveries this past month tallied 4.056 million tonnes for a jump of 43.8 per cent over the previous July. All wheat came in at 2.186 million tonnes,

Summary of accumulated precipitation for Manitoba’s Agricultural Regions.

Crop Report, Crops, Weather

Harvest progress hits double digits, majority of Manitoba soils seen dry

Manitoba Crop Report: Issue 15 (week 34)

By Manitoba Agriculture August 22, 2023

Overview Harvest progress sits at 13 per cent complete across the province, which is on-par with the 5-year average harvest progress. Winter wheat and fall rye harvest is near completion, with 93 per cent of acres harvested. Early yield reports for winter wheat are averaging about 60 bu/acre and 70 bu/acre for fall rye. Harvest

Table 3: Percentage Harvest Completion by Crop and Region to Aug. 15, 2023 (crops still unharvested, or negligible acres displayed as – or omitted from this table).

Crop Report, Crops, Weather

Harvest in Manitoba at three per cent, wheat crop mostly fair to good

Manitoba Crop Report: Issue 14 (week 33)

By Manitoba Agriculture August 15, 2023

Overview Harvest progress sits at 3 per cent complete across the province (table above), which is on-par with the 5-year average harvest progress. Winter wheat and fall rye harvest continues, with 67 per cent of acres harvested. Early yield reports for winter wheat are averaging about 60 bu/acre. Harvest has started in spring cereal crops,

Table 3: Spring Wheat Quality Rating by Region.

Crop Report, Crops, Weather

Winter cereal harvests ramp up, quality seen mostly good

Manitoba Crop Report: Issue 13 (week 32)

By Manitoba Agriculture August 8, 2023

Overview Harvesting of winter wheat and fall rye continued with about 60 and 30 per cent of acres combined, respectively. Early yield reports on winter wheat were averaging around 65 bu/acre. Spring cereal crops were in the intermediate to hard dough stage with the exception of very late seeded crops that were in soft dough.

Table 2: Spring wheat quality rating by region.

Crop Report, Crops, Weather

Most of agro-Manitoba comes up dry, heat diminishing potential wheat yield in areas

Manitoba Crop Report: Issue 12 (week 31)

By Manitoba Agriculture August 1, 2023

Overview Limited harvesting of fall rye and winter wheat began late last week. Winter cereal crops continued to dry down with producers applying pre-harvest herbicides or swathing as crop seed moisture content allowed. Harvest is expected to become more general this week if the weather cooperates. Crop condition remained good to excellent. Early yield reports

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Flax

Flax production lowest since 1967, StatCan predicts

Manitoba harvest ahead of five-year average, canola conditions seen mostly fair to good

Winter wheat, fall rye harvest nears completion, waterhemp makes further inroads

Saskatchewan company to buy flax straw in Gilbert Plains area

The do’s and don’ts of desiccation

Increases seen in most July grain deliveries

Harvest progress hits double digits, majority of Manitoba soils seen dry

Harvest in Manitoba at three per cent, wheat crop mostly fair to good

Winter cereal harvests ramp up, quality seen mostly good

Most of agro-Manitoba comes up dry, heat diminishing potential wheat yield in areas

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