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Sporadic showers slow seeding progress

By Manitoba Agriculture May 14, 2012

Provincial Summary Variable precipitation over the past week slowed seeding progress in some areas; Seeding is 20 to 25 per cent complete in the Southwest Region, 55 per cent complete in the Northwest Region, 60 to 75 per cent complete in the Central Region and 75 per cent complete in both the Eastern and Interlake

Cereals, Crops, Forages, News, Oilseeds

Seeding in full swing across province

May 3, 2012

Weekly Provincial Summary Favourable weather and seedbed conditions permitted good seeding progress across most regions in Manitoba. Seeding is 10 per cent complete in the southwest region, less than five per cent complete in the northwest region, 50 per cent complete in the central region, 40 per cent complete in the eastern region and 70

Crops, Forages, News

Hay is here, markets are there

By Daniel Winters, Lorraine Stevenson April 16, 2012

The hay is here, it’s moving it that’s the problem. The Tyrchniewicz report found that the Manitoba and Saskatchewan forage industry has sufficient quality and quantities of forage for export markets, the spotty availability of up-to-date market intelligence and a lack of compressing, pelleting and cubing facilities hinders the export trade. Portage la Prairie and

Crops, Dairy cattle, Forages, Livestock, News

Alberta firm records first alfalfa sale to China

March 24, 2012

Staff / Green Prairie International, a global wholesale supplier of quality forage products located in Alberta, has become the first Canadian company to ship alfalfa into the Chinese market. Twenty containers of Canadian alfalfa hay have been shipped to China and 40 more containers have been ordered; the total estimated $600,000, Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz

Forages, Livestock, News

Family key to ranching success

By Daniel Winters February 15, 2012

Cattle prices are up, but for ranching families, the cost of not getting along with each other has stayed the same. Of the three fundamental principles of holistic management, “caring for your people” comes first, followed by “improving the land” and “making a profit,” says Don Campbell, a Saskatchewan rancher who teaches holistic management, which

Forages, Livestock, News

Project aims to make the case for more shelterbelts

By Daniel Winters February 15, 2012

Everywhere you look around the Manitoba countryside, shelterbelts and bush can be seen lying in big, ugly bulldozed piles. Farmers just can’t seem to get rid of it fast enough, it seems. A two-part, four-year project sponsored by the Upper Assiniboine Conservation District (UACD), Brandon University’s Rural Development Institute (RDI), and a handful of other

Forages, News, Opinion, Our History

Anderson barn, RM of Elton

By Ed Ledohowski February 16, 2012

The Anderson barn is a rare and superbly preserved example of a classic southern Ontario-style bank barn, scores of which were constructed across southwestern Manitoba during the late 19th century by settlers from Ontario. Telltale design features include tall, rectangular massing with a steep gable roof; post-and-beam framing; vertical board-and-batten siding; diamond-shaped loft windows; fieldstone

Crops, Forages, Livestock

Develop strategies to reduce feed waste

By NDSU Release January 24, 2012

Hay loss and feed waste are inevitable components of most beef production systems. “However, understanding the sources of hay loss from storage and feeding, as well as the impacts of restricting access to hay, can allow producers to develop strategies to optimize feed utilization on their operations,” says Carl Dahlen, North Dakota State University Extension

Beef cattle, Crops, Forages, Other livestock

Making hay for a living means adapting when the sun doesn’t shine

By Daniel Winters January 25, 2012

Growing hay for export to finicky horse owners and demanding dairy producers requires a special level of knowledge and skill — and a little luck, too, especially when the hay is flat on the ground and rain clouds loom. Dan Jorsvick, who grows forages on 2,000 acres in the foothills of Alberta where the rainfall

Forages, Livestock, News, Other livestock

Three meals a day are for people, not horses

January 17, 2012

Healthy eating is about more than the feeds that horses consume. The habit of eating and the way the horse eats engages it physically, mentally and emotionally, nourishing the horse beyond the nutrients and calories consumed. Modern feeding practices often stray significantly from favourable ways to feed horses. These seemingly small infractions over time contribute

Daily Network News

CFIA says regulatory changes will cut agricultural red tape

U.S. livestock: Feeder cattle hit record high on tight supply, strong cash prices

ICE Canada Weekly: Canola poised to slip below C$600/tonne

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