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A little more sunshine and a little less wind please

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Weekly Provincial Summary  Seeding progress in Manitoba is estimated to be 92 per cent complete.  Majority of Manitoba received precipitation and accumulations varied from three mm up to 60 mm.  Stand establishment has generally been good to excellent for most crop types. However, reseeding of fields has occurred due to factors such as wind damage,
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Pastures vary widely amid topsy-turvy spring

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While the east side battles forest fires, the normally dry southwestern 
pastures are poised for lush growth

Pasture conditions around the province this spring seem to be a mixed bag of sorts, ranging from lush to bone dry. In a topsy-turvy turn of events, the southwest, where drought is the rule rather than the exception, ample rains have set the stage for good pasture conditions, said Jane Thornton, a pasture and rangeland
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Seeding has passed the halfway mark

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Weekly Provincial Summary  The majority of producers continued to make excellent seeding progress across all regions of Manitoba. The Central and Eastern Regions are the most advanced, followed by the Northwest, Interlake and Southwest Regions. Overall, seeding is over 50 per cent complete in Manitoba.  Topsoil moisture conditions remain variable across Manitoba. Isolated areas in
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Sporadic showers slow seeding progress

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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
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Seeding in full swing across province

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

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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
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Alberta firm records first alfalfa sale to China

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
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Family key to ranching success

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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
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Project aims to make the case for more shelterbelts

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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

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