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Cereals, Crops, Forages, Oilseeds

Crop Report – for Sep. 16, 2010

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SOUTHWEST Rainfall over the past week limited harvest to only a couple of days. In most cases producers were harvesting damp to wet grain. Harvests of cereal crops vary from 70 per cent complete in the Killarney area and 40 to 50 per cent north of Souris, to less than 10 per cent harvested north
Cereals, Crops, Forages, Oilseeds

Crop Report – for Sep. 2, 2010

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SOUTHWEST Rainfall slowed harvest but producers still got in a few days of harvesting, with the most progress seen south of Highway 1. Winter wheat and fall rye harvests are complete with yields reported average to above-average, with average quality. Spring wheat harvest ranges from very little done north of Hwy. 1 to 40 per
Beef cattle, Forages, Livestock, News

MCPA Optimistic Aid Program Coming For Manitoba Cattle – for Aug. 26, 2010

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Manitoba Cattle Producers Association (MCPA) president Major Jay Fox is optimistic an aid program will be announced by month’s end for cattle farmers struggling in the wake of excess moisture. Fox met with Manitoba Agriculture Minister Stan Struthers Aug. 17. Following the meeting, Struthers said in a news release “the province will continue to monitor
Cereals, Crops, Forages, Oilseeds

Crop Report – for Aug. 26, 2010

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SOUTHWEST REGION Harvest of cereal crops began in the southwest region. Spring wheat yields range from 30 to 40 bushels/ acre with average quality as fusarium head blight is a concern in some samples. South of Highway #1, barley harvest is 40 per cent complete with reported yields of 40 to 70 bushels/acre; barley harvest
Cereals, Crops, Forages, Oilseeds

Crop Report – for Aug. 19, 2010

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SOUTHWEST REGION Most of the Southwest Region received rainfall over the past week with reports ranging from 20 to 80 mm. Larger accumulations coming in thunderstorms with reports of high winds and hail damage in some areas have caused crop lodging in many fields. Harvest of winter wheat and fall rye continued; however showers halted
Cereals, Crops, Forages

Crop Report – for Aug. 12, 2010

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SOUTHWEST REGION Rainfall amounts varied over the past week with no major accumulations. However, some heavy thunderstorms with hail were reported. Harvest of winter wheat and fall rye began this week with the winter wheat reporting average yields with quality varying because of fusarium. Fall rye yields are average with good quality. Preharvest of early-seeded
Forages, Livestock

Old Is New Again – for Jul. 29, 2010

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Cranky old-timers take note: putting up hay and silage to get pampered cattle through the winter is a relatively new development. In fact, not too long ago, before barbed wire and diesel fuel, buffalo roamed the Great Plains all winter long. The herds survived and thrived, mainly because Mother Nature weeded out the weaklings. Then,
Crops, Forages, Livestock

Cattle Producers Want Aid Too – for Jul. 29, 2010

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Waterlogged Manitoba cattle producers need excess moisture disaster assistance as much as grain farmers, according to the Manitoba Cattle Producers Association (MCPA). “We have producers in disastrous situations, yet there has been no assistance or relief package forthcoming, such has been extended to the grain industry,” MCPA president Major Jay Fox said in a news
Cereals, Crops, Forages

Crop Report – for Jul. 29, 2010

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SOUTHWEST REGION Rainfall over the past week varied. Warm weather helped the crop advance, however rainfall kept many producers from haying until the weekend. Producers will start desiccating winter wheat towards the end of the week. Some fall rye has been cut. Some of the fall rye has been put up for silage and yields
Beef cattle, Crops, Forages, Livestock

Wet Pastures, Bugs Slow Livestock Gains

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– Todd Wallace “Instead of being out there grazing and breeding, they are standing around in a little circle trying to fight the bugs.” Cattle producers in Manitoba can expect to buy feed come fall because cur rent pas ture conditions are limiting the weight gains, according to industry officials. During the week ended July

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