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Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report: No. 10

Conditions as of July 4, 2016

By Manitoba Agriculture July 4, 2016

The warmer and drier weather conditions were welcomed by Manitoba producers. All crop types, particularly the warm season crops including grain corn and soybeans, are benefiting from the warmer weather. The more favourable weather conditions are allowing some acres impacted by excess moisture to recover. However, continuing wet field conditions and symptoms of excess moisture

Along with a number of information sessions, Manitoba Hay Day held an equipment  demo with various makes of central pivot disc mowers and balers.

Forages, Livestock

A nice day to make hay

Manitoba Hay Day provided attendees with details on cutting time,  equipment tips, baling recommendations and an on-site equipment demo

By Jennifer Paige July 4, 2016

Hay Day has a new home. The annual Manitoba Agriculture event was held for the first time at the Manitoba Beef and Forage Initiative’s (MFBI) Brookdale site after two years in participating farmers’ fields. It attracted more than 100 producers seeking information on how to produce top-quality hay every season and featured extension specialists from

Cereals, Crops, Markets

Sluggish demand, ample supplies eat into Lethbridge feed prices

By GFM Network News, Jade Markus June 30, 2016

CNS Canada — Lethbridge feed wheat and barley prices have dropped after a muted spring rally — and they’re likely to stay low throughout the summer, market participants say. “They have a weak tone to them. I think a lot of it is lacklustre demand domestically,” said Allen Pirness, trader at Market Place Commodities in

Crops, Local news, Weather

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report: No. 9

Conditions as of June 27, 2016

By Manitoba Agriculture June 27, 2016

Severe weather systems containing strong winds, heavy rains and hail passed through several regions of Manitoba over the weekend. Damage to crops from hail and strong winds range from light to severe with assessments continuing over the next several days. The wet weather conditions continue to impact crops in many areas of the province as

Livestock

Cattle play role in bird habitat

Bird populations have declined on the Canadian Prairies as grassland areas have shrunk rapidly

By Shannon VanRaes June 24, 2016

As a rancher, Kristine Tapley’s passions are split between the large ruminants she raises and the land that sustains them — sort of. “I probably shouldn’t say this, but I’m less interested in the cattle and more interested in using cattle as a tool to protect and maintain grasslands, because I think there are so

Local news

KAP has first meeting with Ag Minister Ralph Eichler

Manitoba’s general farm organization covered a number of issues, including  education tax, in a meeting with the new Manitoba agriculture minister

By Allan Dawson June 24, 2016

School taxes, red tape, ALUS and Growing Forward 3 were topics of discussion during the first meeting between the province’s general farm organization and the newly minted provincial agriculture minister. The Keystone Agricultural Producers and Ralph Eichler sat down last week for the first time since the change in government this spring. “School taxes (on

On board the DC-3 is an instrument similar to one on NASA’s Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) space satellite launched in 2015.

News

NASA conducting aerial soil moisture data collection over south-central Manitoba

The NASA aircraft carries a radiometer instrument similar to the one on board  the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) satellite launched in 2015

By Lorraine Stevenson June 23, 2016

The U.S. space program is taking to the skies again in southern Manitoba this summer. They’ll be using a Second World War-era DC-3 airplane to make multiple early-morning north-south passes over farm fields around Elm Creek, Carman and Roland later this summer. It’s all part of the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) flight

Queen Victoria's statue at the Manitoba Legislature. As in North America, Britain's farmers are considered by many to be political and economic conservatives by birth and disposition.

Comment, News & Opinion

Brexit: ‘Taking farmers for fools’

By Alan Guebert June 23, 2016

U.K. farmers find themselves torn between their innate conservatism and  economic interests that may be best served by staying in the EU

With electronic ignition, fuel injection and more computing power than the space shuttle, today’s cars and trucks never backfire. Our politicians — with less horsepower and far less memory — often still do. The latest may be British Prime Minister David Cameron who, during his 2015 re-election campaign, promised British voters a referendum on whether

M3 Aerial’s fixed-wing AgEagle RX60 UAV.

Livestock

Supporting boots on the ground with an eye in the sky

Manitoba Forage and Grasslands Association looks to complement its  Green Gold central testing program with drone data

By Jennifer Paige June 21, 2016

After 20 years of relying on clipping samples for its Green Gold program, Manitoba Forage and Grasslands Association (MFGA) is bringing in the air force. It’s recently begun investigating the addition of drone imagery to predict the optimum window to harvest alfalfa. “We are continuing to grow our Green Gold program in all ways possible,”

Crops, Local news, Weather

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report: No. 7

Conditions as of June 13, 2016

By Manitoba Agriculture Food and Rural Development June 13, 2016

Crops benefitted from the warmer temperatures and drier weather conditions earlier in the week and allowed producers to make progress on weed control operations. Excess moisture conditions in some areas of Manitoba are impacting crop growth, particularly in the lower areas of the fields. Crop yellowing is evident. Wet field conditions also continue to hamper

Daily Network News

New strategies needed for Canadian agriculture to stand out in global trade

Feed Grains Weekly: Cash prices for wheat, barley largely flat

The Canadian GMO mustard wars: Dijon vs canola

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