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Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report: Issue 21

Conditions as of September 21, 2015

By Manitoba Agriculture Food and Rural Development September 21, 2015

Above normal temperatures allowed for excellent harvest progress over the past week in Manitoba, with harvest of spring cereal crops nearing completion. Harvest of canola, flax, edible beans and soybeans continues. Sunflower harvest has also started in the Central and Eastern Regions, and grain corn harvest is expected to start shortly in some areas of

The Svalbard Global Seed Vault, built in Norway in 2008, is the world’s largest secure seed storage site. (Matthias Heyde photo courtesy Government of Norway via Flickr)

Cereals, Crops, Forages

Syrian war spurs first withdrawal from doomsday seed vault

By Alister Doyle, GFM Network News September 21, 2015

Oslo | Reuters –– Syria’s civil war has prompted the first withdrawal of seeds from a “doomsday” vault built in an Arctic mountainside to safeguard global food supplies, officials said Monday. The seeds, including samples of wheat, barley and grasses suited to dry regions, have been requested by researchers elsewhere in the Middle East to

Lake Mead’s Boulder Basin in July 2008. (Andrew Cattoir photo courtesy NPS via Flickr)

Crops, Weather

Deal would let southern California buy surplus water from Nevada

By GFM Network News, Reuters September 20, 2015

Reuters — A US$45 million deal that would let southern California’s biggest water agency access a major supply of water that would normally go to southern Nevada won approval on Thursday from the Southern Nevada Water Authority. The board of the Metropolitan Water District, a wholesaler that supplies public utilities in heavily populated southern California,

Wheat under irrigation on Ravenshoe Station near Hay, New South Wales. (Arthur Mostead photo courtesy Murray Darling Basin Authority/MDBA.gov.au)

Crops, Weather

Drought exposes cracks in Australia’s acclaimed water market

By Colin Packham, GFM Network News September 20, 2015

Sydney | Reuters — A pioneering Australian scheme to improve the management of water in the world’s driest inhabited continent is facing its first real test as an intensifying El Nino threatens crops and builds tensions between farmers and environmentalists. The three-year old management plan for the Murray-Darling basin, an area twice the size of

Forages, Local news

MFGA September hay situation and price update

From the Manitoba Forage and Grassland Association's Sept. 17 eBulletin

By Manitoba Forage and Grassland Association September 18, 2015

Most areas of the province are reporting the completion of 2nd and/or 3rd cut alfalfa and some areas are taking or waiting to take the final cut till after the Critical Harvest Period (CHP). I surveyed the MAFRD forage staff and some of the forage industry personnel to get their impression of hay prices and

Post-secondary students interested in Federated Co-operatives’ ag acholarship program now have until Oct. 15 to apply. (CoopAg.ca)

Co-op moves up timetable for scholarship program

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff September 16, 2015

Prairie students planning careers in agriculture or agribusiness now have an earlier deadline to seek funding support through the Co-op Excellence in Ag program. Excellence in Ag, Federated Co-operatives’ (FCL) multi-year scholarship and summer internship program, previously had a Jan. 31 deadline, but for the 2016 round, the application deadline will be Oct. 15 this

Crops, Local news, Weather

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report: Issue 20

Conditions as of September 14, 2015

By Manitoba Agriculture Food and Rural Development September 15, 2015

Warmer, drier weather conditions towards the end of the week and into the weekend allowed for good harvest progress across most of Manitoba. Some areas reported light frost events Thursday and Friday. To date, minimal impact to crops has been reported largely due to temperatures and duration weren’t sufficient to cause damage, and/or crops were

Crops, Local news, Weather

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report: Issue 19

Conditions as of September 8, 2015

By Manitoba Agriculture Food and Rural Development September 8, 2015

Harvest 2015 continued across Manitoba over the past week, but wet weather over the weekend temporarily halted harvest progress. Harvest operations have since resumed in areas that received lower rainfall amounts and where field conditions allowed. Winter wheat seeding is underway in the Central and Eastern Regions of Manitoba. Fall field work, including tillage, baling

Forages, Livestock

Provincial hay production below average

As harvest progresses, forage specialists take a look at how this year’s hay production is shaping up

By Jennifer Paige September 8, 2015

After a season of sporadic weather, forecasters suggest Manitoba’s hay situation isn’t as dire as our neighbours to the west, but still below average. “We are below average across the province in comparison to previous years,” said John McGregor, extension support with the Manitoba Forage and Grasslands Association (MFGA). “Even in the areas that have

Crops, Weather

New Sask. farm drainage rules ready for rollout

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff September 1, 2015

Saskatchewan has laid out a new set of regulations meant to bring all farm drainage works — including previously grandfathered drains — into compliance in the next 10 years. The regulations, announced Tuesday, will first be applied to pilot projects in the province’s east — in the Souris Basin, near Stoughton, and the Assiniboine Basin,

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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

Hay

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report: Issue 21

Syrian war spurs first withdrawal from doomsday seed vault

Deal would let southern California buy surplus water from Nevada

Drought exposes cracks in Australia’s acclaimed water market

MFGA September hay situation and price update

Co-op moves up timetable for scholarship program

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report: Issue 20

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report: Issue 19

Provincial hay production below average

New Sask. farm drainage rules ready for rollout

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