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Manitoba harvest nears completion

Manitoba Crop Report: Issue 24, October 18, 2022

By Manitoba Agriculture October 19, 2022

Overview Harvest progress sits at 90 per cent complete across the province, having caught up to the 5-year average of 91 per cent complete by week 42. Harvest is wrapping up or done in many areas of southern Manitoba, and fall fieldwork, tillage, fertilizer application and drainage is underway. Winter cereal crops appear in good

News

U.S. barge backlog swells on parched Mississippi River

U.S. grain exporters aren’t booking new sales due to uncertainties

By Karl Plume October 13, 2022

Reuters – Commercial barge traffic on southern stretches of the Mississippi River was at a standstill on Oct. 4 as low water levels halted shipments of grain, fertilizer and other commodities on the critical waterway, shipping sources said. The supply chain snarl comes just as harvesting of corn and soybeans, the largest U.S. cash crops, is ramping up

Crop Report, Crops, News

Soy harvest hits half-way mark, overall harvest progress varies widely

Manitoba Crop Report: Issue 23, October 11, 2022

By Manitoba Agriculture October 11, 2022

Overview Harvest progress sits at 79 per cent completed across the province, approximately two weeks behind the 5-year average of 89 per cent complete by week 41. Canola continues to be harvested in all regions, but notable progress has been made in the Southwest region, where crops were generally later and more variable than other

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Alberta harvest on the verge of completion

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm October 7, 2022

MarketsFarm – Combining in Alberta is almost finished with the latest crop report indicating it’s at 96.3 per cent complete. The province’s Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Economic Development (AFRED) department noted that as of Oct. 4, the harvesting of all crops advanced nine points from the previous week due to dry weather. Of the 11

Editorial, Op/Ed

Guest Editorial: Big food investments growing in agriculture

By Kristy Nudds October 6, 2022

Earlier this year McCain Foods Ltd. quietly purchased a little-known firm called Resson. Ten years ago, the news that a food company such as McCain purchased a predictive crop technology company would have raised a few eyebrows. Many may have wondered what a company known for its frozen French fries would want with a company

Crop Report, Crops, News

Canola harvest sees surge, soybeans start coming off fields

Manitoba Crop Report: Issue 22, October 4, 2022

By Manitoba Agriculture October 4, 2022

Overview Harvest progress sits at 63 per cent completed across the province, approximately 3 weeks behind the 5-year average of 86 per cent complete by week 40. The past week had a substantial increase in harvested canola area, with over 1.9 million acres now off the field. This brings the canola harvest from 30 to

News

Organic exports dipped in 2021

Canadians’ demand for organic products continued to increase last year

By Geralyn Wichers October 3, 2022

Canada’s organic food exports saw a sharp drop in 2021 compared to 2020’s banner year. Export totals dropped to $417.3 million from nearly $608 million in 2020, according to new figures from the Canadian Organic Trade Alliance (COTA) presented in a Sept. 12 webinar. However, that drop doesn’t look as stark when compared to 2019,

Farmer Derrick Gould (left) with his son Blaze (centre) and father Donald (right). Donald passed away this June.

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BACK TO THE LAND: ‘We used to plant hay here.’

The past, present, and hopeful future of Indigenous agriculture in Manitoba

By Geralyn Wichers September 29, 2022

For decades, farming has declined in Derrick Gould’s community of Pinaymootang (Fairford) First Nation. In the late 1950s and early ‘60s, Gould estimates 35 to 40 families were raising cattle in pastures and hay lands along the Fairford River. Gould family history relates the beginning of the end for many of those farms: In 1961,

Crop Report, Crops, News

Frost falls on Manitoba fields, harvest progress less than 50 per cent

Manitoba Crop Report: Issue 21, September 27, 2022

By Manitoba Agriculture September 27, 2022

Overview Harvest progress sits at 47 per cent completed across the province, approximately 3.5 weeks behind the 5-year average of 79 per cent complete by week 39. Few crops were harvested last week until the weekend, since frequent drizzling rains, high humidity, and overcast conditions prevented harvest operations. Crops that were harvested before the start

Running equipment on the same tracks all the time is the essence of controlled traffic farming — and while the practice only has a few adherents in Alberta, they are passionate about its benefits.

News

Controlled traffic farming is proving its worth, say advocates

The system ‘shines’ during droughts and lets farmers seed and harvest sooner when it’s wet, they say

By Don Norman, James Snell September 21, 2022

Controlled traffic farming has yet to catch on in a big way in Western Canada, but the extreme conditions over the past two years have shown its worth to two long-term practitioners on opposite ends of the Prairies. “I grew canola and barley last year and we had 28-bushel canola on four and a half

Daily Network News

U.S. grains: Soy hits 17-month high, corn to four-month top as trade braces for U.S. data

Federal budget shows remaining disconnect between agriculture, policymakers, panelists say

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures continue downward

Oats

Manitoba harvest nears completion

U.S. barge backlog swells on parched Mississippi River

Soy harvest hits half-way mark, overall harvest progress varies widely

Alberta harvest on the verge of completion

Guest Editorial: Big food investments growing in agriculture

Canola harvest sees surge, soybeans start coming off fields

Organic exports dipped in 2021

BACK TO THE LAND: ‘We used to plant hay here.’

Frost falls on Manitoba fields, harvest progress less than 50 per cent

Controlled traffic farming is proving its worth, say advocates

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