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File photo of a pea crop south of Ethelton, Sask. on Aug. 1, 2019. (Dave Bedard photo)
Crops, Weather

Pulse weekly outlook: Peas, lentils faring well but threats remain

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MarketsFarm — Growing conditions for peas and lentils in Saskatchewan during the spring can be described as variable. While western parts of the province continued to endure dry conditions carried over from last year’s drought, regions in the east were drenched with near-continuous rainfall to go along with below-normal temperatures. Lionel Ector, president of Diefenbaker
Seeding progression in 2022 compared to previous years.
Crop Report, Crops, News

Seeding in Manitoba 91 per cent complete, severe flea beetle pressure in canola

Manitoba Crop Report: Issue 7, June 21, 2022

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Overview A final push to finish seeding this past week brought a small increase in planted acres. Significant amounts of reseeded canola occurred from severe flea beetle damage, and crusting and flooding to a lesser extent.  Extreme heat brought on severe thunderstorms in large parts of the Southwest, Northwest, and Interlake regions over the weekend
Crop school open for summer
Crops, News

Crop school open for summer

Crop Diagnostic School back to in person for 2022

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This summer will be the 25th anniversary of Manitoba’s Crop Diagnostic School, and the first time since 2019 that the event will be able to be held in person. The event, organized annually by Manitoba Agriculture and the University of Manitoba, has been keeping agronomists and producers up to date with the latest diagnostic tools
Field peas show signs of notching after being fed on by adult pea leaf weevils.
Crops, News

Time to tag pea leaf weevil

Agronomists hope a survey on pea leaf weevil will give a better sense of where the pest is and how many of them there are

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It’s time to put Manitoba on the map — the risk map for pea leaf weevil, that is. Manitoba is the last Prairie province to get the pest, but the province’s bug experts and pulse specialists know it’s lurking. Not only that, according to Laura Schmidt, production specialist with the Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers
Seeding progression in 2022 compared to previous years.
Crop Report, Crops, News

Manitoba seeding 87 per cent complete, recent rains halt progress

Manitoba Crop Report: Issue 6, June 14, 2022

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Overview A concentrated push to finish seeding this past week led to a sharp increase in planted acres, with many farms in the Eastern, Central, and Southwest regions finished seeding, while parts of the Interlake and eastern side of the Northwest region remain unplanted. Some reseeding of canola has occurred after crusting events and severe
MASC crop insurance upcoming seeding deadlines.
Crop Report, Crops, News

Manitoba crop progress about a month behind schedule

Manitoba Crop Report: Issue 5, June 7, 2022

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Overview Widespread, heavy rains began last week, forcing a stop to all field activities until this weekend, with the exceptions of the Northwest and much of the Southwest region, which saw significant increases in seeded acreage. The following days were dry, windy and cool, warming up over the weekend when many farmers were able to
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Micronutrient fertilizer to fully commercialize

The announced Saskatchewan facility will be the first major manufacturing facility for Soileos

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Three years ago, startup Lucent BioSciences was producing one kilogram a day of its novel micronutrient fertilizer Soileos — drawn from crop byproduct like pea or lentil hulls. Once a recently announced manufacturing plant in Rosetown, Sask., goes online, it will be churning out upwards of 6,500 tonnes a year.  The $19-million project, supported by
File photo of a pea crop south of Ethelton, Sask. on Aug. 1, 2019. (Dave Bedard photo)
Crops, Markets, Pulses, Weather

Pulse weekly outlook: Still early in season to switch crops

Decisions likely in next couple of weeks

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MarketsFarm — With dry conditions dominating western and southwestern Saskatchewan and wet conditions prominent in the province’s east and northeast, at mid-May it remained early to consider switching pulse crops to something else, according to Carl Potts, executive director of Saskatchewan Pulse Growers. Overall, he said, spring planting throughout the province as of May 9

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