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Field peas show signs of notching after being fed on by adult pea leaf weevils.

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

By Alexis Stockford June 17, 2022

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

By Manitoba Agriculture June 14, 2022

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

By Manitoba Agriculture June 7, 2022

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

News

Micronutrient fertilizer to fully commercialize

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

By Alexis Stockford June 7, 2022

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

Pinto beans. (Vergani_Fotografia/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Pulses, Weather

Pulse weekly outlook: More rainfall turns into more seeding delays

By Adam Peleshaty, GFM Network News May 31, 2022

MarketsFarm — After southern Manitoba had experienced ideal seeding conditions for most of the previous week, another round of rains created another round of headaches for pulse growers on Monday. “Last week, there were a few dry beans planted here in southern Manitoba. (There was) a lot of prep work being done. Things were really

File photo of a lentil crop before harvest in Saskatchewan. (Bobloblaw/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: AAFC projects normal yields, increased pulse production

By Adam Peleshaty, GFM Network News May 25, 2022

MarketsFarm — A return to yields closer to long-range averages will result in greater production for most pulse crops in 2022-23, according to Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s monthly outlook for principal field crops released last Friday. Many of the projections are based on the assumption that normal weather conditions will return to most of the

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

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm May 17, 2022

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

Corn Heat Unit (CHU) historical accumulation between May 1 or June 1 and Sept. 30.

Crop Report, Crops, News

Heavy rains slow seeding progress, acres well-behind five-year average

Manitoba Crop Report: Issue 2, May 17, 2022

By Manitoba Agriculture May 17, 2022

Overview Continued wet soils and an unfavourable forecast has further delayed the bulk of seeding starts in Manitoba. Heavy rainfall in Western Manitoba stopped progress in the Southwest and Northwest regions, while the Eastern, Central, and Interlake regions got started over the weekend. Many fields still have wet spots, and farmers are attempting to find

A still image from a video allegedly showing a Russian strike on a grain elevator in Ukraine.

Farmit Manitoba, News

One step away from world hunger

Ukraine’s woes will soon spill over its borders affecting the globe

By Ihor Pavliuk May 17, 2022

A month ago, a photo of a peasant household in one of the villages of northern Ukraine liberated from Russian troops spread around social networks. The occupiers deliberately scattered the grain over the dirt so that it could not be used. Something similar already happened in Ukraine in 1932-33, when the deliberate genocide of Ukrainians

Crops

Mildew scrapped as grading factor for No. 3 wheats

Grading changes also planned for canola admixture, splits in peas, excreta in mustard

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News May 12, 2022

The Canadian Grain Commission will change its standard samples for mildew in No. 1 and No. 2 wheats, and drop it as a grading factor for No. 3 wheats, effective this summer. The CGC on Monday laid out a list of changes to its grain grading policies and standards for wheat, canola, peas, beans and

Daily Network News

U.S. grains: Soybeans continue gains on Trump’s China comments

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures end week higher on tight supply

Pea, lentil outlooks have some positive signals – Penner

Peas

Time to tag pea leaf weevil

Manitoba seeding 87 per cent complete, recent rains halt progress

Manitoba crop progress about a month behind schedule

Micronutrient fertilizer to fully commercialize

Pulse weekly outlook: More rainfall turns into more seeding delays

Pulse weekly outlook: AAFC projects normal yields, increased pulse production

Pulse weekly outlook: Still early in season to switch crops

Heavy rains slow seeding progress, acres well-behind five-year average

One step away from world hunger

Mildew scrapped as grading factor for No. 3 wheats

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