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This is how potato harvest should look, but not so for Manitoba potato growers who are now dealing with two bad harvest years in a row.

Frost ends Manitoba potato harvest

'Two bad years in a row hurts,' says potato growers association manager

By Allan Dawson November 5, 2019

Frost last week ended Manitoba’s potato harvest, leaving thousands of acres undug. It’s the second year wet soils prevented potato farmers from getting all the crop off before heavy frost ruined it. And while the final figures aren’t in, an estimated 12,000 acres of potatoes worth more than $50 million, didn’t get dug, says Dan

Crops, News, Other

Which crops were hot, and what was not in 2019

MASC report details 2019 crop insured acreage and varieties’ market share

By Allan Dawson October 28, 2019

BASF’s InVigor L233 P (LT) (PSR-R) canola was planted on 44.5 per cent of Manitoba’s 3.2 million acres of insured canola this year. That data comes from the Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation’s 2019 Variety Market Share Information. Its closest rival — L255 PC (LT) (PSR-R) — had 12 per cent of the acres, followed by

Standing soybeans under a blanket of snow following an early snowfall.

Crops, News

Manitoba farmers look for good weather to resume harvest

A wet turn after a dry summer has many farmers wondering if they’ll get the crop off

By Allan Dawson October 25, 2019

Beleaguered Manitoba farmers struggling to wrap up harvest are hoping for more good weather, and maybe a hard frost so machinery can travel on muddy fields. A major snowstorm Thanksgiving weekend just made fields, already soaked by above-average fall rain, wetter. As of Oct. 15, 26 per cent of Manitoba’s crop — 2.6 million acres

A house and farmyard are obscured by blowing snow as tree branches weighed down by heavy snow bend under the strain.

Farmit Manitoba, Op/Ed, Opinion

Editorial: What if those weather forecasts are right?

By Laura Rance-Unger October 24, 2019

To say Thanksgiving weekend was a wake-up call for those of us living in rural Manitoba would be an understatement. The mid-October snowstorm that swept through the south-central zone between Brandon and Winnipeg is one for the memory books, ranking right up there with the Colorado low that shut down the region in March of

Crop Report, News, Weather

Soybean, corn crops stand up to snowfall, harvest progress at 77 per cent

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report for October 22

By Manitoba Agriculture October 22, 2019

Southwest Region Above 0C and sunny weather prevailed much of last week following the snow, with rain showers near Killarney and Mountainside. Some +10C daytime temperatures occurred, but overnight freezing slowed snowmelt in southern and eastern districts. Pockets around Hamiota, Miniota, Russell and west of Virden did not get as much snow compared to other

Crop Report, News, Weather

Remaining crops get buried, broken under heavy snowfall

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report for October 15

By Manitoba Agriculture October 15, 2019

Southwest Region Snowstorms across the region halted all harvesting progress. The storm brought heavy, wet snow to the majority of the region. Eastern parts of the region were harder hit compared to southern and northwestern districts. Brandon, Neepawa, and Carberry recorded 40 to 70 cm of snow. High winds were drifting over roads and accumulating

Keystone Potato Growers Association manager Dan Sawatzky says potato growers are hoping for better harvest weather soon so the disastrous harvest of 2018 isn’t repeated.

Crops, News, Weather

Potato growers struggling with harvest — again

The second wet harvest in as many years has Manitoba potato growers worried

By Allan Dawson October 9, 2019

Manitoba potato growers, forced to leave an unprecedented number of acres unharvested last fall, are worried 2019 could be a repeat. “It’s not looking very good,” Dan Sawatzky, manager of the Keystone Potato Growers Association (KPGA) representing the province’s 52 processing potato growers said in an interview Sept. 30. “I am hoping we can dig

Crop Report, Crops, News

Crop quality decreasing with rains, severe sprouting seen in unharvested acres

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report for October 8

By Manitoba Agriculture October 8, 2019

Southwest Region Another cool and wet week in the Southwest region. Rainfall was variable but enough to stop harvesting many days. Harvest operations resumed late Sunday into Tuesday. Harvest is about 60 per cent complete in general. Majority of areas south of #1 highway are close to 65 to 70 per cent done, while some

File photo of wheat storage for a flour mill at Yokohama, Japan. (Joel-t/iStock/Getty Images)

Markets

Japan trade deal aims to put U.S. farmers on par with TPP

By GFM Network News, Reuters October 8, 2019

Washington | Reuters — The new U.S.-Japan trade deal will provide staged reduction of Japanese tariffs for more than US$2 billion worth of U.S. beef and pork, matching access now granted to the 11 Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact countries, a text of the agreement shows. U.S. President Donald Trump presided over a White House signing

Crop Report, Crops, News

Cereals, canola hit the dryers, soybean yields seen lower than average

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report for October 1

By Manitoba Agriculture October 1, 2019

Southwest region Cool and constant wet weather is stalling harvest progress. Rainfall amounts of 10 to 50 mm, majority falling during thunderstorms, which also resulted in hail. Snowfall is also reported in northern parts of the region and near the Saskatchewan border. Lodging in canola and other crops is common. Overnight temperatures ranged from zero

Daily Network News

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