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Manitoba crops see excess moisture, cooler temperatures

Manitoba Crop Report: Issue 10

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Fall rye stands are at the soft dough stage. Rapid advancement in winter cereal crop development continues and crop conditions are rated as good. Spring cereals continue to advance with earliest planted fields having moved into the flag leaf/head emergence stage. Soybean and dry bean crops are progressing at a slower pace given the cooler
Seeding progression in 2024 compared to previous years.
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Seeding progress in Manitoba passes 90 per cent mark

Manitoba Crop Report: Issue 7

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Despite the wet conditions, seeding progress was made throughout much of the province last week and is estimated to be 92 per cent complete. Spring cereals, peas, and grain corn are approximately 97 per cent complete. Canola and soybean planting advanced, with 88 per cent of canola acres and 92 per cent of soybean acres
Water law professor David Percy says a culture of negotiation has taken the edge off the "first in time, first in right" principle that guides water rights in Alberta.
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Seeding very close to wrapping up in Alberta

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Spring planting in Alberta has almost wrapped up for this year, with the agriculture ministry pegging it at 97 per cent complete province-wide as of June 4. Seeding advanced 20 points on the week with the pace at the five-year average. The greatest overall progress was made in northeastern, northwestern and central Alberta. The northeast
Seeding progression in 2024 compared to previous years.
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Agro-Manitoba sees more precipitation, seeding progress behind five-year average

Manitoba Crop Report: Issue 5 (week 21)

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Seeding progress has been observed in many areas of the province this past week and is now at 64 per cent complete. Producers have focused on planting corn (80 per cent complete), spring wheat (87 per cent complete) barley (79 per cent  complete) and peas (96 per cent complete). Canola planting continues with 41 per
Wireworms bore into a plant stem.
Crops

Wireworms a persistent insect pest on the Prairies

Nestled in the soil and hard to kill, wireworms are a headache for Manitoba growers

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They’ll survive what would kill other crop pests. Some species will eat each other. If food is scarce, they might reverse molt to become smaller and harder to starve. They’ll go after grain crops, potatoes, onions, carrots, strawberries or almost any other field crop. Their tendency to feast on germinating seeds and young shoots under
Seeding progression in 2024 compared to previous years.
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Seeding pace picks up across agro-Manitoba

Manitoba Crop Report: Issue 3 (week 19)

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Rapid seeding has progressed across the province this past week and is now at 30 per cent complete. Producers have focused on planting corn (60 per cent complete), cereals (58 per cent complete) and peas (72 per cent complete). Canola planting has just started with 6 per cent of the acres being planted. Producers are
Canola stubble pokes out of the hills in Chad Berry’s direct-seeded potato demonstration plot in 2021.
Crops

Making potatoes friendly to soil health

Soil health tactics are not out of reach for the spud sector

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Potatoes are a high-value crop and one of the world’s most important dietary staples. But when it comes to sustainability, they’ve got a hurdle to clear because there’s no escaping some level of soil disturbance when growing and harvesting. Why it matters: Soil health and minimized soil disturbance are major pillars in the push toward
Verticillium wilt is the main culprit for potato early die complex.
Crops

Early bird may dodge verticillium woes in potatoes

Pushing a problem field to the front of the planting queue may help limit infection

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Verticillium wilt is a problem for a lot of crops in Manitoba, including canola, sunflowers and alfalfa. In potatoes, the fungus Verticillium dahlia is the main cause of potato early die complex. In a 2021 interview with the Co-operator, Mario Tenuta, University of Manitoba soil scientist and main investigator with the Canadian Potato Early Dying Network, suggested the condition
Field stress can translate to potato skin flaws.
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The ugly truth of tuber trauma 

Field stresses may mean less than pretty potatoes come fall

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Life can be tough on a tuber. Lots of things can cause blemishes or otherwise diminish the visual quality of a potato. It could be herbicide injury, North Dakota State University plant pathologist Andy Robinson said. Or the tubers might have been jostled by harvest equipment. Maybe it’s just a consequence of field conditions. “Lots
Fertigation aims to maximize tuber production over vegetative growth.
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Setting up fertigation in potato crops for success

Manitoba farmers show how they’ve made the irrigation-fertilization marriage work

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Potato producer Sheldon Wiebe, who farms near MacGregor, can wax poetic about how production has evolved on his operation, J.P. Wiebe Ltd., since its inception in the mid 1960s. Like other Manitoba potato farmers, the introduction of irrigation is part of that story, but today the practice is about more than just water. Today, the

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