It has all the data found inSeed Manitobaand more Farmers making last-minute seeding changes have a new web-based tool to get the skinny on crop var iet ies cal led Seed Interactive (www.seedinterac tive.ca). The browser-based Internet site has all the variety information, including yield and agronomic and disease data, gathered through the Manitoba Crop
Seed Interactive — A New Online Variety Info Source
Aid Package For Flooded Farmers
The Manitoba government announced several compensation programs worth an estimated $44 million for farmers May 24 as part of a sweeping $175-million package of mitigation and compensation measures related to flooding in the province. There is a program for farmers south of the Hoop and Holler Bend near Portage la Prairie and surrounding Lake Manitoba
Show Farmers A Workable Plan
The federal government must demonstrate the Canadian Wheat Board’s (CWB) long-term viability in an open market or take responsibility for winding it down, says Keystone Agricultural Producers’ president Doug Chorney. “Show me a business plan that the wheat board is actually going to function in a dual market,” the farmer from East Selkirk said in
Canola Growers Shun Voluntary CWB Pilot Project
The Grandview-area farmer who first suggested exploring a voluntary marketing program for canola through the Canadian Wheat Board says he still thinks it’s a good idea. But he isn’t surprised farmers refused to support it. Larry Bohdanovich brought forward the resolution at the Manitoba Canola Growers Association’s (MCGA) annual meeting in 2006 asking it to
Special Aid For Flooded Farmers
The Manitoba government is promising “comprehensive” compensation to crop farmers and livestock producers whose livelihoods are threatened by the unprecedented Assiniboine River flooding this spring. “I do want to indicate we are developing through our Department of Agriculture a comprehensive plan for the many impacted areas throughout the province whether it be in the Shoal
Why Hoop And Holler Site Was Chosen
Once only known to locals as a former destination for some whooping and hollering, this oxbow is now a national icon as the place where flood fighters tried something never done before in this province. Choosing this site for a deliberate breach makes sense despite the protests of local farmers that it will affect highly
Manitoba’s goal to save homes in controlled spill zone
A “controlled spill” from the surging Assiniboine River is now set for sometime Saturday, Emergency Measures Minister Steve Ashton said at Thursday’s flood briefing in Winnipeg. A time had yet to be announced. Meanwhile, the goal is still protect the 150 or so homes in the flood zone before the water arrives, he said. “I
Farmers in Manitoba spill zone to be compensated
Farmers flooded by a controlled spill to prevent an uncontrolled blowout of Assiniboine River dikes will be compensated “fairly and swiftly and comprehensively,” according to Agriculture Minister Stan Struthers. “It’s a special case and it will be a special compensation package that we come forward with,” Struthers said in an interview Wednesday. “We need to
Rail Revenue Cap Changes?
Gerry Ritz, who hopes to continue as Canada’s agriculture minister in the newly elected Harper majority government, said last week farmers might need to pay more for grain transportation in order to get better railway service. “We want a much more commercially based system,” said Ritz, who was re-elected May 2 in the Saskatchewan constituency
Ritz Committed To Promoting Trade
Gerry Ritz says if reappointed agriculture minister in Stephen Harper’s new majority Conservative government he’ll continue to push to open markets around the world for Canadian farmers. “We’re also expanding the Market Access Secretariat,” Ritz said in an interview May 3. “We’re going to put actual agricultural people in consuls around the world where we