Pricing carbon to encourage fewer greenhouse gas emissions and mitigate climate change will affect all Canadians, including farmers. How depends on the program each province implements. It could raise farmers’ nitrogen fertilizer and fuel costs, but sequestering carbon with zero-till or rotational grazing could earn credits offsetting some of those costs. And while some farm
KAP takes proactive stance on carbon pricing
The group says a good plan could help farmers be part of the solution and generate new revenue while doing it
KAP asks House of Commons ag committee to reconsider bypassing Manitoba
The committee is travelling to get input on Growing Forward 3, but Manitoba, which was on the list of stops, was dropped
The Keystone Agricultural Producers thinks the Commons agriculture committee shouldn’t bypass Manitoba. KAP is unhappy the committee won’t be stopping here when it leaves Ottawa this fall to study Growing Forward 3. “We wrote a letter to the chair Pat Finnigan requesting that they reconsider coming to Manitoba and we will see where that goes,”
Farmers Edge investing millions in sustainable crop production
Sustainable Development Technology Canada is one of the investors
Farmers Edge, the made-in-Manitoba global precision agriculture company, is investing millions of dollars in a bid to make crop production more sustainable. Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) announced a $6.1-million investment with Famers Edge Sept. 21. Farmers Edge and a consortium of partners will contribute another $12.2 million. The money will be used to develop
Good reasons to desiccate sunflowers
Improved yield and quality and increased peace of mind are all part of the equation
If a hard frost isn’t in the forecast, sunflower farmers might want to consider applying liquid frost — a.k.a., a desiccant. That’s the advice Manitoba Agriculture oilseed specialist Anastasia Kubinec gave during the Crop Talk Westman webinar Sept. 28. Kubinec, who also farms with her husband and father, knows of what she speaks. Their sunflowers
Manitoba government seeking solutions to tax shift to high-value farmland
Tax increases may affect industry stability
The Manitoba government and Association of Manitoba Municipalities are aware of a shocking rise in property taxes facing some Manitoba farmers. Both are exploring what can be done, but officials didn’t provide any potential solutions when interviewed last week. “Yeah, it is causing concern without a doubt,” Eileen Clarke, minister of indigenous and municipal relations,
More corn rootworm found in Manitoba
It’s already a major pest in the U.S. Corn Belt, but it can still be easily controlled here
There’s another reason not to grow corn on corn in Manitoba: corn rootworm. The insect, which as its name implies, feeds on corn roots and is a major pest in the American Corn Belt, is showing up in greater numbers in Manitoba. But Manitoba Agriculture entomologist John Gavloski says there’s an easy fix: crop rotation.
Manitoba corn, wheat and barley growers to share new general manager
The two organizations will remain independent but say their members can be better served by co-operating on administration
Two Manitoba farm commodity groups are putting talk about collaboration into action by sharing a general manager. The Manitoba Corn Growers Association (MCGA) and Manitoba Wheat and Barley Growers Association (MWBGA) are looking for a new general manager to administer both associations when corn growers’ general manager Theresa Bergsma retires next June, after almost 29
Carbon pricing coming to Manitoba: KAP wants farmers’ input to get best plan
Teleconference and webinar starts at 8 a.m. Oct. 4
Carbon pricing, which is aimed at mitigating climate change, is coming to Manitoba and the Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) want farmers’ input on how it should be done. To that end KAP has organized a conference call and webinar for farmers Tue. Oct. 4 at 8 a.m. to learn more about options and to hear
Manitoba farmers see shocking jump in land taxes
Some say it’s unfair that the big jump in land values is shifting the municipal tax burden to farmers
Some Manitoba farmers are getting an unpleasant surprise when they open their 2016 farmland property tax bills. “I swallowed hard and wondered what was going on,” said Lowe Farm farmer Bill Toews in an interview. “I was shocked at the amount of increase, and not just in the education tax, but in municipal tax as
Lessons learned: Some advice on controlling disease in peas, wheat and barley next season
Too much rain and uneven crop staging made it difficult for farmers to apply fungicides at the optimum time
It’s been a tough year for farmers in southwest Manitoba, with disease hitting many field pea, spring wheat and barley crops hard. While it’s too late to do anything about it this year, there are things farmers can do to try to avoid the same problems in future years, says Lionel Kaskiw, a Manitoba Agriculture