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VIDEO: Weed ID day comes to Brandon
Crops, Local news

VIDEO: Weed ID day comes to Brandon

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Manitoba Co-operator reporter Alexis Stockford recently met with provincial weed experts at one of two recent weed identification days to hear about some of the key points to watch for when identifying weeds as seedlings. The events were held in Carman and Brandon in the second-last week of May.
Some fields in eastern Manitoba are showing signs of alfalfa weevil damage.
Forages, Local news

Fair weather sees good forage growth, alfalfa weevils on the scene

Forage and grassland conditions for Eastern Manitoba/Interlake and Western Manitoba/Central as of May 30 – 31

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Fields in the Western area received some welcome rains with reports in the 2 inch range as of May 30. Central Manitoba reported only trace amounts of precipitation. Fields in Southeast Manitoba received around 7 mm while the Interlake received as much as 14 mm. Fields in the East that saw 3-4 inches of growth
A previously parched agricultural Manitoba got some needed relief last week with a series of rain- and thunderstorms.
Local news, Weather

Drinking it in

Many farmers got their wish 
for rain in late May, although not everyone was so lucky

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Last week was a cool drink of water for much of Manitoba, but patches of the province are still gasping for rain. Late May broke the dry spell that had been gripping almost all of agricultural Manitoba for April and May. “The rain that happened a week and a half ago didn’t really hit the
University of Winnipeg history professor, Janis Thiessen and researcher Sarah Story will tour Manitoba over the next four years in the Manitoba Food History Truck.
Country Crossroads, Local news, Other

Food history truck ready to roll

Researchers embark on unusual project to capture oral history of how food in Manitoba has been produced, sold, manufactured and consumed

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Who developed the recipe for that perogy or pasta? What’s the tale that torte could tell? A small group of history researchers from University of Winnipeg want to know, and will set out this spring to hear Manitobans tell their food-related stories. It’s a team assembled by Janis Thiessen, a history professor at University of
The Stepplers’ bull sales have been boosted by live streaming on social media.
Local news, News, Other

Selling the farm life, byte by byte

Producers are turning to the internet to market their farms and their practices

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It’s not hard to keep track of what’s happening on Steppler Farms, west of Miami. A quick scroll through their blogs, YouTube, Facebook and Twitter feeds shows pictures taken in the field, videos of feeding cattle, links to articles and posts on everything from beehive management to family birthdays. On screen, Ian Steppler appears in
The Manitoba government has singled out the province’s beekeepers, dairy farmers, sheep producers and the horticulture sector for the $176-million Manitoba interpretation of the Canadian Agricultural Partnership.
Local news, News

Four sectors focus of Ag Action Manitoba

Some application deadlines are less than a month away

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The province has released the first round of Ag Action Manitoba funding guidelines for the $176-million Manitoba interpretation of the Canadian Agricultural Partnership. Their next challenge will be hitting the application deadlines, some of which are June 22. Four sectors have been earmarked for specific projects in the first year of assurance funding. The province
Rain, warm temperatures spur good alfalfa growth
Forages, Local news

Rain, warm temperatures spur good alfalfa growth

Forage and grassland conditions for Eastern Manitoba/Interlake as of May 24

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Fields throughout the southeast experienced very little winter kill even though soil temperature in the southeast were getting down to the critical temperatures of -12 C. This may in part be due to were the weather stations are located and that many of the fields in the area had considerable stubble left from last fall.
Forage producers had their fingers crossed for rain last week, but the promised storms missed a range of farmers still looking for moisture.
Crops, Forages, Local news

Concern raised over flagging forage

Manitoba’s dry spell needs to break soon, or it could mean bad news for forage crops in the west. For some winterkilled crops, though, it’s already too late

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Forage crops are off to a rough start. Producers and provincial experts say forages got a double hit this spring, with strained crops failing to survive the winter while those that made it through still struggle with slow growth. Ken Harms, who produces hay near Snowflake, says subpar stands in his area actually ran into
KAP president Dan Mazier says he welcomes the legislation as a means of improving public safety.
Local news, News, Other

Province moves to curb unsafe night hunting

Tabled legislation aims to protect the public while respecting traditional hunting rights, provincial minister says

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Legislation introduced last week to curb night hunting aims to put the public out of harm’s way while continuing to respect traditional hunting rights, Minister of Sustainable Development Rochelle Squires said last week. On May 16 the province tabled Bill 29, the Wildlife Amendment Act (Safe Hunting and Shared Management) to set out regulations on

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