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Baker Colony won the Manitoba Corn Growers Association’s (MCGA) corn yield competition for the third year in a row with a record yield of 306.4 bushels an acre. The results were announced Feb. 14 at the CropConnect banquet in Winnipeg. Mack Waldner (second from right) received the competition trophy from MCGA president Myron Krahn (second from left) along with MCGA director Leonard Wiebe (l) and $1,000 from John McCulloch of DuPont Pioneer.
Crops, Local news

Baker Colony undisputed corn champ

It had a record-breaking 306.4-bushels-an-acre yield, marking the first time a competitor has hit 300 or higher

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It’s a three-peat for Baker Colony. The Hutterite Brethren community near MacGregor, Man., has won the Manitoba Corn Growers Association’s corn yield competition for the third time in as many years with a record 306.4 bushels an acre in 2017, beating its own record of 274.69 set in 2016. The colony won with DuPont Pioneer’s
Confusion over CN rail cars to Manitoba
Local news, News

Confusion over CN rail cars to Manitoba

CN delivered cars to Manitoba in Week 30, but they were back-ordered cars and not the cars ordered for Week 30

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There’s confusion over how many rail cars CN Rail sent to Manitoba in shipping Week 30. According to one news report last week, CN sent no grain cars to Manitoba elevators in Week 30. The Ag Transport Coalition (ATC), which monitors grain shipping for a group of grain shippers and farm commodity groups, says CN
Finding workers for short-season employment in rural areas isn’t easy.
Country Crossroads, Local news

Making it work — or not

Direct Farm Manitoba speaker says farm owners need to look further afield — 
to provincial job centres and settlement agencies — to find the staffers they need

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The labour shortage in agriculture affects all types of farms and enterprises with short-season, high-labour needs definitely feel the pinch of it. Pam and John Griffin need to hire people every summer to take off their strawberry harvest on their five-acre Glenboro-area Good Earth Garden and Berries farm. But not many want the job. “I’m
(From left) Tere Stykalo of award sponsor, MNP, poses with TESA award winners Thomas Harper, Sonja Harper, Brian Harper and Kristelle Harper of Circle H Farms, along with Larry Wegner, chair of MBP’s Environment Committee. The Environmental Stewardship Award for Manitoba (TESA) was presented at the Manitoba Beef Producers President’s Banquet Feb. 8 in Brandon.
Livestock, Local news

Circle H Farms named cream of the crop for environmental efforts by MBP

The Environmental Stewardship Award for Manitoba (TESA) went to the Harper family
of Circle H Farms during the Manitoba Beef Producers President’s Banquet Feb. 8 in Brandon

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Harper” is a well-known name among Manitoba beef farmers with an interest in rotational grazing. Brian and Sonja Harper, along with Thomas and Kristelle Harper, are the families behind Circle H Farms, a 500-acre, 80-head purebred cow-calf operation north of Brandon. Some may already be familiar with their fields, having attended a grazing workshop or
Manitoba Canola Growers Association president Chuck Fossay (l) presented Teulon farmer and former seed grower Murray McConnell with the Canola Award of Excellence for 2018 in recognition of his contribution as an early canola seed grower.
Local news, News

Early canola seed grower recognized

The 85-year-old farmer was one of the earliest seed growers to try the new crop

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Murray McConnell, a pioneer canola seed grower, received the Canola Award of Excellence for 2018 from the Manitoba Seed Growers Association (MCGA) at the CropConnect banquet in Winnipeg Feb. 14. McConnell, 85, who farms near Teulon, Man., grew some canola plots for Baldur Stefansson, a University of Manitoba plant breeder and one of the developers
A small sign in the foyer of the Riverside Holiday Inn in Minot, North Dakota reminds visitors how high the water reached in 2011 when the Souris River flooded to its highest levels since at least 1881.
Local news, News, Other

International Souris River Study Board seeks public input

Study board aims to recommend ways to reduce flood risk along the 700-km river

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An upcoming study will make recommendations on how to reduce flood risks along the Souris River. That’s the goal of the International Souris River Study Board (ISRSB) which, over the next two years, will look at different options for improving the 1989 international agreement between Canada and the U.S. Its efforts aim to improve the
Manitoba Wheat and Barley Growers Association chair Fred Greig led a discussion on the proposed commodity associations’ merger during the wheat and barley growers’ annual meeting Feb. 15 at CropConnect in Winnipeg.
Local news, News

Ideological lines blurred over commodity group merger

Farmers spoke for and against the proposal during 
five association annual meetings at CropConnect

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Butch Harder and Jim Pallister seem the most unlikely of allies. Ordinarily the pair, who farm at Lowe Farm and Portage la Prairie, respectively, find themselves on the opposite sides of many policy issues. But now they find themselves expressing similar concerns about the proposal to amalgamate five Manitoba farm commodity associations — Manitoba Wheat
The Manitoba Flax Growers Association is moving to Carman and chair Eric Fridfinnson is pleased the Manitoba Pulse & Soybean Growers Association has agreed to administer the association on a fee-for-service basis.
Local news, News

Flax, winter cereals groups moving to Carman

While not formerly part of the commodity group merger talks, 
it demonstrates a willingness towards additional collaboration

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The Manitoba Flax Growers Association (MFGA) and Winter Cereals Manitoba Inc. (WCMI) are moving to the Carman office already occupied by a number of other commodity organizations. The Manitoba Pulse & Soybean Growers (MPSGA) will administer the MFGA starting March 1, MFGA chair Eric Fridfinnson told reporters Feb. 15, following the association’s annual meeting during
Local news, News

Why merge?

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Why merge? The reasons for five Manitoba farm commodity associations — Manitoba Wheat and Barley Growers, Manitoba Pulse & Soybean Growers, Manitoba Corn Growers, Manitoba Flax Growers and National Sunflower Association of Canada — to merge were reviewed at each of the association’s annual meetings Feb. 14 and 15 at CropConnect in Winnipeg. Here’s a

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