Manitoba Co-operator reporter Allan Dawson visits a field near Miami, Man., to find seeding well underway. Manitoba farmers will spend approximately $2.6 billion in seed, fertilizer and fuel during the 2017 crop season.
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VIDEO: Seeding in southern Manitoba gets rolling
VIDEO: Spring wheat seeding off to a good start
On May 2, Manitoba Co-operator reporter Allan Dawson spoke with Brian Derksen near Miami, Man., about how conditions were for seeding his spring wheat crop and what he plans to put in the ground next.
Carbon tax impact discussed at sustainable energy association AGM
A tax of $10 a tonne would cost the average Manitoban an extra 26 cents a day, but farmers are still in the dark about their potential bill
Manitoba farmers are debating a carbon tax, but it isn’t easy since the provincial government hasn’t released any details. Taxing carbon is meant to discourage emissions. But as “price-takers,” farmers fear taxing it will reduce their competitiveness and profits. The Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) wants farmers exempted from paying a tax on carbon emitted directly
Weed rankings shuffle in latest provincial weed survey
Wild oats are down, but experts are warning producers to take a closer look at their foxtail, it might not be the species they think
Green foxtail is still the province’s top weed, yellow foxtail is on the rise and wild oats have declined, according to last year’s Manitoba Weed Survey results. Wild oats, usually the second-most-abundant weed in the province, slipped to fourth in 2016, overtaken by both wild buckwheat and barnyard grass. Dr. Jeanette Gaultier, principal investigator of
Livestock industries eye growth with provincial strategy
Livestock producers are starting to see details of the provincial government’s livestock growth strategy
As details of the provincial livestock growth strategy begin to trickle out, the industry says it likes what it sees. The strategy was unveiled earlier this month along with the 2017-18 provincial budget but at that time there were few details forthcoming. Now producers are finding out it will include ongoing red tape reduction and
Diversity key to successful farm lobby
Farmers should be able to choose which general farm organization their checkoff dollars support, says the NFU
Region 5 of the National Farmers Union has again called on the province to give producers a choice in which general farm organization they wish to support. They’re asking the Manitoba government to amend the Agriculture Producers Funding Act. Currently, Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) is the only certified general farm organization in Manitoba, thanks to
North Interlake highway wins ‘race to disgrace’
PR 239 to Faulkner and Steep Rock tops CAA’s 2017 worst roads list
If repairs can’t be sped up, at least slow down the traffic, say local leaders where CAA’s annual worst roads campaign ranked local roads the worst in the province. Last week’s list put PR 239 into Faulkner and Steep Rock as the worst of the worst in Manitoba and it took an early lead in
Slow start to U.S. corn planting may lead to tug of war with soy
Although technology allows farmers to plant faster than ever before, weather can still hinder progress
U.S. farmers are off to a slow start on corn plantings and even though it is still very early in the 2017 season, the numbers may already imply that total corn acres could be less than the 89.996 million that the market currently expects. The U.S. Department of Agriculture placed corn-planting progress at six per
Seeding underway in many parts of Manitoba
Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report for May 1, 2017
Manitoba Agriculture – Favourable weather and field conditions have allowed seeding operations to get underway in many areas of Manitoba. Provincially, it is estimated that less than five per cent of the 2017 crop has been seeded. No meaningful precipitation received during the past week and soil surface conditions are drying nicely across the province.
Be safe and be ready to share the road with farm traffic
Province of Manitoba – Farmers are gearing up for another growing season and that means agricultural equipment will soon be moving along roadways to fields and sharing the roads and highways in rural areas, Agriculture Minister Ralph Eichler said today. “When our producers are moving equipment down the road, they tend to move slower than
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