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2019 was a crop year full of surprises
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2019 was a crop year full of surprises

It was a challenging year, but the data shows there were still some surprising good yields

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There were lots of surprises during the 2019 growing season, including just how well many Manitoba crops yielded, on average, despite challenges from April to November. The good, bad and ugly are captured in Yield Manitoba 2020, out this week with the Manitoba Co-operator. Of the 13 insured Manitoba crops under the microscope for the
Manitoba Wheat and Barley Growers members cast their votes on Feb. 13.
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Amalgamation vote passes, forming crop alliance

Members of the five commodity groups debated, then voted at CropConnect 2020

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[UPDATED: Feb. 14, 2020] Five Manitoba commodity groups have voted to join forces after two years of consultation and debate. “I am relieved, and I’m happy with the outcome,” said Eric Fridfinnson, board chair of the soon-to-be-defunct Manitoba Flax Growers Association. The vote passed with a clear majority after members of the five organization voted
We need to have some type of avenue for young farmers, who are not at 85 per cent equity because this land will not pay for itself.” – Bill Campbell, KAP president
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KAP passes resolutions on farmland access

Delegates raised concerns of private investors buying land and squeezing farmers out of the market

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Access to land, particularly for young farmers, was front and centre on the second day of Keystone Agricultural Producers’ (KAP) annual general meeting. Two resolutions related to increasing land access passed in the final day of the meeting. The first called on KAP to lobby for tax breaks for landowners who rent or sell to
Argentina’s main corn, soy areas getting adequate rains
Markets, News

Argentina’s main corn, soy areas getting adequate rains

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Reuters – Rains have been ample in key parts of Argentina’s breadbasket province of Buenos Aires, but they have been uneven and raised concern about crop yields in some isolated areas, a grower and climatologist said Feb. 3. The South American grains powerhouse is a major source of corn and soybean exports and Argentina’s top
Meeting the farm worker shortage in Manitoba is a big – and fast-growing challenge.
Farmit Manitoba, News, Other

Working it out: Manitoba needs a farm labour plan

The province sees the highest cost for unfilled positions

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The farm labour shortage is expected to hit Manitoba harder than any other province because of its diversity of agricultural products. That’s according to Portia MacDonald-Dewhirst, executive director of the Canadian Agricultural Human Resources Council, who spoke last week at the Keystone Agricultural Producers annual meeting in Winnipeg. “Because of the product mix that you
News, Other

Gas rations lifted at Co-op cardlocks

Manitoba producers have been operating under fuel caps at Co-op cardlocks since early February

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Producers will not have to worry about fuel caps the next time they fill up at a Co-op cardlock. Federated Co-operatives Limited (FCL) has lifted its restrictions on fuel volumes a week after starting to ration fuel at cardlocks in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta. The company announced the lifted restrictions Feb. 13. Why it matters:
Dianne Riding has been named president of the Manitoba Beef Producers, following the group’s annual meeting Feb. 6-7.
Beef cattle, News

Riding takes the reins at Manitoba Beef Producers

Dianne Riding of Lake Francis is the new president of the Manitoba Beef Producers

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The Manitoba Beef Producers (MBP) will have someone new at the helm in 2020. Former vice-president Dianne Riding was named president of the organization following MBP’s annual general meeting in Brandon Feb. 6-7. Riding is entering her seventh year as director of MBP’s District 9, an area stretching north on the eastern edge of the
Dean Harder farms near Lowe Farm, Manitoba.
News, Other

Farmer-led campaign to inform, lobby for climate solutions

Farmers for Climate Solutions wants any conversation on climate change to include agriculture

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A Manitoba farmer says a new agriculture-led campaign for climate solutions gives producers a chance to learn from each other while moving the needle on climate action. “This gives a place, a location for those that have that mentality — I think the majority of farmers actually fit in that category — to make a
Marie-Claude Bibeau.
Farmit Manitoba, News, Other

VIDEO: Bibeau announces grain code of practices

The grain industry is thus far applauding the move to document production practices

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Canadian grain farmers will soon have a “first-ever” grain production code of practices, following an announcement by the federal agriculture minister at Crop Connect 2020 in Winnipeg. Marie-Claude Bibeau said the federal government will be providing $800,000 in funding for the program, intended to document the practices for trading partners and consumers. It will demonstrate
Barry Janssens stands on a road near his farm. At one time, the road would have cut through fields. Now it’s more of a causeway through a swamp.
Farmit Manitoba, News, Other

Flood waters leave farmers with nowhere to go

Flooding at Whitewater Lake paints a bleak picture of how poor conservation practices can leave the next generation holding the bag when the weather changes

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A decade ago, Whitewater Lake began swallowing land. Barry Janssens watched the flood waters creep into his fields with every rainfall until nearly 500 acres had disappeared beneath water and cattails. The lake is frozen and snow covered now. He drives with a reporter along a gravel road a few miles from Deloraine — essentially

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