News & Opinion & Farming Articles - Manitoba Co-operator

U.S. researchers hope canola plants will show how plants react to early drought stress.

Researchers eye canola for drought insight

Looking at the plants’ day and night cycles is shedding light on  how plants respond to moisture stress

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff September 12, 2017

Your canola crop could hold the key to understanding how plants react to drought stress. That’s according to researchers at Dartmouth University who are looking at how early drought stress affects brassica rapa. The research, recently published in the journal eLife, looks at the full day and night cycle of the plants to see how

Crops, Local news

VIDEO: Organic hemp field day

By Allan Dawson September 12, 2017

Manitoba Co-operator reporter Allan Dawson speaks with Alden Braul of Hemp Production Services about his organic hemp trials at Wayne Williment’s farm near Miami, Man.

Crop Report, Crops, Local news, Weather

Spring cereal harvest nears end, soybeans, corn, sunflowers quickly maturing

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report for September 11

By Manitoba Agriculture September 11, 2017

Harvest continues across the province, with spring cereal harvest nearing completion in most areas. Harvest has started in soybeans, flax, and silage corn. Warm, dry conditions continue to quickly advance soybeans, corn, and sunflowers. Dry conditions continue across the province, dry dugouts have been reported. Click here for the Crop Weather Report for the week

Ron Bonnet says the federal government's current tax proposal creates "major" financial uncertainty for incorporated farms.

News, Other

Opposition grows to Ottawa’s proposed corporate tax changes

The Canadian Federation of Agriculture wants the consultation period  extended for a more fulsome review

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff September 11, 2017

Ottawa needs to extend consultations on proposed tax changes for incorporated businesses, including farm corporations, the Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA) says. The CFA, which has joined the 42-member Coalition for Small Business Tax Fairness, is calling on farmers to voice their concerns about changes it says will hurt farm business planning. It also says

Local news, Other

CD managers want to work more closely with Indigenous communities

By Lorraine Stevenson September 11, 2017

Conservation district managers say they welcome proposed changes to legislation governing conservation districts that would make it easier to work with Indigenous communities. The province is proposing amendments to the Conservation Districts Act — which would be renamed the Watershed Authorities Act — that would allow these new watershed entities to strike one-on-one partnership agreements

Opinion, Other

Opinion: Thinking the unthinkable on NAFTA

The bottom line is, either we stand up and defend our rights or we’ll simply have traded  one colonial master for another

By Robert McGarvey September 11, 2017

Everyone who’s ever done business with Donald Trump knows his favourite tactic: don’t negotiate; intimidate. Well, he’s at it again, threatening to pull the plug on NAFTA because Canada and Mexico are being “very difficult.” This broadside is the equivalent of rolling a live grenade into the room when trade talks have only just begun.

Local news

A watershed moment

Manitoba has released three new environmental initiatives to improve water management and watershed planning

By Lorraine Stevenson September 11, 2017

The provincial government is mulling a new focus on watersheds, modelled after the grassroots Alternative Land Use Services (ALUS) program. GRowing Outcomes in Watersheds (GROW) is one of three proposals within a new policy framework for water management the provincial government is seeking public input on. The government has released three major documents including one

Local news

Ag industry gets ready to shine with upcoming Open Farm Day

Agriculture venues across the province are getting ready for their moment in the spotlight on Open Farm Day

By Alexis Stockford September 8, 2017

Rural Manitoba is preparing for a temporary population jump. Forty-six locations have signed on for the eighth annual Open Farm Day Sept. 17, including farms, museums and agricultural research centres, which will draw droves of interested non-farmers into the countryside. Participating locations have steadily increased over the past three years, Manitoba Open Farm Day co-ordinator

Editorial, Opinion, Other

Editorial: Let’s all stay safe at harvest-time

By Gord Gilmour September 7, 2017

There are few industries that feature a concentrated and ongoing effort like harvest time on a farm. The culmination of an entire season’s work rests on your efforts between now and the arrival of winter. It really is sometimes now or never. That was certainly the case at times on our family’s operation. My hometown

By getting a good winter wheat seeding date, you'll be able to harvest it sooner next year.

Cereals, Crops, Local news

Time to plant winter wheat

On average winter wheat still has a yield advantage over spring wheats, but there are other factors to consider

By Allan Dawson September 7, 2017

The first two weeks of September is the best time for seeding winter wheat and with many canola crops already harvested there are fields suited for seeding now, says Lionel Kaskiw, Manitoba Agriculture’s farm production advisor in Souris. But interest in winter wheat is declining with some farmers saying they can get almost the same

Daily Network News

The Canadian GMO mustard wars: Dijon vs canola

Australian farmers shift to less fertilizer-intensive crops as Iran war costs surge

India, Japan canola crops to be steady in 2026/27 – USDA

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