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tillage radish cover crop
Cereals, Local news

Expecting an early cereal harvest? Try growing a cover crop

A nitrogen boost is just one of many benefits of adding cover crops to the rotation

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In many parts of Manitoba spring cereals were seeded early this year, and harvest may occur directly after winter wheat harvest. An early harvest means that there may still be two months of warm weather between harvest and freeze-up — warmth that could be used to grow a late-season cover crop. Cover crops are known
bee on a white flower
Local news

Growing a 4-H garden you can ‘Bee Proud’ of

4-H clubs can get free seeds to 
plant pollinator-friendly gardens

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4-H Canada and Syngenta Canada have announced the second year of Proud to Bee a 4-H’er, an initiative where 4-H club members learn about bees and other pollinators by planting and tending pollinator-friendly gardens. Participating 4-H clubs will create bee-friendly habitats using Proud to Bee a 4-H’er bee-friendly seed packets. 4-H clubs that register for
pig on a fundraising website
Did you know?, Local news

Public rallies around loose sow

Within hours the sow had been named and a rescue fundraiser started

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Pigs were in the Winnipeg headlines last week over the fate of a sow that had fallen off a livestock truck and was found roaming near Winnipeg’s south perimeter. Manitoba Pork says staff, representatives from the Office of the Chief Veterinarian of Manitoba, and the Winnipeg Police Service contained the animal and loaded it onto
Canadian agricultural minister Gerry Ritz
Livestock, News

Canada ups the ante in COOL dispute

Canada is seeking more than $3 billion in tariffs

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Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz is warning Canada will play hardball with American politicians who block legislation to scrap the U.S. country-of-origin labelling (COOL) program on beef and pork imports. Canada formally asked the World Trade Organization June 4 to approve slightly more than $3 billion a year in retaliatory tariffs on American food and consumer
manitoba clubroot map
Local news, Oilseeds

More clubroot confirmed in Manitoba, but mostly low levels

The good news — farmers can still prevent this potentially destructive canola disease from getting out of control

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Forty-eight Manitoba fields are confirmed to have clubroot spores, a soil-borne, potentially destructive canola disease, up from 13, according to the latest clubroot survey update from Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development (MAFRD). The results were expected and officials predict they’ll find even more with additional sampling. The good news is the number of clubroot
alfalfa weevil on an alfalfa leaf
Forages, Local news

Green Gold forage report sees alfalfa weevils in Eastern Manitoba

Forage and grassland conditions for Eastern, Central Manitoba and Western/Interlake as of June 8

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This is the tenth release for the Green Gold program assessing forage conditions in Manitoba. Reports will be issued from various areas of the Province (Eastern, Central, Interlake, and Western) in the weeks and months ahead. Hay Day for the Western/Interlake looks to be June 12th. The north portion of the Interlake has seen a rapid drop
farm equipment seeding crops
Crops, Local news

Seeding 2015: The never-ending story

Close to a million Manitoba acres could get reseeded and 90 per cent of them were canola


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What started as an early spring has turned into a reseeding frenzy as farmers race against crop insurance deadlines to reseed nearly a million acres damaged by a blizzard, frost, heavy rains and voracious flea beetles. “The May 30 frost was bad for two reasons. One, it was widespread. Two, it was later in the
flooded field in Manitoba
Crops, Local news

Soggy fields delay producers’ attempts to complete seeding

Producers in the southwest of the province have been battling to complete seeding through 
oversaturated fields, late-spring frost and continued bouts of precipitation

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Another big rainfall June 2 has southwestern Manitoba farmers singing another refrain of the soggy boggy blues as they wait for their saturated land to dry up. “There are some farmers in the area who are done seeding for the first time, there are a lot who are reseeding and quite a few people who
Pupae and larva of redbacked cutworm
Crops, Local news

Manitoba crop insect and disease update – June 9, 2015

Flea beetles in canola and cutworms are the insects of most concern

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Summary Flea beetles in canola and cutworms continue to be the insects of greatest concern. Insecticide applications and some reseeding have occurred because of feeding by these insects. Monitor emerging crops for seedling disease. So far populations of disease vectors have been low. Aphid vectors of barley yellow dwarf have not been seen or reported, and only small populations of

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