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High Prices Don’t Discourage Set-Aside Enrolment – for Sep. 23, 2010

By Charles Abbott September 23, 2010

Despite a late-summer surge in wheat prices, landowners offered to enroll 1.5 per cent of U. S. cropland in a federal program that pays them an annual rent for taking fragile land out of production. Some 4.3 million acres (1.7 million hectares) will be accepted of 4.8 million acres offered for the Conservation Reserve, said

Country Crossroads

Celebrating A Century Of Progress – for Sep. 16, 2010

By Lorraine Stevenson September 16, 2010

Women running farm homes a century ago could scarcely have imagined the clean, comfortable, and efficient homes of their daughters and granddaughters. But they could envision a better quality of life, and today’s farm families owe a debt of gratitude to those women who fought for amenities such as electricity and running water, and encouraged

Country Crossroads

Conservation Agreement A Milestone – for Sep. 9, 2010

By Bill Stilwell September 9, 2010

The habitat on a Basswoodarea farm is now permanently protected. While all habitat is important, this easement has additional significance as it is also the 500th Conservation Agreement (CA) held by the Manitoba Habitat Heritage Corporation. “Dad was a conservationist,” said Keith Proven. “That’s what drove him to always think that the bush would stay

News

Funds To Help Flooded Interlake Farmers

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff May 6, 2010

Farmers adversely affected by flooding in the Interlake over the past two years will receive more than $2.5 million from the federal-provincial AgriRecovery program to help them get started this spring, a joint Canada-Manitoba release says. Crop producers in the rural municipalities of Grahamdale, Siglunes, Eriksdale, Fisher, Bifrost, Coldwell, Armstrong, Gimli, and St. Laurent, the

Livestock

Texas Cattle Herd May Take Years To Rebuild

By Ed Stoddard March 25, 2010

The Texas cattle herd, America’s largest, could take five to seven years to rebuild to the level it was before much of the state was scorched by nearly two years of drought, a top cattleman said March 19. Dave Scott, president of the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association (TSCRA), said while the drought was

Cereals, Crops, News, Oilseeds

Uptake Low For New U. S. Support Plan

By Charles Abbott October 29, 2009

Just eight per cent of farmers signing up for U. S. crop subsidies opted for a new federal program designed to protect grower revenue, the Agriculture Department said Oct. 20. Some 128,620 farms enrolled in the Average Crop Revenue Election (ACRE) program for their 2009 crops while 1.54 million choose to receive traditional supports, which

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Weather, Washington Weigh On Wheat

By Don Bousquet July 30, 2009

For three-times-daily market reports from Don Bousquet and RNI, visit “ICE Futures Canada updates” at www.manitobacooperator.ca Grain and oilseed prices at ICE Futures Canada in Winnipeg closed the week ended July 24 lower, with canola pushed to its lowest level since March on the improved crop condition and the amazing rally in the Canadian dollar.

Hogs, Opinion

Letters – for Jul. 9, 2009

July 9, 2009

Move in new livestock direction Governments have once again chosen political expediency over science. They are doling out another $37 million to the hog industry. Why? Because, in the words of the minister of agriculture, “the false connection to the H1N1 flu,” is unjustly damaging the industry. She makes no mention of how she reached

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

USDA Report Improves Market Outlook

By Don Bousquet April 9, 2009

For three-times-daily market reports from Don Bousquet and RNI, visit “ICE Futures Canada updates” at www.manitobacooperator.ca Grain and oi l seed futures at ICE Futures Canada in Winnipeg closed the week ended April 3 mixed, with canola up and barley down in an active week. Canola was lifted by gains in the U. S. soy

Hogs, News

Non-BRM Agreement May Help With Manure Storages

By Ron Friesen April 9, 2009

Manitoba hog producers required to expand their manure storage facilities could get some financial help from a federal-provincial agreement signed last week. The $117.5 million Growing Forward agreement between Manitoba and Ottawa includes $18.8 million for eligible beneficial management practices (BMPs) involving water and nutrient management. That should include manure storages, although the available money

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures turn lower

U.S. grains: Soy futures dip as traders await China sales; corn, wheat sag

Seeds Canada announces Dan Wright as new CEO

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