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Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report: Issue 5

Conditions as of May 31, 2015

By Manitoba Agriculture Food and Rural Development June 2, 2015

Weekly Provincial Summary Provincially, seeding progress in Manitoba is estimated at 93 per cent complete. Many areas in Manitoba recorded below freezing temperatures on Saturday, May 30. Frost injury symptoms are evident. Crop growth and final plant stands are being assessed. The level of crop damage will depend on the stage of crop development, minimum

frozen canola seedlings in southern Manitoba

Local news, Oilseeds

MASC flexibility will speed up canola re-seeding in hardest hit areas

Some farmers won’t have to wait for an adjuster or leave a check strip before re-seeding, but farmers must check first with their local MASC office to see if the policy applies to them

By Allan Dawson, Terryn Shiells June 1, 2015

Some Manitoba farmers re-seeding canola after widespread frost May 30 can move a little faster thanks to changes from the Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation (MASC). Normally farmers have to get an MASC adjuster to inspect a field before they re-seed or leave a check strip, but farmers in certain areas won’t have to do that,

Cereals, Local news

Infrared technology identifies and removes fusarium-infected grain

Technology coming to Winnipeg feed mill will also provide the building blocks for a new biomass fuel

By Shannon VanRaes May 29, 2015

A Winnipeg feed mill is about to become the first in North America to install infrared grain-sorting technology in a commercial facility. Thanks in part to $1.1 million in funding from Growing Forward 2, Standard Nutrition Canada will integrate two BoMills into its St. Boniface facility over the next four months. The main allure of

Crops, Local news

Excess moisture might trigger more crop insurance claims than frost

Farmers and crop insurance adjusters expected to be in fields this week  assessing crop damage caused by the Victoria long-weekend storm

By Allan Dawson May 29, 2015

Excessive moisture from the May 16-17 storm might result in more crop insurance claims than frost. “From our perspective the amount of rain and snow that came with this storm is probably as big a concern as the frost itself,” David Van Deynze, Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation’s (MASC) manager of claim services said May 20.

Forages, Local news

Green Gold forage report sees alfalfa grow up to three inches

Forage and grassland conditions for Eastern, Central Manitoba and Western/Interlake as of May 25

By Manitoba Forage and Grassland Association May 27, 2015

This is the sixth 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. The reports below highlight the most recent forage conditions for Eastern, Central Manitoba and Western/Interlake: Green Gold report for Eastern Manitoba,

Livestock

Trade talks set to divide farm communities

Some groups want a trade deal even if it means sacrificing supply management

By Alex Binkley May 27, 2015

High-level negotiations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) scheduled for Guam this month have opened a rift in Canada’s farm community that successive governments have tried to prevent. Livestock and grain groups have gone public with a demand the federal government fully engage in the talks and, while they don’t actually say it, essentially be prepared

Crops, Local news, Weather

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report: Issue 4

Conditions as of May 24, 2015

By Manitoba Agriculture Food and Rural Development May 26, 2015

Weekly Provincial Summary Excellent drying conditions due to warmer, drier weather allowed seeding operations to resume in many areas of Manitoba. Provincially, seeding progress is estimated at 87 per cent complete. The previous week’s weather of rain, snow, wind and cool temperatures impacted some crops across the Province. Excess moisture impacted crop emergence and plant

Beef cattle, Comment

Beef industry travelling to a different drummer this year

After an extraordinary year in which all animal industry saw higher prices, beef stands alone in the continuation of lower production

By Chris Hurt May 26, 2015

2014 was a special year for the animal production industries with record-high farm-level prices for cattle, hogs, broilers, turkeys, milk and eggs. For 2015, a surprisingly fast expansion of poultry, pork and milk production will cause lower prices for those commodities. Beef stands alone in the continuation toward lower production, but prices remain uncertain. In

healthy groceries, lettuce, cherry tomatoes and vegetables

Crops, Opinion

Editorial: Demand pull nature of organic foods can’t be ignored

The market for organic foods continues to grow in spite of naysayers

By Laura Rance-Unger May 26, 2015

Imagine farming in a world in which you could control your production costs, receive a premium for what you produce, and where demand exceeds the supply. That might seem like the impossible dream in a year like this one, when it appears it doesn’t matter what crop a farmer grows, there are very few opportunities

Crops, Local news

Be on the lookout for three early-season crop pests

MAFRD entomologist John Gavloski has advice on flea beetles,  cutworms and wireworms for Manitoba farmers

By Allan Dawson May 25, 2015

Be on the lookout for flea beetles, cutworms and wireworms, all of which can take a bite out of yields early in the growing season, says John Gavloski, entomologist with Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development (MAFRD). Canola is especially vulnerable to flea beetle damage during the cotyledon to second true-leaf stage, Gavloski said during

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Chicago cattle futures climb on post-Thanksgiving trade

U.S. grains: Corn futures set June high on US export demand

California researchers create nitrogen-fixing wheat

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