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Manitoba has more crop choices than many locations on the Prairies, which makes a more diverse crop rotation possible.
Crops

Building a ‘better’ crop rotation

Understand all the interactions within a rotation and their effect on yield

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Manitoba is a unique place to farm in the western Canadian Prairies. We enjoy a relatively long growing season, good rainfall (sometimes too much) and have the support of many industry partners, testing a wide range of crop types with adaptation to our climate. With all the crop options we have, a diverse crop rotation
Other crops are seven per cent of the 2017 seeded acres.
Crops, Opinion

Worth a look: Annual production estimates a valuable resource

It can help you calculate your own risk and rewards, but only if you use it

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At first glance, the annual Guidelines for Estimating Crop Production Costs released every January looks like good bedtime reading for insomniacs. But sort through the numbers and analysis, and the story that emerges is full of mystery and intrigue. These production estimates are designed to give farmers a reference for determining which crops make the
VIDEO: Baker Colony brings home corn competition win once again
Cereals, Local news

VIDEO: Baker Colony brings home corn competition win once again

Manitoba Corn Growers Association yield competition winner on familiar ground

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Baker Colony near MacGregor, Man., won the Manitoba Corn Growers Association’s 2017 corn yield contest for the third year in a row breaking the record the colony set in 2016 with a yield of 306.4 bushels an acre. Manitoba Co-operator reporter Allan Dawson spoke with Mack Walder of Baker Colony on Feb. 14 at CropConnect.
Crop yield records broken across the board
Crops, Local news

Crop yield records broken across the board

The 2018 edition of Yield Manitoba with this week’s Co-operator has all the details

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It’s official. Many Manitoba yield records were broken in 2017, despite a drier-than-normal growing season. That’s what crop insurance data collected by the Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation (MASC) show. The information is in Yield Manitoba 2018, a supplement to this week’s Manitoba Co-operator. Of the 13 insured crops Yield Manitoba tracks for annual comparisons, eight
A combination of snow covered in dirt is colloquially known as “snirt” and it’s a common sight around Manitoba this year, including here, east of Winkler.
Crops, Local news

Erosion lessons learned… and forgotten

The dust-covered snow of this winter suggests there’s a soil erosion 
problem brewing, MSSS speaker says

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Disappearing shelterbelts and blackened fields have some wondering if the soil conservation lessons learned during the ‘Dirty ’30s’ dust bowl are being forgotten. “From the edge of Fargo to the edge of Winnipeg I did not see one flake of white snow on my way up yesterday (Jan. 31),” Daryl Ritchison, interim director of the
canola field
Crops, Local news

Speaker urges a change of pace when chasing maximum yield

Don’t think about what to add, Ag Days speaker says — think about what’s possible and subtract from there

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Single changes won’t cut it if producers really want their best possible yield. Jarrett Chambers, president of ATP Nutrition, wants producers to be radical when it comes to testing management tools. “We have to figure out in a grower, what is their maximum yield for their farm and figure out, what is the potential? Where
Potato Production Days attendees wander the floor of the trade show at Brandon’s Keystone Centre Jan. 23-25.  PHOTO: ALEXIS STOCKFORD
Crops

Spud growers turn out for 2018 Potato Production Days in Brandon

This year’s Potato Production Days saw a range of speakers from 
emerging technology to resistance and regulatory issues

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Resistance issues, management strategies and pathogens both new and old. Just a few of the issues that had potato growers’ attention at the 2018 Potato Production Days Jan. 23-25 at Brandon’s Keystone Centre. Dan Sawatzky, manager of the Keystone Potato Producers Association, said that exhibitor turnout was roughly the same as previous years. “We always
Tips on growing 70-bushel-an-acre canola
Crops, Oilseeds

Tips on growing 70-bushel-an-acre canola

Good agronomy, higher input costs and more work, including split fertilizer applications, are the key, says farmer Florian Hagmann

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When growing a 70-bushel-an-acre canola crop it’s the “little things that matter.” That’s advice Florian Hagmann, who farms at Birch Hills, in north-central Saskatchewan, offered farmers attending Ag Days here Jan. 16. Hagmann, whose 2017 canola averaged 70 bushels on 5,000 acres, emphasized good agronomy is more important than new equipment. So is hard work
Soy bean seeds on a white background
Local news, Oilseeds

Management practices go head to head in Soybean Challenge

The AAFC station in Portage la Prairie was home to a little friendly 
competition between soybean management systems last year


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It was the battle of the beans in Portage la Prairie last year, in the hope of shedding some light on best practices for soybeans. Results from the 2017 Ultimate Soybean Challenge were presented at this year’s Ag Days in Brandon. Three teams, with three very different management strategies, looked to outshine their competition at
Crops, Opinion

Opinion: Ongoing evolution necessary in farming

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Not only are farmers being trusted to look after the land, crops and animals, we also want to do the best possible job ourselves. The problem is we don’t always have the clearest picture of what the best practices really are, and we of course operate within the confines of present technology and profitability. Take

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