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Frost contunied from page 1

October 8, 2009

Frost , from page 1 while stem rot causes plants to break and fall over, making harvest difficult. Phoma stem rot, which also causes plants to break, has infected some fields too. Sclerotinia is common in sunflowers now because growers are pushing their rotations, not allowing a big enough gap between when they grow sunflowers

Crops, Livestock

Cattle Producers Call For Price Insurance Coverage

By Ron Friesen August 27, 2009

“This is an area where we’ve been short every time.” – MARTIN UNRAU, MCPA Canada’s free-enterprise cattle producers have taken a radical step in risk management by asking for a government-run price insurance program. The Canadian Cattlemen’s Association recently called for a national cattle price and basis insurance program to guard against drastic dips in

Beef cattle, Dairy cattle, Livestock

Cattle Inventories In Canada Decline

By Dwayne Klassen August 27, 2009

Canada’s estimated total cattle and calf inventory as of July 1, continued to decline, dropping 2.3 per cent from the level seen at the same time a year ago, according to figures released by Statistics Canada Aug. 20. The beef herd in Canada was down 2.4 per cent from the year-ago level while dairy herd

Forages, Livestock

Manitoba Producers Keep Eye On Hay Harvest

July 30, 2009

DWAYNE KLASSEN RNI “The numbers being marketed are just not enough to fill the trucks.” The summer doldrums continued to dominate the cattle auction yards in Manitoba during the week ended July 24. The number of marketings hitting the auctions continued to be on the light side, with values for most classes of animals seeing

News

Low-Cost Alarms Improve Farm Security

By Scott Garvey July 30, 2009

Farms are home to some pretty valuable merchandise these days. And although rural residents often expect to be able to leave homes and buildings unlocked, they can fall victim to thefts just as easily as city residents, maybe even more easily given their remote locations. So it may be wise to consider just how secure

Hogs, News

Pork Industry’s Chickens Come Home To Roost

By Ron Friesen July 2, 2009

One by one, hog farmers trooped to the microphone, struggling with a balky sound system to tell stories of financial ruin and to appeal for government aid. “At least give us some dignity to retire after working for 45 years,” Menno Bergen pleaded with a speakers’ panel of politicians and industry officials. Bergen put his

News

Monitoring Key To Safe Grain Storage

By Scott Garvey June 18, 2009

“If you had a bucketful of money, you’d be out checking on it every day” – DAVE CROMPTON, OPI SYSTEMS PRESIDENT It’s often been said that grain in the bin is like money in the bank. But that old analogy may not be a good one. Grain in storage is much less secure, even in

Opinion

Too Small To Save Or Too Big To Fail?

By Alan Guebert May 21, 2009

The biggest maker or breaker of business in rural America is not Washington rulemakers, state environmental agencies or local taxing bodies. Instead, it’s usually the local bank. A bank’s collective fairness and wisdom can be seen from Main Street to surrounding farms. Not so with the money centre and Wall Street banks. Citibank, Bank of

Cereals, Crops

Winter Cereals Manitoba Seeks Members’ Input On Research

By Allan Dawson May 21, 2009

“Winter wheat producers realize they’ve got to move ahead and that varieties are few and far between.” – JAKE DAVIDSON Winter Cereals Manitoba (WCM) has $180,000 in the bank and wants its members’ advice on how best to spend it. WCM president and Birtle-area farmer Garth Butcher got some feedback during the association’s second annual

News

Manitoba-North Dakota Border Flooding Issue Flares Up Again

By Ron Friesen May 21, 2009

“We want all the drainage to occur as nature intended.” – NORTH DAKOTA OFFICIAL Bryon Heinrichs steers his pickup truck westward and drives cautiously along a rutted embankment with bare cropland on both sides. The fields are slowly drying out after being flooded by the spring melt four weeks earlier. That is, some fields were

Daily Network News

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Federal budget shows remaining disconnect between agriculture, policymakers, panelists say

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures continue downward

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Frost contunied from page 1

Cattle Producers Call For Price Insurance Coverage

Cattle Inventories In Canada Decline

Manitoba Producers Keep Eye On Hay Harvest

Low-Cost Alarms Improve Farm Security

Pork Industry’s Chickens Come Home To Roost

Monitoring Key To Safe Grain Storage

Too Small To Save Or Too Big To Fail?

Winter Cereals Manitoba Seeks Members’ Input On Research

Manitoba-North Dakota Border Flooding Issue Flares Up Again

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