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Souris River flooding north of Melita, Man.
Crops, Local news

KAP still pushing AgriRecovery

The Manitoba and Saskatchewan governments say they’re still assessing the damage

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Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) continues to build a case for an AgriRecovery program to assist Manitoba farmers who couldn’t seed or lost crops due to flooding or excessive moisture this season. “We’re continuing to engage as many members as we can to get information and provide supporting rationale for a program,” KAP president Doug Chorney
A field of hay was under water within hours after there was an intentional breach on the west side of the Portage Diversion July 4. It would have been the first hay harvested from the field since 2010. Local landowners want help.  Photo: Sandi Knight
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Hazy disaster aid outlook for flooded farmers

There are ongoing discussions, but no action for producers still seeking compensation for 2012 flooding

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Contrary to reports last week, governments have not ruled out additional assistance through AgriRecovery for flooded Prairie farmers, an official with Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz’s office said Monday. However, it’s not officially on the table either — at least not yet. The minister’s office was busy trying to clarify reports emerging from a July 18
Opinion

Difficult questions

The short-term questions arising from what is shaping up to be another billion-dollar-plus flood for the province are clear, although they may not be easily answered. How do you care for livestock that has no pasture and for which there is vastly reduced prospects for winter feed? Or how to get people back into their
The Assiniboine was expected to crest at the Portage la Prairie Diversion earlier this week.  Photo: Shannon VanRaes
Beef cattle, Crops, Local news

KAP calls for special assistance

It’s urging the province to request AgriRecovery

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Farm leaders are calling for special disaster assistance as flood losses in Manitoba appear ready to top the billion-dollar flood of 2011. “It’s pretty hard to ignore the fact that there is a widespread problem that needs attention from all levels of government because rural municipalities and farmers on their own just can’t cope with
Brittney Dekeyser was among the competitors who braved the pouring rain to keep the show going at Killarney Fair June 28. That same deluge has unleashed what is now expected to be record flooding on southern Manitoba.  Photo: Sharlene Bennie
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Prairie ‘islanders’ struggling to keep spirits afloat

Inundated southwestern Manitobans rally in the face of unprecedented flood damage

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It was when all the eggs, milk and bread were gone, and the canned goods started running out that staff at Pierson Co-op conceded things were getting “kind of scary.” “Everyone is just holding their breath. I’m not sure how long we can keep on like this,” said Louise Goforth July 3. She was tending
farmer seeding a field
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Planting options after June 20, IF your land dries out soon enough

Greenfeed can be seeded until July 15 with reduced crop insurance coverage

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June 20 is the last day to seed wheat in Manitoba and be eligible for crop insurance. The final tally won’t be known for a while but several hundreds of thousands of acres of farmland, mostly in the southwest, won’t meet that deadline because they are too wet to plant. If their land dries up
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Excess Moisture Insurance filing deadline Monday, June 23

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Provincial crop insurance officials are anticipating a flood of Excess Moisture Insurance claims as the June 23 deadline for applications approaches. While the Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation (MASC) doesn’t know how many acres will have been too wet to seed by the June 20 deadline, officials expect it will be higher than last year. Farmers
2014 canola insurance areas in Manitoba
Crops, Oilseeds

Five tips when seeding canola late

Anastasia Kubinec's advice on how to get your crop to mature five or six days earlier

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It’s getting late for seeding canola, but there’s still time. Farmers in canola area 1 (see map above) are eligible for full crop insurance coverage until June 15 and reduced coverage if seeding between June 16 and 20. The deadlines in area 2 are June 10 for full coverage and between June 11 and 15
Cattle grazing in a pasture.
Beef cattle, Livestock, News

It’s not official, but cattle price insurance is here

Ban on announcements during the byelection 
campaign means Manitoba had to keep mum

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The cat is out of the bag and halfway to Saskatoon, yet Manitoba remains the only western province not to have announced a livestock price insurance program. Last November, the Manitoba government outlined its intent to establish such a program in the speech from the throne, and since then Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development
Crops, Weather

Crop insurance changes discussed at KAP meeting

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Changes coming to Excess Moisture Insurance (EMI) are aimed at reducing “moral hazard” that could undermine the program’s integrity. “It just seemed from our experience there was a disproportionate amount of land coming into our program in wet years than there was in dry years,” David Van Deynze, the Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation’s (MASC) manager

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