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Manitoba Farmers Struggle To Seed

By Allan Dawson June 2, 2011

Souris-area farmer Walter Finlay managed to seed two-thirds of his 2,900 acres in 2010. This year he hasn’t planted an acre. “It’s a combination of the fact that we were so wet last year and then we had 3-1/2 inches in October so we went into winter wet and then we had a bunch of

Crops

Take Steps To Protect Your Grain From Thieves

By Ashlee Espenell June 2, 2011

If someone steals your wallet when you’re not looking, you could be out a couple hundred dollars. If someone empties your grain bins when you’re not looking, you could be out a lot more. Farmers in the soggier parts of the Prairies may not be thinking about grain theft yet, but they probably should. On

News

Aid Package For Flooded Farmers

By Allan Dawson May 26, 2011

The Manitoba government announced several compensation programs worth an estimated $44 million for farmers May 24 as part of a sweeping $175-million package of mitigation and compensation measures related to flooding in the province. There is a program for farmers south of the Hoop and Holler Bend near Portage la Prairie and surrounding Lake Manitoba

Cereals, Crops

The Individual Productivity Index Explained

By Allan Dawson May 12, 2011

AManitoba Agricult ural Services Corporation official assured some skeptical Keystone Agricultural Producers members recently that using individual indexing is an accurate way to determine crop insurance coverage. Paul Bonnet, vice-president of research and program development, said the individual productivity index (IPI) smoothes out adjustments to each farmer’s probable yield. So if a farmer has several

Crops, News

Equitable Treatment Sought For Crops: KAP

April 28, 2011

The Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) is seeking changes to crop insurance rules to give farmers more flexibility in choosing their excess moisture deductibles. Farmers attending KAP’s general council meeting said they want the option of buying down their excess moisture deductibles in five per cent increments instead of having to buy it down to zero.

Forages, News

Compensation Sought For Artificial Flooding

April 28, 2011

Manitoba farmers should be compensated when flood prevention infrastructure causes their land to flood resulting in lost income, says the Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP). “The farmers aren’t getting properly compensated for damage from holding the water on their lands,” Starbuck-area farmer Doug Livingston said during a debate at KAP’s General Council meeting here April 14.

Opinion

My Budget Plan: Annex Canada

By Alan Guebert April 21, 2011

Sure, Rep. Paul Ryan, the chairman of the House Budget Committee, has a 10-year plan to take this country back from the poor, the uninsured, the elderly, the hungry and all the unemployed who threaten to make America a warmer Iceland. But, I ask, does Mr. Ryan’s plan go far enough in reining in this

Crops, Forages, Livestock, News

Pasture Days Insurance Enters Second Year

By Ron Friesen April 7, 2011

Wet weather limited Dane Guignion’s ability to harvest hay last summer – and the time his cattle spent grazing on pasture. Guignion had crop insurance contracts for both hay production and days on pasture. He didn’t get paid for the first one. He did for the second. The reason? The hay was there but Guignion

Crops, News

Clarification On Excess Moisture Insurance For 2011

March 31, 2011

Cropland too wet to seed last spring, which didn’t get worked last year because it remained too wet, qualifies for Excess Moisture Insurance (EMI) in 2011. Incorrect information appeared in a front-page story on crop insurance in the March 17, 2011 issue of theManitoba Co-operator. EMI coverage applies to land that is intended for annual

Cereals, Crops, News, Oilseeds

In Brief… – for Mar. 24, 2011

By Reuters March 24, 2011

Farmer to Farmer:The Grain Growers of Canada has donated $1,000 to help Japanese farmers cope with the after-effects of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. “Farmers in Canada have a long history of helping their neighbours in times of trouble and in this case our neighbours are global,” said executive director Richard Phillips, noting Japan

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures rise on first WASDE since September

U.S. export sales include only small soybean business to China

U.S. corn and soybean yields revised down by USDA

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