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Time management a key skill for farmers

By Lorraine Stevenson March 26, 2009

Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion. – C. NORTHCOTE PARKINSON If it weren’t for the last minute, a lot of things wouldn’t get done. – MICHAEL S. TRAYLOR The bad news is, time flies. The good news is, you’re the pilot. – MICHAEL ALTSHULER He was having one of

Cereals, News, Oilseeds

Grain Prices Uncertain Amid Global Economic Turmoil

By Ron Friesen February 26, 2009

Bewildered farmers may well be wondering what caused the global financial crisis and what the future holds for commodity prices. Analysts discussing the topic at this week’s GrainWorld conference in Winnipeg couldn’t offer much by way of answers. While the world faces a big recession with no quick recovery, the feeling was grain prices will

Crops, News

GRIP Didn’t Die, It Just Went South

By Allan Dawson February 26, 2009

“Because all these minimum prices (under the program) were so high in ’08, almost regardless of yield there was a crop insurance claim on virtually every single farm in the northern half of the U. S.” – MIKE KRUEGER As Mike Krueger explained the Crop Revenue Insurance program to which farmers have access in the

Livestock, News

Premises ID for food safety to move forward

By Ron Friesen February 5, 2009

Another building block toward a national livestock traceability system has fallen into place with the announcement of a premises identification system for Manitoba. The province will spend $400,000 on a database to pinpoint and register all Manitoba farms that produce livestock by geographic location. The premises identification database will tie into livestock ID systems, which

News

Manitoba farmers get a break on crop insurance premiums

By Laura Rance-Unger January 29, 2009

Manitoba farmers will see crop insurance premiums fall by an average of five per cent in 2009, Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives Minister Rosann Wowchuk said Jan. 20. In her annual address to the opening day of Manitoba Ag Days, Wowchuk said the reduced premiums were mainly a result of lower claims by farmers

Cereals, News

CWB Pool / from age 1

January 1, 2009

“… the 07-08 crop year was a great case study for the advantages of single desk (selling) and pooled pricing.” – maureen fitzhenry was $510.35 a tonne ($13.99 a bushel), more than double the 2006-07 return. After deductions the average Manitoba return is $12.67 a bushel. The in-store return for Special Select two-row and six-row

Other

Pests to thrive as global climate warms

By Karl Plume January 1, 2009

Populations of insects that feed on corn and other crops in the United States may flourish and expand to new territory as global climate change brings warmer summers and milder winters in the decades ahead, according to a new study. More frequent or more severe pest infestations may cut crop yields and drive up the

Other

Province’s hail claims above average

November 6, 2008

Manitoba farmers filed over 3,500 insurance claims for hail damage during the 2008 growing season, which according to the Canadian Crop Hail Association is above the province’s five-year average. Manitobans can expect about $16 million in paid-out claims for the $46 million they paid in premiums, making their average payout per claim “much lower” than

Crops, Opinion

Farm earnings up, but so is risk

By Bill Craig October 30, 2008

The year 2008 has been good for most farmers. Good yields and prices result in profits to invest. While the temptation is great to buy new equipment, land or other assets, now may be the time to build working capital. “Farmers make their worst management decisions during good times,” David Kohl, professor emeritus from Virginia

Crops, Forages, News

Producer can’t get crop insurance on native hay

By Ron Friesen October 16, 2008

In a good year, Jim Baker can get 1,400 or more round bales of native hay from his land up at Gypsumville in the northern Interlake. But this wasn’t a good year. In fact, it was a disaster. “Not a bale,” is the way Baker describes his native hay crop after unusually heavy summer rains

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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