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Dr. Yvonne Lawley of the University of Manitoba presents initial data in front of her newest line of plots evaluating the impact of tillage on soybeans.

To till or not to till? For soybeans that’s the question

The Westman Agricultural Diversification Organization is testing out planting dates and  pre-seed tillage systems in its latest round of soybean experiments

By Alexis Stockford August 15, 2017

Conventional wisdom says to break out the harrow before planting soybeans, the better to expose black earth and warm the soil, but new research is putting that assumption to the test. Dr. Yvonne Lawley of the University of Manitoba is measuring the effect of seeding date and different tillage systems on soybeans through several regions

Crops, News

Measuring crop yields from space

U.S. scientists  develop new way to measure crop yields with high-resolution satellite images

By Magdalena Mis March 1, 2017

U.S. researchers have come up with a new method of estimating crop yields from small farms in Africa using high-resolution images from the latest generation of satellites – a development which could help cut hunger in poor parts of the world. Improving agricultural productivity is one of the main ways to lift people out of

Crops

Crop management decisions balance agronomics, economics

Knowing your numbers is the foundation of good decision-making on your farm

By Angela Lovell January 23, 2017

What’s it cost to grow a bushel of wheat, canola, soybeans or corn on your operation? If you can’t answer that question, it’s going to be hard to make informed decisions about how to manage your fields. That’s because production, marketing and management starts with planning, and calculating the cost of production (COP) is the

Editorial, Opinion

Editorial: Big crops on the horizon

By Laura Rance-Unger July 7, 2016

There are some among us who plan their drive across the Canadian Prairies so they do most of it under the cover of darkness, ostensibly to avoid the tedium of vast horizons on which there is “nothing” to see. To each their own. I’ve taken that drive twice this spring — with the help of

Our History

The benefits of certified seed from seed grower Seager Wheeler

Our History: March 1917

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff March 3, 2016

This cartoon from the March 7, 1917 edition of The Grain Growers’ Guide reinforced Canada’s role in supplying wheat to Britain, and fending off famine in the spectral form of the German enemy. In that issue, advice on “Grain growing for profit” came from now-famed seed grower Seager Wheeler. As evidence of the benefits of

Average Manitoba corn yields in 2015 hit a new record high of 136 bushels an acre, based on 99.7 per cent of yield data collected by the Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation being keyed in.

Crops, Local news

Manitoba crop yields above average in 2015

Corn and soybeans set new records at 136 and 39 bushels an acre, based on crop insurance data

By Allan Dawson January 11, 2016

2015 was a bumper crop year for Manitoba with farmers setting new records for corn and soybean yields, according to data collected by the crop insurance branch of the Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation (MASC). Based on 99.7 per cent of yield data from insured farmers entered into MASC’s database, the average yield for corn in

Wheat crops respond well to better management.

Cereals, Crops

Some don’t like it hot — and that’s key to big wheat yields

Wheat growers should start thinking about frost seeding or 24-hour seeding  shifts to get their crop in the ground as early as possible

By Jennifer Blair January 5, 2016

It’s time to start treating wheat like it’s a “real crop,” says Ontario agronomist ‘Wheat Pete’ Johnson. “Wheat is the most responsive crop to management we grow, and yet it’s the crop that we manage the least,” Peter Johnson said at the Farming Smarter conference last month. “You just put it in the ground and

Crops, Weather

Western Prairies see low yields as harvest ramps up

By Dave Sims, GFM Network News August 13, 2015

CNS Canada –– This summer’s erratic weather has taken its toll on plant development in Alberta and parts of western Saskatchewan, according to crop-watchers in those areas. “We have heard that dry conditions have caused plants (peas) to slough off or have the tillers dry off and have lost those heads,” said Barry Yaremcio at

Cereals, Crops, National news, Oilseeds

FP Genetics unveils CWRS Certified Seed Profit Guarantee

The company is confident its new wheats will outperform bin-run varieties

By Allan Dawson November 4, 2014

FP Genetics is so confident one of its new Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheats is more profitable than older varieties grown from bin-run seed, it’s guaranteeing it. “We’ve developed a program that allows a grower to upgrade their wheat genetics at no risk to them,” FP Genetics CEO Rod Merryweather said in a news

Crops

Farmers need to question claims

A lot of products make a lot of different promises, but when it comes to how research is analyzed, farmers need to look for results that are statistically significant

By Shannon VanRaes February 28, 2014

Farmers need to ask more questions and demand better answers when confronted with new products promising yield gains based on sketchy data, a Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development official says. Terry Buss, a farm production adviser, told an Ag Days seminar he is getting more calls from farmers about the claims made by different

Daily Network News

Budget cuts may signal shift away from food aid says Canadian Foodgrains Bank

China lifts Brazilian poultry imports ban over bird flu

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures slow descent

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