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Farmers need permission to burn off fields

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff August 21, 2012

Producers who choose to burn crop residue are reminded that authorization is required to burn crop residue between Aug. 1 and Nov. 15. Authorizations are issued daily by 11 a.m. based on weather, moisture and favourable smoke dispersion conditions, Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives says in a release. Night burning is banned year round.

Crops, News, Weather

Insured projects are covered for hail

By Cfgb Release June 8, 2012

Everything was going fine for the Canadian Foodgrains Bank (CFGB) Share growing project near Morden, Manitoba in 2011. Then it hailed. “We had a beautiful crop of wheat,” recalls Ben Friesen, who helps organize the Share project for CFGB, a partnership of 15 churches and church agencies working to end global hunger. “Then the hail

News, Oilseeds, Weather

Dryness a growing concern for crops in U.S. Midwest

June 8, 2012

chicago / reuters / The U.S. Midwest will see little rain over the next week to 10 days, but moderate temperatures will help slow deterioration of corn and soybean crop conditions, an agricultural meteorologist said June 4. “It’s not the best of forecasts, but the fact there will not be any extreme heat will marginalize

Cereals, Crops, News, Oilseeds

More Crops Briefs, Jan. 26

By Erica Johnson January 27, 2012

CWB’s winter rail program expects high volumes The Canadian Wheat Board’s winter rail program is expected to be one of the highest-volume years ever. “This is very good to see,” said CWB spokesperson Maureen Fitzhenry. “There was a big crop and a lot of demand.” The 2010-11 program transported 840,000 tonnes of wheat and durum

Cereals, Crops

The Ultimate Hit List — The Top 100 Food Crops

By Lorraine Stevenson January 20, 2011

Picking the world’s most important food crops is no small feat, given tastes differ around the world and there are many ways to measure value. But Ernest Small had one fundamental criteria in mind when he wroteTop 100 Food Plants: The World’s Most Important Culinary Crops. “Obviously, we can rank them on a dollar-value basis,

Crops

Controlled Burning Season Extended

By Manitoba Agriculture November 25, 2010

Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives (MAFRI) advises, as a result of the unusually late fall season, the province has extended the requirement for permits to burn crop residue to Dec. 3. Under the permit program, authorization is required for daytime burning of crop residue. Authorizations are issued for certain hours and in certain areas

Crops, Dairy cattle, Oilseeds

U. S. Crops, China Becomes Top Soy User

By Charles Abbott March 18, 2010

U. S. farmers will grow the second-largest corn and soybean crops on record this year – 13.134 billion bushels of corn and 3.213 billion bushels of soybeans, just below the records set in 2009, said a University of Missouri think-tank March 9. The Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute also said U. S. wheat production

Crops, News

App Application Deadlines Extended

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff November 26, 2009

Manitoba corn, sunflower, soybean, edible bean and pulse growers with crops still on the field have been granted extensions on their deadlines to apply under the 2009 advance payments program (APP). Producers who still have unharvested crop that’s insured by crop insurance will now have more time to apply for pre-production advances and also to

Livestock

Bumper U. S. Harvest Won’t Help Livestock

September 24, 2009

U. S. farmers are gearing up to harvest huge corn and soybean crops in the Midwest grain belt, but the bumper crops will not bring down the costs of food items made from them. Traditionally, livestock and dairy producers increase production when feed costs decrease. But banks may be reluctant to fund expansion efforts for

Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Grain Markets Looking To USDA Report

By Don Bousquet August 13, 2009

For three-times-daily market reports from Don Bousquet and RNI, visit “ICE Futures Canada updates” at www.manitobacooperator.ca Grain and oi l s e e d prices at the ICE Canada futures market closed the week ended Aug. 7 mixed with canola higher. Canola posted moderate gains on the week in the wake of big advances in

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U.S. livestock: Cattle slip back, hogs gain

U.S. grains: Soy futures post biggest monthly gain in nearly five years on China trade optimism

Farm gate milk price to rise in 2026

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