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Cattle search for grazing on one of the Interlake’s sparse pastures in July.
Livestock, News

Details announced for livestock breeding herd restoration funding

The Herd Management Drought Assistance program will be Manitoba’s third program launched under AgriRecovery

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Application packages will soon be on offer for a third livestock AgriRecovery program — this one targeted towards replacing breeding stock farmers were forced to cull this year. On Nov. 30, the province unveiled details of promised funding to rebuild those herds sucker-punched by drought. The new Herd Management Drought Assistance program will help fund
Canadian Drought Monitor map of drought conditions and intensity in Canada at Nov. 30, 2021. (AAFC)
Crops, Other, Weather

Precipitation eases drought conditions on Prairies

Hardest-hit Manitoba sees 'modest' improvements

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MarketsFarm — Varied amounts of precipitation are either maintaining or alleviating drought conditions in much of the Prairies, according to the latest nationwide drought map from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s (AAFC) Canadian Drought Monitor (CDM). The latest assessment for the period ended Nov. 30 showed very few areas of worsening drought in the region with
Provincial agriculture weather specialists say the most accurate picture of precipitation this year came during the prolonged dry spell centred around the month of July, represented by this map from MARD.
News, Other

Manitoba sees fall drought relief

Manitoba led the Prairies into drought. Could it lead the way out too?

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Trevor Hadwen says there’s a sliver of hope for Manitoba producers after a drought-stricken 2021 growing season. As the region settles into the winter, rainfall in the southern corridor of the province has improved the outlook significantly. It’s still dry, but nowhere near the levels seen this summer. “The drought assessment in Manitoba has pulled back a lot
(Dave Bedard photo)
Crops, Markets, Weather

Canola declines, durum drops in new StatsCan estimates

Soybean, oats estimates raised

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MarketsFarm — There were very few surprises in Statistics Canada’s latest principal field crop production estimates released Friday — the first in 2021-22 to use a survey of producers. Nevertheless, they quantified just how severe last summer’s drought was in Western Canada. Canola production for the 2021-22 marketing year was estimated to be 12.595 million
(Dave Bedard photo)
Crops, Markets

Smaller crops likely in StatsCan survey-based report

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MarketsFarm — Mindful of the summer drought conditions that seriously cut into crop production across the Prairies, average trade estimates call for downward revisions to Statistics Canada’s already-small forecasts for most crops when the it releases its first survey-based estimates of the marketing year on Friday. While prior reports, in September and August, were compiled
File photo of a pea crop south of Ethelton, Sask. on Aug. 1, 2019. (Dave Bedard photo)
Crops, Markets

Pulse weekly outlook: Feed peas in short supply

Some feeders substituting soymeal

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MarketsFarm — Hot and dry growing conditions cut into Canada’s pea production in 2021-22 — but the quality was relatively good, which means feed peas are in even shorter supply. “Yields were low across the harvest this year, but I’d say quality was quite good on yellow and green peas,” said a feed pea merchant.
Two-striped grasshopper.
Crops

Grasshoppers and flea beetle key pests of 2021

Conditions encouraged outbreaks, dampened effects of control strategies

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If producers were hoping for a break on flea beetles and grasshoppers this year, they didn’t get it. Both made the highlight reel for the most serious pest damage in the province, according to a seasonal summary released by Manitoba Agriculture and Resource Development in early November. In both cases, it’s a continuation of a
(Lentils.ca)
Crops, Markets

Pulse weekly outlook: Lentil prices steady to lower despite supply cuts

Lentil crop smallest in almost a decade

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MarketsFarm — Just like many other crops in Western Canada, lentil production was cut sharply due to this year’s drought. Canada’s lentil crop was reduced by 37.2 per cent to 1.802 million tonnes for the 2021-22 marketing year, according to Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s (AAFC) principal crop estimates from Friday. The total represents Canada’s lowest
Record yields, prices for Australian canola
Markets, News

Record yields, prices for Australian canola

This year Down Under yields were high while Western Canada was hit with drought

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While drought in Western Canada cut canola production and supported worldwide prices, Australia’s canola crop had its best year ever. The country produced an all-time best 5.035 million tonnes of canola, surpassing the record set in 2020-21 by 759,000 tonnes or 17.7 per cent, according to estimates from the Australian Oilseeds Federation’s November crop report.

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