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Wait until the first trifoliate to roll your soybeans, says MAFRI’s Dennis Lange. Rolling at this stage will ensure the field is past the hook stage where most of the damage to the plants will occur. If you roll when the plants are just at the unifoliate stage there is a greater chance of some soybeans being at the hook stage. The centre plant in this photo is in the first trifoliate stage, with three leaflets in the middle, two first true leaves lower on the stem and the cotyledons below that.  
photos: Dennis Lange, MAFRI
Crops, Oilseeds

Trifoliate stage best for rolling soybeans after emergence

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Don’t roll soybeans until they reach the first trifoliate stage, advises Dennis Lange, or you risk breaking too many young plants. “You don’t want any beans at the hook stage,” said the Altona-based farm production adviser with Manitoba Agriculture Food and Rural Initiatives. “Only roll if you have some stones or dirt that will cause
Cereals, Crops, Forages, Oilseeds

It didn’t just rain, it poured — causing floods

MAFRI crop report for June 24, 2013

Weekly Provincial Summary Many areas of Manitoba received significant amounts of rainfall over the past several days. Impact to crops is being assessed and will depend on the stage of crop development and duration of the excessive moisture conditions. Earlier in the week, crops showed rapid development given the warmer weather conditions. Producers made excellent progress with herbicide
Cereals, Oilseeds, Other

GRAINS-Wheat jumps on short-covering; corn, soy also climb

* Wheat becoming more competitive with corn in feed rations * Corn and soybeans firm, led by new-crop contracts * Trade eyes forecasts for hot, drier weather in US Midwest * Little reaction in grains to Fed policy statement (Updates with closing prices) By Julie Ingwersen CHICAGO, June 19 (Reuters) - U.S. wheat futures climbed
Cereals, Crops, Forages

Seeding nearly complete; flea beetle pressure heavy

MAFRI crop report for June 17, 2013

Weekly provincial summary  Seeding is wrapping up for the 2013 season. The only remaining acres left to be seeded include greenfeed, millet crops and some isolated acres of barley and oats.  Reseeding of spring-seeded crops occurred due to factors such as soil crusting, insect activity and disease.  Weed control operations progressed rapidly but were hampered
Fencing that once marked pasture land now butts up against the shore of East Shoal Lake.  Photos: Shannon VanRaes
Dairy cattle, Livestock, News, Oilseeds

Milking the benefits of canola meal

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The Chinese have 7.2 million reasons to switch their dairy cows to canola meal from other protein rations. That’s how many more litres of milk their 12 million cows would produce every day based on a year-long joint Sino-Canadian study conducted by Chinese academics, in co-operation with China’s five largest dairy companies. “Canola meal has
Cereals, Grain Markets, News, Oilseeds

Grain Market Report

The path of least resistance for canola futures on the ICE Futures Canada trading platform remained to the downside during the week ended June 14. Declines were influenced by the perception that canola seeding was now complete and that the crop was off to a generally good start, development-wise. Downward price action was augmented by
Cereals, Oilseeds, Other

GRAINS-Corn ends higher, led by new-crop contracts on US weather

* Forecast for hot weather lifts new-crop corn * Gains in nearby corn capped by farmer selling * Soybeans mixed as long July/short November spread unwinds * Wheat firm on rain delays but world supplies cap gains (Recasts, adds closing prices, analyst comments) By Julie Ingwersen CHICAGO, June 18 (Reuters) - U.S. corn futures rose

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