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Crop Report – for Aug. 4, 2011

By Manitoba Agriculture August 4, 2011

SOUTHWEST REGION Rainfall over the past week varied from 10 to 25 mm, with most happening in isolated events. Growing conditions over the past week have aided in crop development. Cereal crops are heading with early-planted crops starting to turn. Most canola crops are going out of bloom with some of the later crops in

Cereals, News, Oilseeds

Canola Tops For Farm Cash Receipts In 2010

By Allan Dawson August 4, 2011

Canola continues to be the darling of cash crops grossing Canadian farmers $5.6 billion in 2010 – more than any other crop, according to Statistics Canada. “Canola has become the most profitable crop for Prairie growers,” Canola Council of Canada president JoAnne Buth told the council’s 44th annual meeting here July 28. “That’s why they

News

Agriculture Hall Of Fame – for Jul. 28, 2011

July 28, 2011

Vernon McIntyre was born in 1919 in Neepawa, Man. and was raised in Kelwood along with his brother and sister. In 1930, the family moved to a farm near Elphinstone. Due to his father’s poor health, Vernon took over the farm duties while still in his teens. Vernon completed his schooling by correspondence. In 1950

Crops, Forages, Livestock

Truck Rules Eased Due To Drought

July 28, 2011

Oklahoma will ease commercial vehicle restrictions to speed delivery of hay and other feed to cattle whose grazing areas have been destroyed by a severe drought in the region, the governor said on July 21. Republican Governor Mary Fallin said she would amend an existing drought-related emergency declaration she issued earlier this year to allow

Cereals, Crops, Forages, Oilseeds

Crop Report – for Jul. 28, 2011

By Manitoba Agriculture July 28, 2011

SOUTHWEST REGION Rainfall over the past week varied from 10 to 50 mm. Good growing conditions helped crops advance and several crops have improved over the past week. Cereal crops in the Southwest Region are in the heading stage and late-seeded crops have tillered and are going into the flag-leaf stage. Late-seeded greenfeed is in

Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Weather Concerns Drive Markets

By Dwayne Klassen July 21, 2011

Canola futures on the ICE Canada trading platform continued their upward trek during the week ended July 15 with weather concerns and a pickup in demand assisting the price gains. Some of the weather concerns were linked to the Canadian Prairies and differing opinions on the condition of the canola crop in each of the

Crops, Oilseeds

Brazil Brings Farming Muscle To Corn And Cotton

By Reese Ewing July 21, 2011

After transforming global agriculture by quintupling their soybean production since 1980, Brazilian farmers are now on the brink of crop breakthroughs in cotton and corn, long dominated by growers in America. Helped by high futures prices and a sustained local agricultural boom, cotton and corn acreage is spreading fast, despite being twice as capital intensive

Cereals, Crops, Forages, Oilseeds

Crop Report – for Jul. 21, 2011

By Manitoba Agriculture July 21, 2011

SOUTHWEST REGION In the Southwest Region rainfall was spotty over the past week with reported amounts of five to 40 mm. Warm, dry conditions have helped to dry up fields and several producers were able to spray unseeded acres. Early-seeded cereal crops are in the flag-leaf to early-heading stage and several producers are applying fungicides

Crops, Oilseeds

South America To Grow More Soybeans

July 14, 2011

Farmers in Brazil and Argentina are likely to strongly expand soybean sowings for the 2012 harvest as global soy demand grows, Hamburgbased oilseeds analystsOil Worldsaid June 21. Brazil’s soybean sowings for harvesting in early 2012 are likely to be increased by about one million hectares on the year to 25.2 million hectares, continuing recent expansion

Beef cattle, Forages, Livestock

Grass-Fed Beef Gaining A Foothold In Cattle Sector

By Ron Friesen July 14, 2011

If you suggest to Jim Lintott that grass-fed beef is tough, he’ll tell you in an second it simply isn’t true. Lintott says tests conducted over two years at the University of Manitoba gave a high tenderness rating to the beef produced by Manitoba Grass-Fed Beef Association members. But you don’t need research to convince

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Chicago cattle futures mixed ahead of Thanksgiving holiday

Pulse Weekly: Looking for trade deal to benefit Canadian growers

U.S. grains: CBOT soybeans firm as traders hope for more Chinese buying

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