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Crop Report – for Aug. 12, 2010

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SOUTHWEST REGION Rainfall amounts varied over the past week with no major accumulations. However, some heavy thunderstorms with hail were reported. Harvest of winter wheat and fall rye began this week with the winter wheat reporting average yields with quality varying because of fusarium. Fall rye yields are average with good quality. Preharvest of early-seeded
Forages, Livestock, News

Hemp For Livestock – for Aug. 5, 2010

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How does hemp fit in with grazing and livestock? Surprisingly, the plant with 50,000 uses can work for a few more, according to MAFRI diversification specialist Keith Watson. Hemp meal, the leftover mush from squeezing the grain for oil, can be fed to cattle. High in essential omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids, it is also
Crops, Forages, Livestock

Cattle Producers Want Aid Too – for Jul. 29, 2010

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Waterlogged Manitoba cattle producers need excess moisture disaster assistance as much as grain farmers, according to the Manitoba Cattle Producers Association (MCPA). “We have producers in disastrous situations, yet there has been no assistance or relief package forthcoming, such has been extended to the grain industry,” MCPA president Major Jay Fox said in a news
Cereals, Crops, Forages

Crop Report – for Jul. 29, 2010

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SOUTHWEST REGION Rainfall over the past week varied. Warm weather helped the crop advance, however rainfall kept many producers from haying until the weekend. Producers will start desiccating winter wheat towards the end of the week. Some fall rye has been cut. Some of the fall rye has been put up for silage and yields
Beef cattle, Crops, Forages, Livestock

Wet Pastures, Bugs Slow Livestock Gains

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– Todd Wallace “Instead of being out there grazing and breeding, they are standing around in a little circle trying to fight the bugs.” Cattle producers in Manitoba can expect to buy feed come fall because cur rent pas ture conditions are limiting the weight gains, according to industry officials. During the week ended July
Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Weather Problems Dominate Market Movement

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For three-times-daily market reports from Resource News International, visit “ICE Futures Canada updates” at www.manitobacooperator.ca. ICE Futures Canada canola contracts moved higher during the week ending July 16, surpassing technical resistance on the way up. The weather and production uncertainty that has been the story over the past couple of months remained the primary supportive
Cereals, Crops, Forages

Crop Report – for Jul. 22, 2010

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SOUTHWEST REGION Spotty rainshowers over the past week resulted in varying amounts of precipitation. Earlyseeded cereal crops are filling and several areas are reporting high levels of leaf disease. Laterseeded cereal crops are tillering and starting to head. Earlyseeded canola is podding and has handled the excess moisture well. Later-seeded canola is in full flower
Cereals, Crops, News

Cover Crops Could Fill Void

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“We should be home, getting to work!” – Scott Day, Mafri With so many unseeded acres on the Prairies, the problem has even attracted the attention of politicians, who have responded with a promise of cheques in the mail. But, ultimately, what to do about it is in the hands of the farmers who got
Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Canola Bulls See Grey Skies Ahead

For three-times-daily market reports from Resource News International, visit “ICE Futures Canada updates” at www.manitobacooperator.ca. Canola futures on the ICE Futures Canada trading platform posted solid advances during the week ended July 9 with gains coming on the heels of the reduced production prospects for the crop. The penetration of key technical resistance in the

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