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Winter Wheat Research Financed

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff July 22, 2010

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) is providing just over $1.25 million to Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC), three Prairie province winter wheat producer commissions and its funding partners to increase winter wheat acres across Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. “Improved varieties and good management by producers have made winter wheat one of the most profitable crops over

Cereals, Crops, Forages

Crop Report – for Jul. 22, 2010

By Manitoba Agriculture July 22, 2010

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

Beef cattle, Country Crossroads

Beef And Broccoli Rigatoni

By University Of Minnesota Extension July 22, 2010

RECIPE SWAP That’s a quote from the irrepressible Garfield, the cartoon cat. Your carrots and pumpkins likely still need time, but if your zucchini are doing as well as mine, you’re soon facing that seasonal glut and wondering what to do with a small mountain of this prolific summer squash. I’m also hearing that dill

Country Crossroads

Now That’s Good Bread

By Candy Irwin July 22, 2010

Beatrice Hosmann of Sandy Lake, Manitoba makes really good bread. I know, because I’m eating a slice right now, toasted, with my coffee! When Hosmann came to Canada from her native Switzerland just over 12 years ago, she and her family found Canadian bread to be insubstantial. “We Europeans love our bread,” said Hosmann, so

Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Opinion

New Game, New Rules

By Alan Guebert July 22, 2010

Watching Big Pork and Big Beef respond to proposed USDA rules to “clarify conduct that violates the P&S (Packers and Stockyards) Act” is like watching Wall Street bankers: they find it impossible to pull their hands out of your pockets long enough to pull themselves out of the mess they’ve made. That’s a good explanation

Cereals, Opinion

No Confusion Over Government Intent

July 22, 2010

Conservative MP David Anderson can rest assured that no one is confused (“Small growers can vote” Manitoba Co-operator July 1) about his pathological desire to kill the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) and farmers’ market power.

Cereals, Crops

Improved CWB Delivery Programs Coming

By Allan Dawson July 22, 2010

“Farmers will have to look at the whole package to see if that’s what they want.” – MATT KJARSGAARD Enhancements are coming to Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) grain delivery programs in the new crop year, officials say. They include increased volumes of grain that can be delivered through GrainFlo, as well as storage payments for

Beef cattle, Crops, Forages, Livestock

Wet Pastures, Bugs Slow Livestock Gains

By Amanda Lefley July 22, 2010

– 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

Livestock

New SRM Subsidy Expected To Raise Cow Prices

By Ron Friesen July 15, 2010

Cattle producers should see improved prices for cull cows as a result of a federal slaughterhouse program launched last week. Ottawa will spend $25 million, or $31.90 per animal, to help packing plants cover the extra cost of removing specified risk materials (SRMs) from beef carcasses. That’ll encourage Canada’s packers to bid more for cows,

Cereals, Crops, Oilseeds

Canola Growers Concerned About Rail Costs

By Allan Dawson July 15, 2010

“We didn’t want to antagonize the minister, but we wanted to make sure that he knew we are concerned.” – ROB PETTINGER, MCGA Canola growers care about rail freight costs and want the federal government to review them, says Rob Pettinger, president of the Manitoba Canola Growers Association (MCGA). Pettinger was reacting to comments from

Daily Network News

Moroccan fertilizer maker OCP expects output to drop 30 per cent in Q2, sources say

Feed Grain Weekly: Demand rises despite war uncertainty

How farmers can manage stress, anxiety during spring seeding

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