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Brown mustard. (Peggy Greb photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Frost damage to Prairie mustard still to be determined

By Dave Sims, GFM Network News June 2, 2015

CNS Canada –– The president of the Saskatchewan Mustard Development Commission says he’s optimistic this year’s mustard crop will be OK after temperatures dipped below freezing over the weekend. In an interview Monday, Richard Marleau said it will take another four to five days before anyone knows for sure. In southwestern Saskatchewan, “it was 0

frozen canola seedlings in southern Manitoba

Local news, Oilseeds

MASC flexibility will speed up canola re-seeding in hardest hit areas

Some farmers won’t have to wait for an adjuster or leave a check strip before re-seeding, but farmers must check first with their local MASC office to see if the policy applies to them

By Allan Dawson, Terryn Shiells June 1, 2015

Some Manitoba farmers re-seeding canola after widespread frost May 30 can move a little faster thanks to changes from the Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation (MASC). Normally farmers have to get an MASC adjuster to inspect a field before they re-seed or leave a check strip, but farmers in certain areas won’t have to do that,

(Photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)

Crops, Weather

Tight seed supplies, storms could hamper canola reseeding

By GFM Network News, Jade Markus June 1, 2015

CNS Canada — Frosty late-May weather in parts of Western Canada means some farmers will need to reseed canola crops — but due to a seed shortage, some may have to wait. Temperatures dropped below freezing for a number of hours Saturday morning across a large area of Manitoba and into eastern Saskatchewan, according to

Canola at the cotyledon stage. (Photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)

Crops, Weather

Some S. Manitoba canola ‘wiped out’ in weekend frost

By GFM Network News, Terryn Shiells June 1, 2015

CNS Canada –– Many canola crops in southern Manitoba were badly damaged by frost early Saturday morning, leading farmers to reseed fields, one local farmer reports. “There’s quite a bit of canola that has been damaged, and some guys are reseeding. Some guys are still assessing, though,” said Anastasia Kubinec, oilseed specialist with Manitoba, Agriculture,

Crops, Weather

Frost in weekend forecast for eastern Prairies

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin May 29, 2015

CNS Canada –– Freezing temperatures are in forecasts for parts of Manitoba and Saskatchewan over the next 24 hours, which could create more stress for emerging fields as farmers are still busy reseeding after the last frost. Environment Canada is forecasting lows of -1 to -2 C across much of the agricultural regions of Manitoba

Crops, Local news

Excess moisture might trigger more crop insurance claims than frost

Farmers and crop insurance adjusters expected to be in fields this week  assessing crop damage caused by the Victoria long-weekend storm

By Allan Dawson May 29, 2015

Excessive moisture from the May 16-17 storm might result in more crop insurance claims than frost. “From our perspective the amount of rain and snow that came with this storm is probably as big a concern as the frost itself,” David Van Deynze, Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation’s (MASC) manager of claim services said May 20.

Local news

Frost-touched rhubarb can be poisonous

Wait for the plant to produce new stalks, says fruit specialist. Frost-touched  rhubarb can have the toxic oxalic acid in its stalks as well as leaves

By Lorraine Stevenson May 28, 2015

The dismal weather of the May long weekend is now a bad memory, but the two very cold days may have dealt your backyard rhubarb patch a lasting blow. Rhubarb stalks can become poisonous when Mother Nature decides to drop her temperatures below freezing after their leaves have emerged. Any stalks with wilted leaves after

snow in a ditch in West Interlake, Manitoba

Forages, Local news

Green Gold forage report: ‘Cold snap’ temperatures tolerable to 1st crop alfalfa

Forage and grassland conditions for Eastern Manitoba, Central Manitoba and the West Interlake regions

By Manitoba Forage and Grassland Association May 26, 2015

This is the fifth release for the Green Gold program assessing forage conditions in Manitoba. Reports will be issued from various areas of the Province (Eastern, Central, Interlake, and Western) in the weeks and months ahead. The reports below are for the most recent forage conditions in Eastern, Central Manitoba and the Interlake. Click on the applicable link for your

Crops, Markets, Weather

Sunflowers off to good start in Manitoba

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin May 22, 2015

CNS Canada — Manitoba’s sunflower crop is off to a good start this year, having largely missed out on any damage from adverse weather over the May long weekend. “We had a good early start (to spring seeding) in the eastern part of the province and things went into some nice warm ground,” said Troy

Forages, Local news

Green Gold forage report looks at ‘worst-case’ scenario for frost damage

Forage and grassland conditions for Central Manitoba

By Manitoba Forage and Grassland Association May 22, 2015

This is the fourth release for the Green Gold program assessing forage conditions in Manitoba. Reports will be issued from various areas of the Province (Eastern, Central, Interlake, and Western) in the weeks and months ahead. The report below is the most recent forage conditions for Central Manitoba. Click on the applicable link below: Green Gold Report for Central Manitoba,

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Tag Archives Frost

Frost damage to Prairie mustard still to be determined

MASC flexibility will speed up canola re-seeding in hardest hit areas

Tight seed supplies, storms could hamper canola reseeding

Some S. Manitoba canola ‘wiped out’ in weekend frost

Frost in weekend forecast for eastern Prairies

Excess moisture might trigger more crop insurance claims than frost

Frost-touched rhubarb can be poisonous

Green Gold forage report: ‘Cold snap’ temperatures tolerable to 1st crop alfalfa

Sunflowers off to good start in Manitoba

Green Gold forage report looks at ‘worst-case’ scenario for frost damage

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