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Drier weather heats up growing conditions

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Weekly Provincial Summary  A return to warm and drier conditions is welcomed by many Manitoba producers.  All crop types, particularly the warm-season crops of grain corn, sunflowers, edible beans and soybeans are benefiting from the recent change in weather.  The favourable weather conditions are also allowing acres impacted by excess moisture to recover. However, there
Crops, Oilseeds

Be On Lookout For Bertha Armyworm

The Swan River area is seeing some high levels of armyworm larvae, provincial entomologist John Gavloski says in the Aug. 2 weekly disease and insect update. Some higher levels were also reported from the Beausejour area, but most were over an inch long and it appeared the population was starting to turn to pupae. “Some
Cereals, Crops, Forages, Oilseeds

Crop Report – for Aug. 11, 2011

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SOUTHWEST REGION Rainfall varied throughout the region with amounts ranging from 60 mm in the Deloraine/ Medora areas, lesser amounts north to Hamiota and five to 10 mm in the Shoal Lake areas. Winter wheat and fall rye harvest has started and by the end of the week general harvest of these crops will be
Cereals, Crops, Forages, Oilseeds

Crop Report – for Jul. 21, 2011

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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
Cereals, Crops, Forages, Oilseeds

Crop Report – for Jul. 14, 2011

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SOUTHWEST REGION There was minimal rainfall in the southwest region over the past week. Producers took advantage of the drier weather to plant greenfeed and spray unseeded land. Winter wheat crops are heading and majority of fungicide applications have been completed. The crop looks to be average. Fall rye is heading and looks to be
Cereals, Crops, Forages

Crop Report – for Jul. 7, 2011

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SOUTHWEST REGION Spotty thundershowers over the past week brought varied rainfall ranging from 10 to 60 mm, with reports of severe weather in Hamiota, Cardale, Newdale and Reston. In general, warm weather and humidity over the past week, let the crop advance and improve. Producers are working on weed control. Crop quality varies a great
Cereals, Crops, Oilseeds

Crop Report – for Jun. 23, 2011

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SOUTHWEST Another week of wet weather limited any progress in seeding. The region received about 30 to 120 mm of rain with Wednesday reporting the largest rain event. All runways and ditches were running and many roads were once again closed in several municipalities. In areas south of Highway 1 overall seeding progress remains at
Cereals, Crops

Crop Report – for Jun. 9, 2011

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SOUTHWEST REGION The Southwest Region experienced rainfall over the last week with reports of 30 to 100 mm. Seeding is about 35 to 50 per cent complete; however, seeding progress ranges from five to 50 per cent in some areas. There is generally greater seeding progress north of Highway #1. Major crops sown to date
Crops, Oilseeds

Agronomy Growing Focus Of National Sunflower Association

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The National Sunflower Association of Canada is upping its agronomy game with the addition of a new staff agronomist. Even though Ed Stroeder, who’s based in Gladstone, is barely a month into his new job, he was front and centre this week at the Manitoba Crop Symposium. Agronomy is a challenge for the Canadian industry
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Study Says Upping Inputs Could Drive Down Profits

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From their perch at the University of Minnesota, graduate students Wade Kent and Landon Reis have seen a clear trend emerge over the past few years. Higher prices have soybean growers throwing everything they could find – higher seeding rates, more fertility inputs, and more crop protection products – at their crops in order to

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