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Visit A Western Manitoba Park

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If the general economy and price of gas are keeping you closer to home this summer, why not try camping in Manitoba? We have a large number of provincial parks, and the cost of camping is not prohibitive, especially since the government has eliminated park entry fees in our province this year. If you’re used
Cereals, News

In Brief… – for Jun. 11, 2009

Frosty June: Frost has damaged newly emerged canola on the western Prairies, adding to a long list of spring weather woes. The only factor mitigating damage from frost June 2 is that crops have been slow to emerge due to cool weather, said Bruce Burnett, director of weather and market analysis for the Canadian Wheat
Weather

weather map – for May. 14, 2009

Percent of Average Precipitation (Prairie Region) April 1, 2009 to May 7, 2009 Prepared by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s National Agroclimate Information Service (NAIS). Data provided through partnership with Environment Canada, Natural Resources Canada, and many Provincial agencies. < 40% 40 -60% 60 -85% 85 -115% 115 -150% 150 -200% 200% Extent of Agricultural Land
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Seeding Delay Concerns Emerge In Western Canada

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Cool temperatures combined with wetter-than-normal weather have caused some concern about seeding delays in Western Canada, but industry participants aren’t pushing the panic button yet. “Right now seeding operations in Western Canada are looking as though they are one week behind,” Mike Jubinville, an analyst with the farmer advisory service ProFarmer Canada said. He indicated
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Manitoba Can Expect More Moisture

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Producers in the grain-growing regions of western Saskatchewan and Alberta will have lower-than-normal precipitation levels to work with this spring as they try to plant crops, according to preliminary weather projections from an industry analyst. “The crop models for the spring are calling for a wet bias in the southern regions of Manitoba and near-normal
Opinion

More Than A Name

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Over much of Saskatchewan it was common for farmers en route to town to become trapped in soil drifts across the roads in summer as by snowdrifts in winter. – MEN AGAINST THE DESERT, JAMES H. GRAY 1967 Few of us can imagine much less remember the conditions that brought the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration
Country Crossroads

Watch For Spring Arrivals

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Some observers are already sighting horned larks along the shoulders of gravel roads in rural Manitoba. It’s time to start watching the skies and treetops for the early-spring arrivals, as birds return to Manitoba from their winter ranges. Long before our marshlands are free of ice and snow, the early migrants cross the U. S.
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Manitoba marshes go to rehab

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“A marsh needs to have droughts and flooding to maintain a balance.” – GORD GOLDSBOROUGH They’re trying to make Delta Marsh and Netley-Libau Marsh go to rehab and Gord Goldsborough is saying, yes, yes, yes. The director of Delta Marsh was thrilled to hear the latest throne speech which listed marsh rehabilitation as a priority.

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