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Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report: Issue 19

Conditions as of September 8, 2015

By Manitoba Agriculture Food and Rural Development September 8, 2015

Harvest 2015 continued across Manitoba over the past week, but wet weather over the weekend temporarily halted harvest progress. Harvest operations have since resumed in areas that received lower rainfall amounts and where field conditions allowed. Winter wheat seeding is underway in the Central and Eastern Regions of Manitoba. Fall field work, including tillage, baling

Crops, News

Room for improvement, says railway report card

Data collected for the Ag Transport Coalition says the railways deliver most of the cars grain shippers order but many arrive late

By Allan Dawson September 8, 2015

Railway service for Western Canada’s grain shippers was “highly variable and timeliness of delivery was an issue,” in the 2014-15 crop year that ended July 31, the Ag Transport Coalition (ATC) said in a news release Aug. 15. Canadian National Railway Company (CN) and Canadian Pacific Railway Limited (CP) supplied shippers with 69 and 43

Crops, Local news, Weather

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report: Issue 18

Conditions as of August 31, 2015

By Manitoba Agriculture Food and Rural Development September 1, 2015

Sporadic rainfall and high humidity levels slowed harvest progress and haying operations across Manitoba. The recent weather is also resulting in quality loss in some crop types. A strong weather system passed through several areas of the Central Region the morning of August 28. Heavy rains and small to large-sized hail resulted in varying amounts

Canola west of Pathlow in northeastern Saskatchewan on July 27, 2015. (Dave Bedard photo)

Crops, Weather

Cooler temperatures, precipitation in store for Prairies

By GFM Network News, Jade Markus August 14, 2015

CNS Canada — Alberta crops could be put at risk during the last week of September due to cooler weather, but for the most part, a U.S. meteorologist expects average to slightly above-average temperatures for the Prairies during harvest. Farmers will need to monitor temperatures during the last 10 days of September, as there will

Crops, Weather

Western Prairies see low yields as harvest ramps up

By Dave Sims, GFM Network News August 13, 2015

CNS Canada –– This summer’s erratic weather has taken its toll on plant development in Alberta and parts of western Saskatchewan, according to crop-watchers in those areas. “We have heard that dry conditions have caused plants (peas) to slough off or have the tillers dry off and have lost those heads,” said Barry Yaremcio at

Crops, Local news, Weather

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report: Issue 15

Conditions as of August 10, 2015

By Manitoba Agriculture Food and Rural Development August 12, 2015

The 2015 harvest was slowed by the continuing wet conditions in Manitoba. However, some harvest operations did occur where field and weather conditions allowed. Winter wheat yields are ranging from 55 to 90 bushels per acre, with good quality. Swathing or preharvest management of the earliest-seeded spring cereal and canola crops continues. The return to

Crops, Local news

Wanted: technicians who know how to operate a pitchfork

Volunteers sought for biggest-ever threshing bee in 2016

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff March 24, 2015

If you think the days of the threshing bee are long past, you’re mistaken. And if you know what a threshing bee is, the Manitoba Threshermen’s Reunion and Stampede and the Canadian Foodgrains Bank (CFGB) may need your help. In August 2013 a group at Langenburg, Sask. set a world record by having 41 machines

Chris Dzisiak (second from left) helps run swathed grain into the threshing machine.

News

With harvest on hold, Dauphin farmers step into the past

The 16th annual Threshing Day harkens back to a time when everyone pitched in

By Meghan Mast September 10, 2014

Dauphin-area farmers found a soothing diversion from this year’s stressfully late and difficult harvest Aug. 30 — stepping back in time to when they could all pitch in. Usually on a Saturday at this time of year, Chris Dzisiak would be busily swathing canola and harvesting early wheat. But cloudy skies and soaking rains have

Swathed canola near Elphinstone awaits drier weather. Photo: Laura Rance

Crops, Forages, News, Oilseeds, Weather

Rain, rain go away

Recent rains and forecasts for more along with shorter days and cooler temperatures are delaying Manitoba’s harvest

By Allan Dawson September 4, 2014

Harvest is looking like spring — too wet. Most of agro-Manitoba received rain last week, and again over the long weekend with more was forecast for this week, prompting concerns about harvest delays and deteriorating grades. “I think everyone is pretty worried about this is affecting the quality of grain, especially wheat,” Keystone Agricultural Producers’

Cereals, Crops, News, Oilseeds, Opinion

Waste not, want not

By Laura Rance-Unger June 16, 2012

Every year we hear the stories — the farmer who lost a bin full of canola to spoilage, or the one who lost his sunflowers — and the bin — after the crop overheated and caught fire. Or the farmer who opened his grain bag to find an infested, rotting mess after birds or rodents

Daily Network News

Health Canada stops sales of coccidiosis medication Deccox on procedural issue

Canadian cattle herd sees first annual increase since 2018

Olymel parent company sees increased earnings in 2025

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