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A Canada-wide map of drought conditions. Photo credit: Canadian Drought Monitor

Drought conditions remain in Alberta, Saskatchewan

By Adam Peleshaty, GFM Network News, Marketsfarm July 13, 2022

MarketsFarm — After copious amounts of precipitation alleviated the most severe drought conditions in Saskatchewan and Alberta, there were still some areas dealing with extreme dryness entering July, according to the Canadian Drought Monitor. At the end of June, only 22 per cent of the Prairie region was classified in the Abnormally Dry (D0) to

Reports of alfalfa weevil are coming in from central Manitoba growers.

Forages, News

RFV values in alfalfa see dramatic drop

MFGA Green Gold Reports for June 13

By Manitoba Forage and Grassland Association June 16, 2022

Western The outcome of the fields are increasing in yield and height in the majority of the regions. The RFV lost 59 points over 5 days. The optimum cutting date is June 20. (click here to read the full Green Gold Report for Western Manitoba; opens as PDF) Central The RFV has dropped 56 points

Crops, Weather

Planting progress picking up in Saskatchewan

By GFM Network News, Marketsfarm May 20, 2022

MarketsFarm — Overall spring planting across Saskatchewan reached 33 per cent complete as of Monday, according to the latest weekly crop report from Saskatchewan Agriculture. Despite the good progress over the week, that’s still 20 points behind the five-year average. When compared to the excellent progress this time last year, the gap expands to 41

Hungry cattle wait in the snow in Matthew Atkinson’s farm in western Manitoba.

Livestock, Weather

Wherefore art thou, spring?

Manitoba’s late dose of winter has further strained feed and complicated calving

By Alexis Stockford April 29, 2022

Spring doesn’t seem to be getting any closer for the beleaguered cattle sector. Feed supply was already tight a month ago, groups like the Manitoba Beef Producers (MBP) had reported. Farmers wondered how long they would be able to keep cattle back from pasture — pasture in dire need of a strong start without the

The province’s horse breeders say they’re being frozen out of drought relief programs.

Livestock, Other livestock

Horse breeders push back against AgriRecovery exclusion

DROUGHT | The horse industry argues its ranches were equally drought stricken as its beef-producing neighbours

By Alexis Stockford December 24, 2021

Horse breeders in Manitoba are questioning why PMU horses are the only equines eligible for feed and animal transportation programs through AgriRecovery. “There are a lot of horse breeders in the province of Manitoba who have foals on the ground that are just as big and contributing just as much, if not more, to Manitoba’s

News

Feds fund Hay West to ship another 15 million to 16 million pounds of hay

By Geralyn Wichers December 23, 2021

DROUGHT With far more demand than capacity, the CFA is seeking to mitigate as much damage as possible

Federal funding will allow the Hay West relief initiative to ship another 15 million to 16 million pounds of hay through the winter, says the Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA). That’s based on an average cost of 15 to 20 cents per pound, a spokesperson told the Co-operator. However, that’s a fraction of the hay

Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Feeder market stabilizes

Cow-calf producers selling sooner than normal

By GFM Network News, Jerry Klassen December 7, 2021

Compared to last week, western Canadian feeder cattle prices traded $2-$3 on either side of unchanged. Alberta packers were buying fed cattle on a dressed basis at $275 delivered; the Alberta fed market has rallied $10-$12 over the past couple weeks. Secondly, U.S. feeder cattle prices have also rallied US$10-US$12 during the same time frame

News

Hay West gets funds to ship more bales

The CFA-headed campaign is one of a few projects of farmers helping farmers through hay relief

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff October 25, 2021

A $75,000 shot in the arm will help ‘Hay West’ send more bales to struggling farmers, the Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA) said. “CFA hopes these gestures of financial support will spur further contributions, as the drought in Western Canada has been extremely lengthy and resulted in a dire need for hay,” the organization said

Crops, Other, Weather

Hay-starved Prairies fertile ground for online scammers

At least $64,000 lost in Alberta alone, RCMP says

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News October 15, 2021

High demand, scarce supplies and rising prices for hay and other feeds due to this summer’s drought on the Prairies have made a market for online scammers, RCMP warn. The urgency driving such transactions may cause ranchers, farmers and farm workers to make purchases “without taking time to properly verify or research production sources,” Alberta

Crops, Forages

CFA’s Hay West program up and running

Program website now online

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News September 20, 2021

A revival of the “Hay West” initiative, aimed at shipping feed from Eastern Canada to supplement drought-dented supplies in the West, has gone live. The Canadian Federation of Agriculture on Friday announced its Hay West 2021 initiative is “now operational and seeking applicants to both receive and supply hay.” Applicants interested in either supplying or

Daily Network News

CFIA looks for feedback on proposed seed potato rule changes

U.S. grains: Soybean futures rise on active Chinese buying

GMO food labelling review opens questions on gene editing

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