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Cereals, Crops, Forages

Crop Report – for May. 26, 2011

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SOUTHWEST REGION Seeding is about 10 per cent complete throughout the region with some areas reporting as high as 30 per cent. Warm, dry weather at the beginning of the week helped to dry fields allowing producers to seed, but widespread weekend rainfall brought seeders again to a standstill. Reports of 40-60 mm in the
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Flooded Forage Lands Worry Ranchers

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Old-timers recall the dirty thirties when farmers put up hay on a bone-dry Oak Lake and shipped it by rail to their parched counterparts in Saskatchewan as part of a relief effort. This spring, Saskatchewan is repaying the debt in water – lots of it. There’s so much water flowing in from Pipestone Creek that
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Farmland Value Increases Slow Down

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The value of farmland in Manitoba continues to increase but at a slower rate. Manitoba farmland values increased by an average 1.3 per cent during the second half of 2010, Farm Credit Canada reported May 9. That was down from gains of 3.4 and 5.9 per cent in the two previous six-month reporting periods. In
Livestock

Mass Evacuation For Cattle Near Lake Manitoba

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One of the largest livestock evacuations in Manitoba history is underway in the Interlake region as cattle producers frantically try to move their herds away from rising Lake Manitoba flood waters. Producers are desperately seeking alternative temporary homes for tens of thousands of cattle displaced by unprecedented flooding around the lower Lake Manitoba basin. Manitoba
Livestock

Canada Bird Flu Free Once More

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Three months of surveillance work in Manitoba’s Interlake region have restored Canada’s status as fully free of notifiable avian flu. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency reported May 5 the end of “targeted, enhanced surveillance” in the area where a turkey-breeding operation was confirmed last November to have birds with low-severity avian influenza H5N2. No new
Crops, Forages

Crop Report – for May. 19, 2011

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SOUTHWEST REGION Seeding has just begun only on fields that can be travelled on. Hard red spring wheat and canola have been the crops most producers are concentrating on. Rainfall of 15-35 mm at the beginning of the week delayed seeding and field work to the weekend. Warm weather and wind over the weekend helped
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Snowstorm Adds To Flood Woes

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Hundreds of cattle died in the snowstorm which swept across the province over the May 1 weekend, as the toll rises from the soggiest, coldest spring in recent memory. Animals trapped in mud, snow, and water expired in cold and wet conditions, succumbing to exposure, suffocating or dying under the hooves of other animals vainly
Cereals, Crops, Forages, Livestock

Crop Report – for May. 12, 2011

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SOUTHWEST REGION Little to no seeding has occurred in the Southwest Region. Some sandy, well-drained fields were planted. Most producers estimate a week to 10 days before starting seeding operations, depending on weather conditions. Several areas are reporting pasture acres under water which will impact grazing capability for the start of the season. NORTHWEST REGION
Livestock

Interlake Producers Brace For Spillover From West

The spring season is now more than halfway complete, but that has not stopped flooding problems, creating a number of challenges for producers in the Interlake. With the Assiniboine River rising to record levels, officials have been forced to fill the Portage Diversion in Portage la Prairie to its capacity, flowing north to Lake Manitoba.
Forages, Oilseeds, Opinion

Letters – for May. 5, 2011

Accommodating different views on technology I read with great interest and then dismay the article in the April 21Manitoba Co-operator titled “KAP opposes Roundup Ready alfalfa’s release in Canada.” There are two things of note in regards to this article. The first is the quote made by Paul Gregory in regards to the Canadian Seed

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