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Crop Report – for Oct. 7, 2010

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SOUTHWEST REGION Little to no precipitation over the past week allowed good harvest progress. Cereal harvest ranges from 65 per cent to 80 per cent complete and canola harvest from 55 per cent to 60 per cent complete. Most crops are dry and yields are reported to be average with below-average quality. Very little flax
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Cattle Country Faces Watery Grave

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Patrick Gross has watched from his living room window as rising West Shoal Lake waters crept closer in recent years, consuming the hay and pastures that have supported his family’s cattle ranch for four decades. Over the past three years, his usable acreage of owned and Crown lease land on the west side of the
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Late Harvest Delays Cattle Aid

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Urgently awaited aid for Manitoba’s flood-ravaged cattle producers could still be weeks away because of a holdup in calculating feed losses. A cool, wet fall has delayed the harvest and federal officials don’t know yet what hay and forage yields in flooded areas will be. As a result, they can’t say what kind of financial
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Thousands Visit Farms On Open Farm Day

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Tita Evangelista was astonished to discover there’s something else she might want to have for dinner some time: Manitobaraised bison. “The bison! I didn’t know you could eat that,” laughed the Winnipeg woman, who immigrated three years ago from the Philippines. She was one of a throng of Manitobans who took a trip on September
Cereals, Crops, Forages, Oilseeds

Crop Report – for Sep. 30, 2010

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SOUTHWEST REGION Rainfall limited harvest progress over the past week but many producers were able to resume harvest operations over the weekend. Cereal harvest ranges from 35 to 60 per cent complete with more progress seen south of Highway #1. Yields are reported to be average with quality being reduced because of the wet conditions.
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“Harvest Moon” Carrots

We were digging carrots in near darkness last week. It might have been a dreary chore at the end of a long day, but it was a calm, still evening and a brilliant full moon hung overhead. In the dim light our noses picked up where our eyes left off and the sweet, earthy scent
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New Manitoba Shortlines In The Works – for Sep. 23, 2010

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Abanner year for Manitoba’s first farmer-owned railway is fuelling interest in two more. Leaders of two proposed locally owned Manitoba shortline railways said they are more optimistic than ever after visiting the Boundary Trails Railway Company (BTRC) operations and producer car loading facilities here last week. Harold Purkess, president of the River Hills Railroad (RHR)
Livestock

No Anthrax Reported This Year – for Sep. 23, 2010

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Manitoba did not record a single case of anthrax in 2010 after experiencing repeated outbreaks during the last 10 years. This year’s clean slate could be because more producers are vaccinating their cattle to guard against the disease, suggested Dr. Tim Pasma, the province’s disease control veterinarian. Previous anthrax outbreaks occurred in 2000, 2001, 2003,
Cereals, Crops, Forages, Oilseeds

Crop Report – for Sep. 23, 2010

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SOUTHWEST REGION Rainfall throughout the southwest region limited harvest to a few days last week. Frost was recorded with temperatures dropping as low as -3 C. Cereal crop harvest ranges between 40 to 65 per cent complete. Many acres have been taken off tough with producers drying grain. Quality of all cereal crops remaining in

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