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Crop Report – for May. 7, 2009

By Manitoba Crop Report May 7, 2009

SOUTHWEST REGION Precipitation was minimal over the past week and temperatures remained cool. The majority of winter cereal crops have been fertilized. A few fields were seeded to peas and wheat but the majority is still too wet for field operations. Warm, dry weather conditions are needed to help improve field conditions. Pastures have started

Hogs, Livestock

Manitoba Pork Council Reduces Districts

By Ron Friesen April 23, 2009

As the number of hog producers in Manitoba shrinks, so does the number of Manitoba Pork Council regional districts. Pork council delegates at their recent annual meeting voted to reduce the number of districts to 11 from the current 14. The move reflects changing times in the industry, including a loss of producers. Attendance at

News

Province Increases Compensation For Last Year’s Flooding

By Manitoba Government Release April 16, 2009

The Disaster Financial Assistance (DFA) pro-g ram for AugustSeptember 2008 flooding in the Interlake-Westlake region will increase to $3 million from $670,000, Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Steve Ashton, minister responsible for emergency measures, and Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives Minister Rosann Wowchuk have announced. “The provincial government has more information on the extent of claims and

Cereals, News

Arborg Trying To Save Its Elevator

By Allan Dawson April 2, 2009

“Anybody I’ve talked to is very upset (about the prospect of losing the elevator). In fact, the words are as harsh as ‘it’s criminal.’” – BILL URUSKI Scott Sigvaldason isn’t prepared to let Arborg’s grain elevator be destroyed without a fight. The Arborg-area grain farmer and president of Wedge Farms Nutrition, an oat-processing firm, says

News

Southwestern Cattle Producers Demand Drought Aid

By Ron Friesen April 2, 2009

“A disaster is a disaster.” – LARRY MAGUIRE, MLA Last year, flooded Interlake farmers who couldn’t harvest hay complained they were on an unequal footing with drought-stricken producers in southwestern Manitoba. Now cattle producers in the southwest region say they should get the same government assistance as their Interlake colleagues received last month because they’re

Cereals, News

Farmers Prepared For Flooding

By Ron Friesen March 26, 2009

“I would say 98 per cent of the people are prepared for the flood.” – DAVE WALDNER The Flood of the Century seriously disrupted Dave Waldner’s hog operation. But if it happens again, he’s ready. The ring dike around his farm east of Rosenort has been raised two feet above 1997 flood levels. Municipal water

Crops

How Old Is Our Dirt?

By Daniel Winters March 19, 2009

What’s older than dirt? Lots of things, if you’re talking about Manitoba soils. In our province, the story began 10,000 to 12,000 years ago, after massive glaciers bulldozed the uppermost layers away, then melted to create the ancient Lake Agassiz. In terms of world history, that’s not a long time. Egyptian civilization goes back almost

News

Grazing Clubs Run Out Of Grass

By Daniel Winters March 12, 2009

“I guess the feds have decided they could spend their money better somewhere else.” – MICHAEL THIELE, DUC Manitoba’s 30 grazing clubs could be scrambl ing for an alternate source of funding this spring as the federal government pulls the plug on Greencover Canada. As the sun sets on the five-year program, up to two-thirds

Livestock, News

Flooded Livestock Farmers Win Tax Deferral Battle

By Ron Friesen March 12, 2009

“To help just on one extreme and not the other really didn’t make sense.” – JOE BOUCHARD, MCPA Manitoba producers who couldn’t harvest hay last summer because of excess moisture will now qualify for income tax deferrals on proceeds from livestock sales. The measure announced March 5 corrects an imbalance between flooded farmers, who previously

Livestock

BSE Class-Action Suit Focused On Settlement

By Dave Bedard March 12, 2009

If the federal government wants to flow aid to Canada’s punch-drunk beef cattle sector, it couldn’t do much better than to settle with the ranchers now suing it. That’s how Toronto lawyer Cameron Pallett, the lawyer for Niagara Falls-area cattle producer Bill Sauer, plans to press his case with officials in Ottawa to settle Sauer’s

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Tag Archives Interlake

Crop Report – for May. 7, 2009

Manitoba Pork Council Reduces Districts

Province Increases Compensation For Last Year’s Flooding

Arborg Trying To Save Its Elevator

Southwestern Cattle Producers Demand Drought Aid

Farmers Prepared For Flooding

How Old Is Our Dirt?

Grazing Clubs Run Out Of Grass

Flooded Livestock Farmers Win Tax Deferral Battle

BSE Class-Action Suit Focused On Settlement

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