Most Crops OK Despite Frost – for Oct. 8, 2009

“That (heat in) September saved us big time when it came to the corn crop.” – DAVID VAN DEYNZE, MASC Thanks to the warmest September on record, this fall’s first frost Sept. 29 did little or no damage to most Manitoba crops, including later-maturing ones such as corn, soybeans, edible beans and sunflowers. It didn’t

Manitoba Farmers File Hail Claims

The worst hailstorm of the year in Manitoba has resulted in about 600 crop insurance claims so far, the provincial government’s farm insurance corporation said Aug. 18. Damage from the Aug. 14 storm ranges from total crop loss to slight damage, said David Koroscil, manager of insurance projects and sales for Manitoba Agricultural Services Corp.


Deadlines, Rotations Loom Over Remaining Acres

“Canola actually holds on to its yield quite a bit better into that first week of June and so does something like sunflowers versus flax.” – ANASTASIA KUBINEC, MAFRI Normally farmers seed crops in a certain order, starting with cereals, followed by canola, then corn and then, by mid-to late May, soybeans and edible beans.