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Manitoba’s average spring wheat yield is slightly higher than North Dakota’s, says MAFRI’s Pam de Rocquigny
Spring wheat yields, on average, are slightly higher in Manitoba than North Dakota, even though the perception is it’s the other way around, Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiative’s cereal specialist Pam de Rocquigny told the Manitoba Agronomists Conference Dec. 12 at the University of Manitoba. Manitoba’s 10-year-average wheat yield (2003-12) is 45 bushels anThe high-yielding, fusarium-susceptible variety captured the highest percentage of provincial acres this year, but newcomer Carberry is rising with a bullet
Just like the classic Neil Young album of the same name, Harvest is topping the charts. In this case, it’s the Canada Western Red Spring acreage chart in Manitoba. “It’s been quietly beavering away out there with not too many people paying attention,” said Stephen Fox, the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada scientist who bred theManitoba farmers have set planting records two years in a row, but this fall’s seeding could far exceed that
Manitoba farmers are getting pretty fond of winter wheat and the head of Winter Cereals Manitoba hopes the romance continues to build. Farmers in the province grew a record 593,906 acres of winter wheat this year (double the 10-year average) and conditions are right for even more to be planted this fall, said Jake Davidson.Whether they survive or fail, these early seeding plots will provide some valuable data on seeding dates
Extension agronomist Anastasia Kubinec wasn’t heeding her own advice to farmers the first week of April. She was seeding — but not because she’s banking on pulling in a bin-buster. Rather, she’s betting on a bust. Kubinec, Manitoba Agriculture and Rural Initiatives’ oilseed specialist, wants to demonstrate the risks of seeding too early, especially frost-sensitive
