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Potato beetle resistance brewing
Crops, News

Potato beetle resistance brewing

Potato producers are getting ready for their yearly fight with Colorado potato beetle, but in some places the products don’t work the way they used to

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The battle against Colorado potato beetle is becoming more difficult every season. It’s not a new problem. As early as 2014, producer groups were already warning that Colorado potato beetles were becoming increasingly resistant to neonicotinoids. Four years later, the problem has not gone away and, in some patches of the province, has arguably got
Masses of multicoloured Asian lady beetles often form in darker, concealed locations, says Manitoba Agriculture entomologist John Gavloski.
Country Crossroads, Local news, Other

Getting bugged

Last year was a particularly bad outbreak, but that won’t necessarily carry over

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Homeowners were aghast last fall when nightmarish numbers of Asian lady beetles descended on their doorsteps, then made themselves right at home — indoors. These bugs “completely enveloped” their new home one day last September, recalls Susan Mooney, a retired public health nurse who lives with her husband on a rural acreage near Carman. “They
The federal and provincial agriculture ministers, Ralph Eichler (l) and Lawrence MacAuley, signed a new five-year bilateral agriculture agreement last week in Winnipeg.
Local news, Other

Province signs five-year agreement worth $176 million

The cost-shared initiative will be consolidated into one program and called Ag Action Manitoba

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Funding will begin to flow right away from the new bilateral five-year $176-million agreement signed between Manitoba and the federal government last week, Manitoba Agriculture Minister Ralph Eichler says. This is the Canadian Agri­cultural Partnership (CAP), part of an overall $3-billion federal program supporting cost-shared initiatives delivered by the provinces and territories, to be consolidated
Can Manitoba support 300,000 acres of field peas?
Crops, Other, Pulses

Can Manitoba support 300,000 acres of field peas?

Right now there are headwinds but looming local processing capacity bodes well for the crop

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Could Manitoba see 300,000 acres of peas a year? That was the self-admittedly provocative question Manitoba Agriculture pulse extension Terry Buss raised at a March 20 pea producers’ meeting in Brandon. Hitting that mark would mean an acreage five times larger than this coming season’s projected acreage, which has been pegged at 65,000 acres, up
Manitoba has more crop choices than many locations on the Prairies, which makes a more diverse crop rotation possible.
Crops

Building a ‘better’ crop rotation

Understand all the interactions within a rotation and their effect on yield

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Manitoba is a unique place to farm in the western Canadian Prairies. We enjoy a relatively long growing season, good rainfall (sometimes too much) and have the support of many industry partners, testing a wide range of crop types with adaptation to our climate. With all the crop options we have, a diverse crop rotation
Manitoba Agriculture agri-ecosystems specialist Mitchell Timmerman demonstrates hydrology across soil types as part of a soil fertility update in Brandon Jan. 30-31.
Crops

Finding the source of soil salinity

How the problem came to be will determine how to deal with it in the field

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Managing soil salinity might have a lot to do with how the problem started. Attendees to a Brandon soil fertility update Jan. 30-31, one of several to run through Manitoba in the last month, were told to consider how old the salinity problem is before making a plan of attack. “Salinity is not a soil
Other crops are seven per cent of the 2017 seeded acres.
Crops, Opinion

Worth a look: Annual production estimates a valuable resource

It can help you calculate your own risk and rewards, but only if you use it

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At first glance, the annual Guidelines for Estimating Crop Production Costs released every January looks like good bedtime reading for insomniacs. But sort through the numbers and analysis, and the story that emerges is full of mystery and intrigue. These production estimates are designed to give farmers a reference for determining which crops make the
A lygus bug prepares to wreak havoc on a canola plant.
Crops

Be on the watch for insect-issue bleed over

Manitoba Agriculture’s 2017 insect summary may give 
producers an idea of what to scout for, as well as any rotation changes to avoid pest woes next season

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Last year’s pest problems may give an idea of what to be on watch for next season. The insect summary for 2017 is in, and Manitoba Agriculture entomologist John Gavloski says the report may give producers valuable insight when planning scouting and, in some cases, rotations. Aphids unknown Not all insects carry over in the
Darren Bond, farm management specialist with Manitoba Agriculture, runs the audience through 2017 commodity markets during Ag Days Jan. 16-18, 2018.
Crops, Local news

Forget cost per acre — what’s it cost to grow a bushel?

Cost is often expressed as dollars per acre, but farm management specialist Darren Bond says it makes more sense to think of cost in terms of product produced

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Darren Bond wants farmers to stop thinking in dollars per acre. The farm management specialist with Manitoba Agriculture says cost per bushel sold is a more valuable number when farmers go to develop a marketing plan. Farmers sell their product per bushel, making it easier to track and predict profitability if cost uses the same
A lygus bug prepares to wreak havoc on a canola plant.
Crops, Local news

Manitoba crop insects seen in 2017

Manitoba Agriculture entomologist offers his yearly summary of bugs

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From aphids to wheat midge, a wide variety of insects made their presence known in Manitoba crops in 2017. John Gavloski, entomologist with Manitoba Agriculture, has compiled a summary entitled ‘Summary of Insects on Crops in Manitoba in 2017‘ of the insects observed in fields across the province. Much of the crop insects identified in

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