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Manitoba farmers with crop still in the field have now experienced both ends of the moisture spectrum in a single season.

Formerly parched grain now fighting moisture after September rains

2017 will be remembered as a dry year, but the latest harvest is still fighting high moisture  after a series of rains in September

By Alexis Stockford October 16, 2017

Manitoba’s early harvest was dry, but now a rash of rains has left producers fighting moisture and wondering when to give up on drying in the field. Francois Labelle, general manager for the Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers, said most grain being harvested is several percentage points above safe storage since the dry spell broke.

European corn borer has been a sporadic problem in Manitoba since the pest was discovered here in 1948.

Cereals, Crops

Fighting European corn borer? Manitoba Agriculture wants to hear from you

There’s been no Bt resistance yet in Manitoba’s European corn borer population,  but entomologist John Gavloski is keeping a sharp eye out

By Alexis Stockford September 26, 2017

John Gavloski is back on the hunt for European corn borer (ECB). The provincial entomologist hopes to collect 50-100 larvae from Carman-area fields this year, part of a long-standing project to monitor resistance to Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis), a toxin-producing bacteria and the most commonly cited ECB management method. Bt is either used as a spray,

Local news

Five Manitoba commodity groups still seeking farmer input on proposed merger

A discussion paper is expected to be ready for the CropConnect conference in February

By Allan Dawson September 19, 2017

Farmer input on the proposed merger of five of Manitoba’s checkoff-funded crop commodity groups is still being sought and encouraged. A dedicated email — [email protected] — has been set up for that purpose. In the spring the Manitoba Corn Growers Association (MCGA), Manitoba Pulse & Soybean Growers Association (MPSG), Manitoba Flax Growers Association (MFGA), National

Editorial, Opinion

Editorial: A fine balance

By Gord Gilmour May 18, 2017

A big thumbs up to the five Manitoba commodity groups that announced recently they will work towards a merger. The Manitoba Corn Growers Association, Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers Association, the Manitoba Flax Growers Association, the National Sunflower Association of Canada and the Manitoba Wheat and Barley Growers Association have signed a memorandum of understanding

Crops

Disc tillage not the only answer to corn residue

Recent research on the effect of corn on subsequent soybean crops suggests there may be other alternatives

By Alexis Stockford May 17, 2017

Producers may want to look beyond disc tillage to deal with corn residue, according to research co-funded by the Manitoba Corn Growers Association. In a two-year comparison of four residue treatments and their effect on soybeans, Patrick Walther and Yvonne Lawley of the University of Manitoba found that low-tillage treatments yielded the same soybean crop

Soybeans are starting to grow quickly outside the traditional production zone in the Red River Valley and the most recent StatsCan report reflects this.

Cereals, Crops, Oilseeds

StatsCan sees higher corn and soy acres in Manitoba

Statistics Canada’s seeding intentions report confirms, weather willing,  there could be a 36 per cent jump in soy acres

By Shannon VanRaes May 5, 2017

Get ready to see more soybeans zipping by your truck window during trips to town this summer. According to Statistics Canada’s first Principal Field Crops report of the season, which looks at seeding intentions for the coming season, Manitoba’s soybean acres are expected to jump 34.6 per cent in 2017. Of the seven million soybean

Wild oats, known to be highly competitive with wheat, have declined in relative abundance, according to weed survey results.

Crops, Local news

Weed rankings shuffle in latest provincial weed survey

Wild oats are down, but experts are warning producers to take a closer look at their foxtail, it might not be the species they think

By Alexis Stockford May 3, 2017

Green foxtail is still the province’s top weed, yellow foxtail is on the rise and wild oats have declined, according to last year’s Manitoba Weed Survey results. Wild oats, usually the second-most-abundant weed in the province, slipped to fourth in 2016, overtaken by both wild buckwheat and barnyard grass. Dr. Jeanette Gaultier, principal investigator of

Mack Waldner of Baker Colony (centre) accepting the award for the 2016 Manitoba Corn Growers Association’s corn yield contest on Feb. 15. Presenting the award is MCGA vice-president Leonard Wiebe (l) and association president Myron Krahn (r).

Cereals, Crops

Baker Colony enters ranks of five-time corn yield competition winners

Its winning yield of 274.69 bushels an acre also broke the previous record set in 2013

By Allan Dawson March 8, 2017

Baker Colony, located near MacGregor, Man., has joined an elite group of five-time winners of the Manitoba Corn Growers Association’s yield competition. The win is their second in a row and sets a new record — breaking their own set during a previous win. In the 45-year history of the competition there are only two

Crops, Local news

VIDEO: Baker Colony wins Manitoba Corn Growers Association’s 2016 corn yield competition

By Allan Dawson March 3, 2017

Baker Colony of MacGregor has won the Manitoba Corn Growers Association’s corn yield competition two years in a row. The 2016 award ceremony was held Feb. 15, 2017 during the CropConnect banquet in Winnipeg. Manitoba Co-operator reporter Allan Dawson asked Baker Colony’s Mack Waldner how they did it.

It was standing room only for some of the breakout sessions at CropConnect 2017 at the Victoria Inn and Convention Centre in Winnipeg Feb. 15 and 16, including when the University of Minnesota’s Seth Naeve spoke about intensive soybean management Feb. 15. Between 1,500 and 1,600 people attended CropConnect last week, including 100 ‘walk ups’ co-chair Roberta Galbraith of the Manitoba Canola Growers Association said Feb. 17 in an interview.
“And yes it was packed,” she said. That has organizers wondering about the future of the event, which the commodity groups involved — canola, corn, pulse/soybeans, flax, sunflower, oat, seed growers and wheat/barley — will discuss, Galbraith said. The first step will be to cap registrations. “We are at capacity that is for sure,” she said. “We are looking at options, however we have made no decision to move the show as of yet. The Victoria Inn facility and staff are fantastic to work with and so responsive to conference staff requests and this is definitely a plus for the event.” It cost $75 a day to attend CropConnect this year, but the cost would be double without funding from the participating commodity groups, Galbraith said. Sponsors and trade show participants also help fund CropConnect, she said.

Local news

Commodity collaboration, mergers discussed at CropConnect

Commodity group leaders are urging their members to weigh in on how  much groups should collaborate and their thoughts on merging

By Allan Dawson February 23, 2017

Manitoba farmers are being asked if they want their checkoff-funded commodity groups to collaborate more — or even merge. It was one of the main themes at commodity group annual meetings at the fourth annual CropConnect conference in Winnipeg Feb. 15 and 16. And the man credited with planting the seed in 2013 — Halbstadt-farmer

Daily Network News

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