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Cereals, Crops

Harvest And Spring Both Too Wet – for Sep. 9, 2010

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Harvest and seeding this year have something in common: too much rain. South-central Manitoba had heavy rains Aug. 30. While Morris received almost 100 mm, there were unofficial reports of close to five inches at Lowe Farm and south of Miami. Many areas received at least 25 mm, with others such as Dugald reporting almost
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McKnight Wins 2009 Corn Yield Competition

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“Our organization is strong, growing, there’s a lot of interest in corn.” – MURRAY PRITCHARD Harry McKnight of Roland is the winner of the 2009 corn yield competition organized by the Manitoba Corn Growers Association (MCGA) with a yield of 198.17 bushels an acre. McKnight grew Pioneer Hi-Bred’s 39D97 in 30-inch rows. The crop had
Crops

Corn Growers Cry Foul Over Crop Insurance

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“They feel that they were misled.” – THERESA BERGSMA, MCGA Manitoba corn growers are accusing the Manitoba Agricultural Services Corp. of reneging on a promised price incentive to encourage producers to harvest late, damaged corn last fall. But the agency says there was no promise and the complaint is based on a misunderstanding. The Manitoba
Crops, News

App Application Deadlines Extended

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Manitoba corn, sunflower, soybean, edible bean and pulse growers with crops still on the field have been granted extensions on their deadlines to apply under the 2009 advance payments program (APP). Producers who still have unharvested crop that’s insured by crop insurance will now have more time to apply for pre-production advances and also to
Crops, Oilseeds

Manitoba Farmers Still Have Lots Of Crop To Harvest

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“We had four months of spring – April, May, June and July,” he said. “Then we had one month of summer, that would be September. And now we’ve gone straight into winter.” – Calvin Gust If you’ve still got crop out, you’re not alone. Two-thirds of the delegates attending the Keystone Agricultural Producers’ (KAP) meeting
Cereals, News, Oilseeds

Who is the Grain Growers of Canada?

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The Grain Growers of Canada was founded in 2000 to represent grain growers, through their respective associations, across Canada. The initial members were the Alberta Barley Commission, Atlantic Grains Council, Alberta Winter Wheat Producers Commission, Ontario Corn Producers’ Association, Ontario Soybean Growers, Saskatchewan Canola Growers Association and Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association. Since then all
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Farmers want heavy frost to help dry bumper corn crop

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“We’ve harvested lots of corn late in the past. We just haven’t done it in a while. It’ll be a good experience for some of these young guys.” – Shawn McCutcheon Until a few weeks ago Manitoba corn farmers were praying it wouldn’t freeze; now a hard, killing frost is exactly what they want to
News, Oilseeds, Pulses

Special crops symposium

There’s a new website available for producers to view information related to the Manitoba Special Crops Symposium next Feb. 11 and 12 at the Winnipeg Convention Centre. The new website, www.manitobaspecialcrops.ca, features details of the symposium organized annually by the Manitoba Corn Growers Association (MCGA), Manitoba Pulse Growers Association (MPGA), and National Sunflower Association of

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