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Crops need rain in southwest, central regions

By MarketsFarm Team July 12, 2017

CNS Canada –– Dry conditions that are becoming a concern in Saskatchewan and Alberta have not become as widespread in Manitoba, although rain is needed in many parts of the southwest and central regions. Warm temperatures last week helped spur plant growth, while disease and insect worries remain low, according to the province’s latest weekly

News, Other

Municipalities unimpressed with Hydro hikes

By Alexis Stockford July 11, 2017

Manitoba Hydro hopes to increase rates 7.9 per cent annually for the next five years,  a total 46.3 per cent jump over current rates

Local governments aren’t happy with word Manitoba Hydro is hoping to increase rates by nearly eight per cent a year for the next half-decade. Delegates from the Municipality of Pipestone raised the issue at the recent Association of Manitoba Municipalities (AMM) western membership meeting and found plenty of support for their position. After the western

Speaking July 5 at the Crop Diagnostic School in Carman, Manitoba Agriculture’s Terry Buss shows a Roundup Ready 2 soybean plot dying due to dicamba drifting over from the Xtend soybean plot at left. (Allan Dawson photo)

Crops, Weather

Xtend soybeans expand options, but be dicamba-drift aware

By Allan Dawson, GFM Network News July 7, 2017

New dicamba- and glyphosate-tolerant soybeans offer more weed control options and are another tool to address herbicide-tolerant weeds, but farmers need to take steps to avoid dicamba drift and spray tank residue, Manitoba officials say. What’s been happening in Arkansas underscores the risk dicamba drift presents. The U.S. state of Arkansas on Friday announced a

Crops, Weather

Southern Saskatchewan dry, but Prairies mostly OK for now

By GFM Network News, Terry Fries July 6, 2017

CNS Canada — Dry conditions in southern Saskatchewan are cause for vigilance, but rain could still pull out a healthy harvest, according to a provincial soil and nutrient specialist. The area of concern lies within a triangle shape, with the northern tip at Saskatoon, one arm stretching southeast to Weyburn, Estevan and the U.S. border,

Crops, Markets

Soybeans elbow their way to top of Prairie market

By Dave Sims, GFM Network News June 21, 2017

CNS Canada — As soybeans rise in acreage across Western Canada, many are wondering which crop will bear the brunt of their sudden expansion. “Guys are trying to figure out — is it squeezing out canola or peas?” said Dan Mazier, president of Keystone Agricultural Producers. “It’s one of those products.” Flax has also taken

Crops, Weather

Washouts shut Hudson Bay Railway for shipping season

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff June 9, 2017

Flooding and rail bed washouts on sections of northern Manitoba’s Hudson Bay Railway have led the line’s owner to suspend its operations indefinitely. The closure of the portion of the line running from Amery, Man., about 50 km northeast of Gillam, north to Hudson Bay at Churchill, all but ensures no Prairie grain, other than

(Gloria Solano-Aguilar photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Hogs, Livestock

New Manitoba PED case pushes envelope

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff June 7, 2017

Southeastern Manitoba’s latest on-farm cases of porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) include one outside the buffer zones in which earlier cases have been found. According to Manitoba Pork, the province’s chief veterinary officer (CVO) on Wednesday confirmed positive tests for PED on a hog nursery operation outside an existing five-kilometre buffer zone. That case — along

(Regis Lefebure photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Hogs, Livestock

PED’s spread alarms piglet-exporting Manitoba

By GFM Network News, Rod Nickel June 2, 2017

Winnipeg | Reuters — The deadly pig disease PEDv (porcine epidemic diarrhea virus) is spreading faster than expected in Manitoba, Canada’s biggest piglet-producing province. The number of cases since the beginning of May, now at 10, matches the total from the past three years combined, although the outbreak is not comparable in scale to PEDv’s

Hogs, Livestock

PED cases fan out in southeastern Manitoba

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff May 31, 2017

Three more farms in southeastern Manitoba have been confirmed with cases of porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) — all of them outside the buffer area in which six previous infected sites were confirmed earlier this month. Two farms, a sow operation and a finisher operation “linked by live pig movements,” were confirmed with PED Friday, followed

Hogs, Livestock

Path of Manitoba PED infections tough to track

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff May 26, 2017

Officials investigating a recent spate of porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) cases in southeastern Manitoba hog barns aren’t yet seeing a clear picture of how the virus is spreading from site to site. The province’s chief veterinary officer on Thursday confirmed positive tests for PED at a finisher operation in the same area as five previous

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Crops need rain in southwest, central regions

Municipalities unimpressed with Hydro hikes

Xtend soybeans expand options, but be dicamba-drift aware

Southern Saskatchewan dry, but Prairies mostly OK for now

Soybeans elbow their way to top of Prairie market

Washouts shut Hudson Bay Railway for shipping season

New Manitoba PED case pushes envelope

PED’s spread alarms piglet-exporting Manitoba

PED cases fan out in southeastern Manitoba

Path of Manitoba PED infections tough to track

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