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FORECAST | Issued Dec. 3, 2021, covering the period from Dec. 8 to 15, 2021
Cow-calf producers selling sooner than normal
U.S. wheat futures down on week
AUCTIONS | Manitoba's animals are still eastbound, westbound — and southbound
One week after wintry weather caused some no-shows, Manitoba’s cattle auctions saw a definite increase in the number of animals through the rings for the week ended Nov. 25. During the week, 13,498 cattle were sold at auction in Manitoba with two sites, Heartland-Virden and Ste. Rose, surpassing the 2,000-head mark at their respective sales.
REGENERATIVE | Researchers created a carbon map of Alberta so they could zoom in on farms’ soil carbon content
A developing carbon offset program is designed to encourage and incentivize regenerative farming without forcing producers to fit a cookie-cutter protocol. “To try to standardize something that is fundamentally adaptive and site specific, and also based on a lot of innovation, it’s going to put a cap on the innovation that can happen,” said Kimberly
ENTOMOLOGY | Manitoba reported the first-ever cases of western corn rootworm and cannabis aphid this year
There are two new pest insects in Manitoba, according to provincial entomologist John Gavloski. A seasonal summary of the year’s crop pests, released in mid-November, noted Manitoba’s first cases of western corn rootworm and cannabis aphid in 2021. Why it matters: Manitoba can add two new insects onto the pest radar after this year. While
Surge of Canadian cattle exports expected
Conditions encouraged outbreaks, dampened effects of control strategies
