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Wet weather has resulted in some Manitoba field peas being infected with mycosphaerella blight this year, says Dennis Lange, Manitoba Agriculture’s industry development specialist for pulses.

Pea growers hit by crop disease and bad weather

Manitoba Agriculture’s Dennis Lange has some advice on disease prevention and harvesting 

By Allan Dawson August 30, 2016

Manitoba pea growers are getting a reminder of why they backed away from the crop in the first place. Field peas, once popular in the Red River Valley, declined in the area due to disease brought on by wet weather. However, plantings jumped this year due to attractive prices. The Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation (MASC)

Local news

KAP has first meeting with Ag Minister Ralph Eichler

Manitoba’s general farm organization covered a number of issues, including  education tax, in a meeting with the new Manitoba agriculture minister

By Allan Dawson June 24, 2016

School taxes, red tape, ALUS and Growing Forward 3 were topics of discussion during the first meeting between the province’s general farm organization and the newly minted provincial agriculture minister. The Keystone Agricultural Producers and Ralph Eichler sat down last week for the first time since the change in government this spring. “School taxes (on

This soybean plant is regrowing after being frozen.

Crops, Oilseeds

Manitoba soybeans OK after hard frost

By Allan Dawson May 19, 2016

Manitoba soybean growers dodged a bullet May 13 and 14 when much of southern Manitoba experienced a hard frost, because so few soybeans were out of the ground, according to Dennis Lange, a pulse crop specialist with the Manitoba Department of Agricuture. “We can see temperatures as low as -2 C and they (soybeans) can

Livestock, Local news

Province lifts limitation on pasture insurance

The pasture insurance pilot program that was limited to  90 producers last year is now open to the entire province

By Jennifer Paige February 2, 2016

Producers who graze their cattle have a new option for protecting themselves from underperforming pastures. Ron Kostyshyn, minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, announced January 19 that the province has lifted limitations on the pasture days insurance program. The program is designed to compensate producers who have had to remove livestock from pasture and

Crops, Local news

Excess Moisture Insurance not in jeopardy despite multimillion deficit

By Allan Dawson January 28, 2016

Manitoba’s Excess Moisture Insurance (EMI) program has a $236-million deficit after 15 years of operation, but it’s not under threat of being scrapped. “We know we’re going to have to review it and possibly make some tweaks in the way it works, but there’s no panic at our end,” Craig Thomson, Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation’s

Minimum temperatures on the Prairies for June 2015. (WeatherFarm.com)

Crops, Weather

Manitoba hail, reseed damage claims above average

By GFM Network News, Jade Markus October 8, 2015

CNS Canada –– Farmers have seen more weather-related hardships this year than normal, made evident by an above-average amount of hail and reseed damage claims. Summer hail and frost at the end of June and the beginning of July took a toll on crops, leading to insurance claims above the five-year average. Manitoba Agricultural Service

To get full crop insurance coverage in Manitoba winter wheat must be planted between Aug. 20 and Sept. 15.

Crops

Canola should be off in many areas in time for winter wheat planting

By Allan Dawson August 27, 2015

There’s time and lots of good reasons to plant winter wheat this fall, says an agronomist with the Western Winter Wheat Initiative. “Canola crops are really coming in here fast,” Ken Gross said from his Brandon office Aug. 21. The Western Winter Wheat Initiative is a collaboration between Bayer Crop Science, Richardson International and Ducks

The result of a severe thunderstorm on the afternoon of Saturday June 27 that hit near the Roseisle area west of Carman. Many fields in the area were destroyed or damaged by hail including this corn field south of Roseisle along PR 240.

Crops, Local news, Weather

VIDEO: MASC still assessing hail-damaged crops in Roseisle-Miami area

A hail storm damaged or destroyed some crops June 27

By Allan Dawson June 29, 2015

Crop insurance officials were still assessing the damage Monday caused by a vicious hail storm that hit the Roseisle-Miami area the afternoon of June 27. As of noon Monday the Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation (MASC) had received around 100 claims province-wide, David Van Deynze, MASC’s manager of claim services said in an interview. About half

Crops, Local news

Seeding 2015: The never-ending story

Close to a million Manitoba acres could get reseeded and 90 per cent of them were canola 

By Allan Dawson June 11, 2015

What started as an early spring has turned into a reseeding frenzy as farmers race against crop insurance deadlines to reseed nearly a million acres damaged by a blizzard, frost, heavy rains and voracious flea beetles. “The May 30 frost was bad for two reasons. One, it was widespread. Two, it was later in the

(Manitoba Co-operator photo by Allan Dawson)

Crops, Weather

Manitoba corn crops likely unscathed

By GFM Network News, Terryn Shiells June 4, 2015

CNS Canada — Manitoba’s corn crop was nearly fully seeded ahead of crop insurance deadlines in late May, but frost events in Manitoba during the same time frame didn’t likely cause any damage. Parts of southwestern Manitoba saw a significant frost event on May 29 and 30, which killed off many canola crops and sparked

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Chicago cattle futures climb on post-Thanksgiving trade

U.S. grains: Corn futures set June high on US export demand

California researchers create nitrogen-fixing wheat

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