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Manitoba Farmers Still Have Lots Of Crop To Harvest

By Allan Dawson October 22, 2009

“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

Crops, Oilseeds

Headline Gets Emergency Registration For Sunflower Rust

By Allan Dawson July 23, 2009

“Do not panic but rather get out there and scout your field. Early detection is critical. Yield losses can be significant.” – NSAC REPORT BA S F ’s fungicide Headline (pyraclostrobin) has received an emergency-use registration to control sunflower rust, a disease that decimated some fields in Manitoba last year and could be a problem

Cereals, News, Oilseeds

New Crop Registration System Implemented

By Allan Dawson July 16, 2009

“Eventually the seed industry will argue that their crop kinds all need to be moved to Part (Option) Three because the claim will be made that independent testing and committee structures are too slow and expensive.” – TERRY BOEHM The new “flexible” three-tiered crop variety registration system implemented by the federal government July 8 will

News, Oilseeds

Sunflowers average in 2008

By Ron Friesen January 15, 2009

Manitoba farmers harvested a generally average sunflower crop in 2008, despite ongoing disease and insect problems. Producers reaped an average 1,480 pounds per acre of confectionery and oil-type sunflowers from 182,000 planted acres, according to provincial crop insurance figures. That compared favourably with the long-term four-year average yield of 1,460 pounds per acre from an

News, Oilseeds, Pulses

Special crops symposium

October 16, 2008

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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