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Dry pastures near Virden near the end of July.

Manitoba’s hay picture remains unclear

Without rain, many farmers could find themselves short

By Don Norman August 11, 2023

Farmers who think they might be short on feed should take steps now or risk paying higher prices amid lack of supply, according to Manitoba’s forage experts. “You may wait and find out that it’s gone up three, four or five cents a pound, or it may not even be available at the quality that

Table 3: Spring Wheat Quality Rating by Region.

Crop Report, Crops, Weather

Winter cereal harvests ramp up, quality seen mostly good

Manitoba Crop Report: Issue 13 (week 32)

By Manitoba Agriculture August 8, 2023

Overview Harvesting of winter wheat and fall rye continued with about 60 and 30 per cent of acres combined, respectively. Early yield reports on winter wheat were averaging around 65 bu/acre. Spring cereal crops were in the intermediate to hard dough stage with the exception of very late seeded crops that were in soft dough.

Katlin Lang is co-founder of FarmSimple Solutions, a company that provides a water trough sensor for remote watering system.
Photo: John Greig

Livestock

At Ag in Motion: Water trough monitoring made easier

By GFM Network News, John Greig July 22, 2023

Glacier FarmMedia – Imagine being able to run to the lake without worrying about water trough levels for grazing cattle. That’s the scenario that drove Katlin and his brother Dustin Lang, of Vibank, Sask., to found a company to provide a water trough monitoring system. Designed for troughs that are connected to solar systems out

Leaseholders pack into a fall 2019 meeting in Ste. Rose du Lac soon after the release of new Crown land regulations.

News

Province asks for feedback on Crown lands amendments

Producers are cautiously optimistic, but over three years of fighting casts a long shadow

By Don Norman June 15, 2023

The latest round of proposed changes to agricultural Crown lands has earned a tentative thumbs up from pasture and forage leaseholders. Leaseholders “were surprised by the changes proposed by the minister,” said Brent Benson, president of the Manitoba Crown Land Leaseholders Association. “After three years of obfuscation and defiance by previous ministers, it was refreshing to be

Smoke rises from a wildfire near Wildwood, Alta., about 100 km west of Edmonton, on May 5, 2023. (Photo: Alberta Wildfire/Handout via Reuters)

Livestock, Weather

Alberta ‘crossing fingers’ for rain amid wildfires

CN mainline traffic west of Edmonton suspended

By GFM Network News, Rod Nickel May 9, 2023

Reuters — Firefighters were counting on rain and cooler weather forecast for Monday to help them quell a dramatic start to Alberta’s wildfire season. The province declared a state of emergency on Saturday in response to wildfires in northern and central regions that have displaced nearly 30,000 people and prompted energy producers to shut in

A field tour participant examines the wider corn rows and multi-species intercrop for an extended grazing trial at MBFI’s in September 2021.

News

Manitoba Beef and Forages joins Smart Farm network

The partnership hones in on tech validation with an eye for what will actually work on farms

By Alexis Stockford February 14, 2023

A network of “Smart Farms” dedicated to jumpstarting on-farm technology has added a Manitoba name to their roster. The Manitoba Beef and Forage Initiatives (MBFI), an applied research and demonstration farm north of Brandon, has joined the Pan-Canadian Smart Farm Network, it was announced Feb. 2. The network, spearheaded by Olds College of Agriculture and

File photo of a cow grazing near Leader, Sask., about 85 km south of Kindersley. (James_Gabbert/iStock/Getty Images)

Beef cattle, Weather

Saskatchewan holds Crown grazing rents at last year’s levels

Also, leaseholders on drought-downgraded land eligible for rate cut

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News January 26, 2023

Cattle producers leasing Crown land for grazing in Saskatchewan won’t see a rate hike this year and may be eligible for a significant rate cut. The provincial government announced Wednesday it has frozen the rates charged to producers who lease Crown grazing land in 2023 at their 2022 level. The freeze will apply to all

Crops, Weather

Drought expands across western Prairies

By GFM Network News, Marketsfarm November 18, 2022

MarketsFarm — Drought conditions expanded across Alberta and Saskatchewan in October, with very little precipitation across the agricultural regions of the two provinces since August. That’s according to the latest Canadian Drought Monitor from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, as of Oct. 31. At the end of that month, 72 per cent of the Prairie region

Livestock

At least 12 killed in Nigeria attack over farmland

Gunmen appear in village in north

By GFM Network News, Reuters November 16, 2022

Abuja | Reuters — Gunmen have killed at least 12 people in an attack on a village in the northern Nigerian state of Plateau, residents and the state governor said on Wednesday, the latest deadly incident fuelled by growing pressure on land resources in the country. Violence between farmers and pastoralists has become increasingly common

Dale Myhre feeds heifers housed on his leased Crown Land near Crane River, Man. Like many farmers in the area, most of Myhre’s land base is actually leased Crown Land.

Livestock, News

Crown lands to get rent relief

Weather and rent increases have been a double whammy for Crown land leaseholders

By Alexis Stockford October 7, 2022

Pasture and forage Crown land leaseholders say they sense progress after the province announced rental relief for the next three years. Leaseholders can expect rents to be halved for 2023, the province said Sept. 28. Rates will gradually ramp up over the final two years, to 77 per cent of current levels in 2024 and

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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