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Growing Perennials From Seed

By Albert Parsons March 4, 2010

As we begin to look forward to our outdoor gardens and what we are going to plant in them, we will no doubt be thinking about perennials. Most gardeners have perennial or mixed borders and during the last decade or so perennials have gained in popularity. This is no surprise as a vast number of

Crops

Advancing A Sugar Maple Tree For Manitoba

By Lorraine Stevenson February 25, 2010

“We’re on the right track.” – CLAUDIO STASOLLA, PLANT SCIENCE PROFESSOR, UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA The tree producing Canada’s emblematic red maple leaf may one day find a home on not-so native land: Manitoba The natural range of the sugar maple, with its glorious fall colours and prolific volumes of spring sap, now extends only to

News

Beekeepers Edge Toward Lifting Bee Embargo

By Ron Friesen November 26, 2009

“The varroa mite is completely widespread.” – TODD YAKIMISHEN, MBA Manitoba honey producers have inched a step closer toward calling for the elimination of a 22-year-old ban on imported bees from the U. S. The Manitoba Beekeepers Association is asking for an industry summit meeting on allowing greater access to packaged bees from the continental

News

Honey Crop Beats Expectations

By Ron Friesen November 5, 2009

“Until I crunched the numbers, I never thought we had that much.” – RHEAL LAFRENIERE, MAFRI Manitoba beekeepers had a surprisingly good honey crop this summer, despite unfavourable weather conditions. A preliminary Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives survey shows producers averaged 177 pounds of honey per colony, above the long-term provincial average of 165

Livestock

Genetic Condition May Cause Bee Colony Collapse

By Ron Friesen October 29, 2009

“It won’t get into bees unless IAPV is integrated into them.” – ILAN SELA An Israeli researcher is claiming a possible breakthrough in the hunt for the cause of a mysterious die-off of honeybees in different parts of the world. A genetic predisposition to an obscure virus may make bees vulnerable to another as-yet-unknown agent

Country Crossroads

Readers’ Photos – for Oct. 1, 2009

October 1, 2009

ENOUGH ALREADY! With many areas of Manitoba experiencing too much rain this summer, the bees had to make up for lost time whenever the sun finally did come out.

Cereals, Crops, News

New Winter Wheat Varieties Coming Soon

By Pam De Rocquigny September 10, 2009

Long-Term Yield Data & Variety Description Table Site Years Tested Resistance to: Relative Winter Hardiness CDC Falcon 100 60 0 26 VG G G F CDC Raptor 98 55 + 4 29 VG VG G G Radiant~ 96 37 + 7 30 VG VP VP VG CDC Ptarmigan 104 20 + 3 34 F P

Forages, Livestock

Cool Summer Dampens Honey Outlook

By Ron Friesen August 6, 2009

The cool weather so far this summer could deliver a double hit to Manitoba‘s honey producers. Besides depressing honey yields, it could also weaken bee populations going into the winter. That would be the last thing Manitoba beekeepers need after experiencing record honeybee losses in 2008-09. “There is a lot of concern unless we get

Crops

Avoid Overfertilizing Late Potatoes

June 18, 2009

Potato producers who have delayed planting due to unseasonably cool, wet conditions need to reassess their fertilizer needs. Consideration must be given to the potential for lower yields on these fields. Adjustments to nitrogen fertilization should be made accordingly. Yields can be reduced by as much as 30 per cent due to delayed planting based

Crops, Oilseeds

Cool Soil Temperatures Canola Sprouts

By Canola Council Of Canada June 11, 2009

Across the Prairies this spring, canola emergence is very slow and in some fields, uneven. Research has shown much lower and slower canola germination at low temperatures. Soil temperatures above 5C have little effect on the time to 50 per cent germination; however, the number of days to 50 per cent germination increases dramatically at

Daily Network News

U.S. corn and soybean yields revised down by USDA

JBS profit falls amid still-challenging US market environment

U.S. grains: Soy hits 17-month high, corn to four-month top as trade braces for U.S. data

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