Manitoba has been pushing for international review of two proposed North Dakota dairy operations near the Red River. The province says those will add further nutrient loading risk to already-at-risk waterways.
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Manitoba flags U.S. mega-dairy plans for international review
Manitoba government worries two massive proposed dairy projects in North Dakota will add nutrient loading to an already at-risk Lake Winnipeg
CGB, soy grower co-op to build North Dakota crushing plant
Reuters — U.S. grain handler CGB Enterprises and farmer co-operative Minnesota Soybean Processors are building a soy processing plant in North Dakota, the second new crushing facility announced in the state this year. The plant — which will be built near Casselton, about 25 km west of Fargo — is expected to crush 42.5 million
VIDEO: Dashing through the snow, harvesting corn as we go
Earlier today, Gilbraith Farm Services of St. Claude was cutting corn silage for Dale Steppler near Deerwood, Man., in heavy snowfall. Much of southern Manitoba is in the cold grip of a winter storm warning due to an approaching Colorado low, according to Environment and Climate Change Canada. The weather system is expected to blast
Soybean acreage remains a question mark for 2019
MarketsFarm — Experts expect soybean acreage to decrease across Canada this year, though the jury is still out as to how much it will drop. In its principal crop acreage report published March 21, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada predicted that area planted to soybeans would decrease by three per cent across the country based on
Heavy North Dakota snows threaten wheat seeding
Chicago | Reuters — A blanket of heavy, wet snow covering most of North Dakota, the top U.S. wheat state, threatens to delay planting of spring wheat in another blow to a U.S. farm belt already facing billions of dollars in damage from flooding. Farmers from Missouri to South Dakota have seen their corn and
Uncovering ‘backsetting’
This lost agricultural practice was key to breaking the prairie to the plow
In a number of accounts of homesteading there is mention of the practice of backsetting which was carried out when breaking sod. Just what backsetting actually involved was unknown to the interpretation committee at the Manitoba Agricultural Museum (MAM) until the committee obtained a book on the history of the Red River Valley. The book
Sunflowers look good overall, bumper crops for some
CNS Canada — Luc Remillard expects to be one happy farmer next week. He’s expecting to get into sunflower fields on land he farms with his father in Manitoba’s southern Red River Valley. “It’s right up there with any bumper crop that we’ve had the valley here,” he said. Remillard, who farms near St. Joseph,
Wetland restoration in Pembina Valley ‘a rarity,’ said CD officials
About 160 acres have been converted back to wetland after the landowners farming it saw more advantage using the acres to hold water than farming it at a loss
Brenda and Cliff Seward had known for a long while a certain piece of farmland wasn’t very productive — but they kept on cultivating it anyways. This was about 40 acres, once slough, and drained more than 30 years ago, explains Brenda who farms southwest of Morden in the Kaleida area. Read more: A watershed
Manitoba soybean yields disappoint
CNS Canada — With Manitoba farmers starting to bring in their early-maturing soybeans between intermittent rains, they may start to see the toll from the dry summer. Many crop analysts see soybean yields below what farmers have enjoyed for the past couple of years, but they stress that fields are variable and that longer-season varieties
Flood risk persists across most of Manitoba
The Red, Souris, Pembina, Roseau and Lower Assiniboine rivers and Whiteshell Lakes areas are all at major risk of flooding, February 27 flood forecast report says
Manitobans have been told to prepare for flooding this spring with the risk of moderate to major flooding persisting in many areas of the province. “At this time, we encourage communities to continue with preparatory measures such as ensuring emergency protocols are in place,” Infrastructure Minister Blaine Pedersen said during the release of the first
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