Daily Network News

More News →

Tag Archives Red River Valley — page 2

Spotted wing drosophila (SWD) is a vinegar (fruit) fly of East Asian origin that can damage many crops by piercing healthy fruit and laying its eggs.
Crops, News

Spotted Wing Drosophila an unwelcome visitor to fruit farms this summer

MAFRD began monitoring for SWD in 2013 and this is the worst year yet, say provincial fruit crops specialist

By
Altona-area fruit grower Waldo Thiessen knew what was wrong immediately when his U-pick customers started calling back a few hours after their first day in his raspberry patch in mid-July. “They said they’d started to make jam, and, well, there was a lot of protein (in the raspberries),” he said. It was larvae of spotted
crop sprayer boom
Crops, Local news, Weather

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report: Issue 7

Conditions as of June 15

By
Weekly Provincial Summary Seeding operations in Manitoba are essentially complete for the 2015 season, with the exception of some greenfeed crops. Crops benefitted from the warmer temperatures over the past week and allowed producers to make good progress on weed control operations. Weed control, and fungicide applications where warranted, will remain a priority for producers
farm equipment seeding crops
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
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
Soybean cyst nematode and egg.
News, Oilseeds

Scout for silent soybean killer

The soybean cyst nematode is all over the map in North Dakota, so it’s only a matter of time 
before it arrives in Manitoba

By
While the soybean cyst nematode, Heterodera glycines, has yet to be found in Manitoba, producers are being urged to begin scouting now for what is sometimes called the “silent killer.” “They call it the silent killer in areas where it’s been a problem for longer, because yield loss occurs long before symptoms are visible,” Holly
Assiniboine River Basin
Opinion

Assiniboine River Basin Initiative a good first step

But 'there be dragons' to tame for it to be a success

By
Those who attended the meeting in Regina that established the Assiniboine River Basin Initiative deserve credit for their effort. Their determination to come up with a plan to address land and water issues within the basin should be welcomed by all, but the obstacles they face are many. The biggest by far is the poor
The image in question that mistakenly referred to these threshermen as "shoveling hay" instead of "pitching sheaves." Our apologies for the error.
Opinion

Editorial: Hay there!

Telling your stories in the big, broad world of agriculture

By
Several readers called in about our reference last week to “shovelling hay” into a threshing machine in our front-page cutline. The general consensus was as a farm paper, we should know better. And we do, most of the time. Of course, you don’t shovel hay into a threshing machine. You pitch in the sheaves. However,
Frost damage reported in a few areas
News, Oilseeds, Weather

Frost damage reported in a few areas

An area around Somerset saw below-freezing temperatures for four to seven hours last Friday

By ,
Most Manitoba producers have dodged an icy bullet for now, but there are reports of some minor injury and areas that received a killing frost. Long-season crops, including corn, and later-seeded crops in parts of western Manitoba got some frost early Monday morning, but the extent of the damage wasn’t known at press time Monday,
Dennis Lange of Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development says soybean maturity can vary a lot between varieties as illustrated in this plot near Carman photographed Sept. 5.
Crops, Oilseeds

Manitoba soybean growers hoping for more frost-free days

By
Much of Manitoba’s soybean crop is mature enough to survive the sub-zero temperatures expected this week, although yields and quality could be reduced in some areas, a soybean expert said Sept. 8. “Ideally two weeks without frost would be wonderful,” Dennis Lange, a farm production adviser with Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development (MAFRD) said
No need to run for cover
Crops, Opinion

No need to run for cover

Have we reached a "tipping point" on the issue of land drainage?

By
For farm writers who value their safety, there are usually two cardinal rules — don’t print anything bad about any breed of cattle, and don’t put good news on the front page (you get calls saying that we shouldn’t give the impression that farmers have lots of money). For Manitoba farm writers however, there is
Mixed crop and livestock farming can be good for the soil.  Photo: Laura Rance
Livestock

Conservation and livestock can be a good mix

While intensive livestock production can cause waste and nutrients to pile up, 
mixed farms are better able to recycle nutrients

By
When Ian Grossart harvests alfalfa on his farm in southwestern Manitoba, he knows where most of the nutrients he’s just removed are going to end up — back on his land. “With the cattle we compost all of our own manure, so that becomes a big part of our fertility program,” he said. “And because

AgCanadaTV

AGCanadaTV: In case you missed it; your national ag news recap for July 25, 2025

Sponsored By:
More Videos →

Cyber-Savvy Farmer

Glacier Farmmedia Podcast

Latest Market News

More Market News →