MASC crop insurance upcoming seeding deadlines.

Manitoba crop progress about a month behind schedule

Manitoba Crop Report: Issue 5, June 7, 2022

Overview Widespread, heavy rains began last week, forcing a stop to all field activities until this weekend, with the exceptions of the Northwest and much of the Southwest region, which saw significant increases in seeded acreage. The following days were dry, windy and cool, warming up over the weekend when many farmers were able to



soybean seedlings

Looking beyond the crisis in #plant22

SEEDING | Teasing out what the future holds after a wet spring

While it’s too early to get a really clear picture of the effect that this spring’s delayed seeding will have on the 2022 crop, Manitoba’s crop experts have teased out a few signals of things to come. Why it matters: Manitoba’s seeding has been weeks behind schedule, thanks to string after string of rain and






canola seedling

Dos and don’ts of broadcast canola

It's generally viewed as a last resort, but there are ways to increase the chances of success

It’s less than ideal, but in a spring like this one, some Manitoba farmers are looking at broadcast canola as their only option — other than not seeding at all. “In general, broadcast seeding is not recommended,” Anastasia Kubinec, then Manitoba Agriculture’s oilseed specialist, wrote in a 2010 article. “This includes seeding canola by aircraft….If

CBOT July 2022 soybeans (candlesticks) with 20- and 50-day moving averages (yellow and green lines). (Barchart)

U.S. grains: Soybean, wheat futures fall

CBOT corn closes higher

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell on Wednesday, pressured by weather forecasts that will allow farmers to make good progress on the end of their planting tasks as well as concerns about demand from China. Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures also were weaker, with the market setting back on reports that Russia


ICE July 2022 canola (candlesticks) with Bollinger bands (20,2) and November 2022 canola (yellow line). (Barchart)

ICE weekly outlook: Canola sideways for now

MarketsFarm — The ICE Futures canola market may have seen some large price swings over the past few weeks, but remains relatively rangebound overall with values sitting just below their all-time highs. The upward momentum is slowing down, said David Derwin, a commodities investment advisor with PI Financial in Winnipeg. However, he added, it remains