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Pulse growers urge low moisture management for seeding

Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers has some  advice on planting in dry conditions

By Alexis Stockford May 8, 2018

For pulse growers used to planting into wet conditions, it’s going to be a year for recalibrating their seeding practices. The Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers (MPSG) has put the word out for producers to watch herbicide carry-over, salinity, and adjust tillage and seeding practices given lacklustre rainfalls in 2017 and snow-bare winter. Dry conditions

A cold, late winter is giving way to a delayed and dry seeding season.

Crops, News

Second winter breaks as farmers start looking to the fields

Cool-season crops may not have got in as early this year, but experts say spring will quickly catch up if the warm weather holds

By Alexis Stockford May 3, 2018

It isn’t the late start that’s the biggest concern for Manitoba farmers this season — it’s the looming lack of soil moisture. The “second winter” that gripped the Prairies has slowed things, but now that the weather has broken, things should move quickly. Bruce Burnett, director of markets and weather information with Glacier FarmMedia, estimates

Data represents reported seeding date and crop yields of fields >200 acres (2005-2013).

Crops, Local news

Cool soils? Seed cereals, field peas first

Manitoba soil temperatures are increasing, but vary with soil type and location

By Allan Dawson May 2, 2018

If soil temperatures are cool plant cereals and field peas first, says Manitoba Agriculture Farm Production Advisor Lionel Kaskiw, based in Souris. Soil temperatures are warming, but are still variable depending on soil type and location, he said during the Westman Crop Talk webinar May. 1. Soil temperature readings are available at 109 Manitoba Agriculture

Crops

Four steps for better seeding this spring

By Jeff Melchior April 24, 2018

It’s an age-old conundrum: You need to expand so you acquire more acres of land to get more return, but then the rush to get a crop in means seeding some acres too early, too late, or too fast. “There’s a lot of potential for making a mistake when it comes to seeding,” said Harry

Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Late winter underpins Prairie barley bids

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin April 12, 2018

CNS Canada — Lingering winter weather across the Prairies means cattle are eating more grain, but the possibility of delayed seeding also means farmers with grain to sell are eyeing better prices. “As the winter continues to hang on, cattle producers are continuing to have to feed (grain) until they can get their cattle out

Crops

Growing canola in a dry year

By Melanie Epp April 3, 2018

With last year’s dry weather and predictions that this year will be similar across much of the Prairies, there’s concern that this might not be the best year for canola. With moisture levels are already low, and coming out of a year where crops did well by using what was available in the soil profile,

Crops

Six factors to consider if your soil moisture level is low

By Angela Lovell March 27, 2018

To date, all indications are pointing to a dry spring, given the below-average precipitation received in many areas of the Prairies this winter. There are exceptions to every rule of course, but a lot of farmers had relatively dry soils going into winter, so we asked some agronomists and provincial crop experts what factors could

Four things to consider in a new canola variety

By Melanie Epp March 20, 2018

Every year, some 43,000 western Canadian growers choose a canola seed variety. And every year they have more options to choose from. Here’s what you need to consider when choosing a variety for your farm.

Sea surface temperature anomalies (in degrees Celsius) over the equatorial Pacific for the week centred on Feb. 21. (CPC.ncep.noaa.gov)

Crops, Weather

Spring outlook cooler for Prairies, warmer for Ontario

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff February 27, 2018

Growers in parts of Ontario may get an early start on planting this spring, while Prairie fields may see lingering snow and later-than-average last frosts. WeatherFarm’s spring forecast, powered by U.S.-based DTN Progressive Farmer, projects a cold start to the spring as likely for the western half of Canada, reversing the milder conditions shown over

Crops, News

Winter cereal acres down but looking good

A dry fall caused Prairie producers to hesitate before pulling out the seeding rig

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm November 6, 2017

Following concerns in September about seeding winter cereals in dry conditions, acres are down but crops seeded in Western Canada are doing good heading into the winter. “Very little moisture is required in the fall to get that seed to germinate and start growing, especially if it’s been seeded shallow,” said Amanda Swanson, a southern

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Tag Archives seeding

Pulse growers urge low moisture management for seeding

Second winter breaks as farmers start looking to the fields

Cool soils? Seed cereals, field peas first

Four steps for better seeding this spring

Feed weekly outlook: Late winter underpins Prairie barley bids

Growing canola in a dry year

Six factors to consider if your soil moisture level is low

Four things to consider in a new canola variety

Spring outlook cooler for Prairies, warmer for Ontario

Winter cereal acres down but looking good

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