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Crops, Oilseeds

Tips and tools for a successful soybean season

Tips on seeding, soil levels, weed control, seed treatments and the 
latest sector tools to help you achieve top yields this season

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Manitoba soybean acreage has more than doubled in the last 10 years, and this year even more farmers are expected to give the crop a try. Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development (MAFRD) pulse specialist Dennis Lange offered some tips at the Dauphin Agriculture Society’s Farm Outlook 2015 conference. Lange reviewed the importance of selecting
How much protein do you need?
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How much protein do you need?

Prairie Fare: Slow-Cooker-Shredded Salsa Chicken Tacos

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The other day, I was at the hair salon with my eyes closed and head propped over a sink. I was so relaxed that I was ready to take a power nap. Unfortunately, I could not help but overhear a discussion by strangers at the sink next to me. They were talking about their diets.
Francois Labelle speaking at CropConnect
Crops, Local news

Pulse Growers adds soybean to name

There is still more research to be done on soybeans at the regional level

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What’s in a name? A lot. To that end, the Manitoba Pulse Growers Association will now be known as the Manitoba Pulse & Soybean Growers. “Since soybeans are not a true pulse, we figured this was a good way to go,” said executive director Francois Labelle as he announced the change at CropConnect in Winnipeg
Nico Basson of DryloBag International
Crops, Local news

VIDEO: Silo bag system pushes moisture out of your crop

Manitoba Ag Days New Product: DryloBag International design uses two-pipe system to dry grains, oilseeds

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DryloBag International’s silo bag takes your damp grain and dries it inside a silo bag. In conjunction with a fan/dehumidifying unit, two perforated pipes are plastic-welded to each side of an existing silo bag. A fan pushes moist air from one side of the bag to the other, allowing it to exhaust out the other side. The DryloBag
Root cyst nematode infection on soybeans
Crops, Oilseeds

Soybeans — it might be OK to go easy on the inoculant

MPGA tests also show little or no benefit in using fungicides

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Plant your soybeans on wheat or corn stubble and aim for 140,000 to 150,000 plants per acre. Those were two of the recommendations from research results delivered by Manitoba Pulse Growers production specialist Kristen Podolsky to a meeting of the Brokenhead River Agricultural Conference here last week. Podolsky also said you might not need to
Manitoba farm family
Cereals, Local news, Oilseeds

OYF 2014 national recognition goes to Manitoba farm couple

The Krahns of Carman are one of two farm couples to earn Outstanding Young Farmer recognition in 2014

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A Manitoba farm couple that built a seed-retailing business on their Carman-area farm have been named Canada’s Outstanding Young Farmers for 2014. Myron and Jill Krahn, who grow 3,000 acres of grains, oilseeds and special crops and started a seed dealership five years ago, were presented with the national award along with potato producers Andrew
man speaking at a conference
Cereals, Crops

China still an important factor

Exports remain key to Canada’s commodity sector as prices fall back to earth

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Profits on grains and oilseeds might be down, but it’s no reason to panic. Speaking at Farm Management Canada’s Agriculture Excellence conference in Winnipeg, Farm Credit Canada’s chief economist said the high prices of recent years were never destined to become the new normal. “The sky is not falling, it’s not falling at all,” J.P.
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Crops, Local news

Poor weather leads to poor quality crops

Soybean and lentil yields are up this year, but don’t expect that prices will follow suit

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The quality of Canadian wheat may be down this year, but that doesn’t mean demand will drop. Speaking at a recent Cereals North America conference in Winnipeg, CWB crop and weather specialist Bruce Burnett said this season’s crop got off on the wrong foot from day one, following a late thaw. “The roots of our
Manitoba Seed Growers’ Association president Eric McLean
Local news, Oilseeds

Manitoba No. 1 in pedigreed seed acres

Manitoba has far fewer crop acres than Saskatchewan and Alberta, but the growing demand for soybeans has pushed Manitoba’s pedigreed acreage to the top

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It’s unlikely Manitoba Seed Growers Association (MSGA) members will be doing a happy dance or celebrating like kids winning a hockey championship, but Manitoba is No. 1 — and for the second year in a row. Manitoba had more inspected acres of pedigreed seed than any other province in 2014 and 2013 — thanks mainly
pile of grain in an open field
Cereals, Crops, News, Oilseeds

Demand for top-quality wheat during grain glut

There's good news for quality wheat growers, but not so good news for most other commodities

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Prairie farmers who harvested high-quality wheat this year will be among the lucky few able to cash in on a world market sagging under record production, lower quality and a drop in demand from key importers. “The world has not produced a particularly good crop in terms of quality, so there are some quality premiums

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