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Green lacewings are an effective biocontrol for soybean aphid in Manitoba fields.

Preserve natural habitat and enjoy free pest control

Predatory and parasitic insects can contribute to pest suppression for your crops

By Angela Lovell February 15, 2017

Pest control services provided by naturally occurring, beneficial insects save growers in the United States around US$4.5 billion per year. Add that to the just over US$3-million benefit they provide through pollination of crops, and these are pretty valuable critters to have on the farm. New research at the University of Manitoba is trying to

Sclerotinia risks remain high for Manitoba canola producers.

Crops, Oilseeds

Sclerotinia biggest issue for Manitoba canola growers in 2016

The annual disease survey found this perennial challenge is still the biggest issue for farmers

By Angela Lovell February 14, 2017

Sclerotinia was the biggest issue for Manitoba canola growers last year, according to results from the 2016 disease survey. It showed that over 90 per cent of the 105 Manitoba fields surveyed had some level of sclerotinia infection. The incidence of the disease – the number of plants infected in the field – was between

An example of a cover crop mixture in the U.S. where some producers are using cocktails of 20 or more species. However, the U of M’s Yvonne Lawley warns about brassicas such as tillage radish, which might contribute to diseases such as clubroot in canola.

Crops

Season too short for cover crops? Maybe not

They could have a fit for Western Canada, but they require  just as much planning as any other crop choice 

By Angela Lovell February 8, 2017

Open just about any U.S. farming publication and you won’t read for long before seeing the words “cover crop.” There’s been an explosion of interest in the practice of sowing a cheap mixture of seed to cover the soil after harvest, and then seeding directly into it the following year. The benefits go beyond soil

The Manitoba Beef and Forage Initiative is well on its way to becoming a noted beef research and education centre of excellence.

Beef cattle, Forages, Livestock

Research and ranching

Brandon-based Manitoba Beef and Forage Initiatives is realizing its  potential as education and research centre

By Duncan Morrison January 25, 2017

The Manitoba Beef and Forage Initiative is fast becoming one of the key centres for sector education and research in Western Canada. The rapid ascent could not be more perfectly timed, as the MBFI is in the midst of adding a learning centre to the Brookdale site, to complement the activities on the farm. “Our

Derek Brewin will be leading the University of Manitoba’s department of agribusiness and agricultural economics for the next five years.

Local news

Brewin named department of agribusiness and agricultural economics head

The five-year appointment began January 1

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff January 24, 2017

Derek Brewin is the new department head of the University of Manitoba’s department of agribusiness and agricultural economics. Brewin started the five-year appointment effective Jan. 1. He holds a B.Sc. in agricultural economics from the University of Alberta in 1986, and went on to do an M.Sc. at the University of Saskatchewan in 1994 and

Fusarium head blight is an ongoing challenge but following best management practices can limit the damage.

Cereals, Crops

Managing fusarium can reduce risk

Nobody can change the weather, but better crop management can hamper the disease’s spread

By Angela Lovell January 17, 2017

Fusarium head blight continues to be a major challenge for Manitoba farmers, but there’s emerging evidence that they may be able to manage around the worst of it. At the recent Manitoba Agronomists Conference in Winnipeg, Dr. Anita Brûlé-Babel of the department of plant sciences at the University of Manitoba shared a number of management

Nitrogen use is going to get a lot more sophisticated in the coming years.

Crops, News

High-tech fertilizers offer great promise

More expensive fertilizer likely cheap compared to future N20 pricing

By Lorraine Stevenson January 12, 2017

The fertilizers farmers use will one day be manufactured from algae or hydrogen fuel, not natural gas, and they’ll be ‘SMARTer’ too, said a speaker at St. Jean Farm Days last week. These will be long-lasting sensor-based nano fertilizers, not likely to be nearly as easy to handle as current products, and which may reside

This field of soybeans was still green on Sept. 23, 2013 and would’ve been damaged if there had been frost then, says Manitoba Agriculture pulse specialist Dennis Lange. While the farmers grew early-maturing varieties a cool summer and lots of rain delayed crop maturity. One of these years some of Manitoba’s soybeans will be damaged by a fall frost and likely slow the pace of soybean expansion, he said.

Crops, News, Oilseeds

Three million acres of Manitoba soybeans by 2022?

Continued growth is possible, even probable, but there will be other factors  weighing in against continued runaway growth

By Allan Dawson January 5, 2017

If the trendline continues soybean acres in Manitoba could easily top three million acres in just five more years — but don’t necessarily bet the farm on it. That’s the message Manitoba Agriculture pulse crops specialist Dennis Lange brought to the recent Manitoba Agronomists’ Conference on Dec. 14 at the University of Manitoba. He foresees

The beef industry has anted up in a big way to fund forage research through the Beef Cattle Research Centre.

Beef cattle, Forages, Livestock

Canadian forage research on the rise

The Beef Cattle Research Council has increased forage research funding from $40,000 to $6 million since its inception

By Jennifer Paige December 20, 2016

The forage industry has begun to see a promised increase in research funding from the beef industry. According to Reynold Bergen, science director with the Beef Cattle Research Council (BCRC), more of Canadian cattle producers’ checkoff dollars are being put towards research and the piece of the pie that had been allocated towards forages has

Bill Brown, president and CEO of Adjuvants Plus Inc., explained his company’s new product called DONguard during the 8th Canadian Workshop on Fusarium Head Blight Nov. 22 in Ottawa. It’s a biocontrol for fusarium head blight. Brown said he hopes to have DONguard registered in Canada and the U.S. in 18 months.

Cereals, Crops

New product pits fungus against fungus

If DONguard gets into the plant first, it occupies the space fusarium would take and also consumes invading fusarium, according to the company that hopes to commercialize it

By Allan Dawson December 9, 2016

A new weapon to battle fusarium head blight (FHB) fights fire with fire. The traditional tools have been agronomy, genetic resistance bred into new cultivars and fungicides — the latter sprayed on wheat and other cereal crops to protect them from the potentially devastating fungus disease that can cut yields and quality. But a fungus

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures gain, hogs fall back

U.S. grains: Chicago grains and oilseeds rise on recent dollar weakness, biofuel optimism

Western Canadian resentment not exceptional — or highest in country — pollster says

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