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Valley Residents Fed Up With Red River Flooding

By Ron Friesen November 26, 2009

Frustration about constant flooding from the Red River spilled over at an international commission forum on flood solutions for the Red River basin. Local residents voiced aggravation at the economic and emotional toll from spring floods which regularly inundate farmland and cut off communities. Many demanded compensation for the expense, damage and inconvenience caused by

Livestock

Marketings Light As Tax Year Winds Down

November 26, 2009

Ca t t l e marketings at Manitoba’s auction yards continued to be on the lighter side during the week ended Nov. 20 as livestock producers remain reluctant to move animals until the new tax year begins. Values for top-of-the-line cattle continued to hold steady at fairly strong levels but discounts on second-cut cattle continued

Crops

Don’t Scoop From One Spot For Mycotoxin Tests

By Pam De Rocquigny November 26, 2009

Moulds and mycotoxins generally grow sporadically throughout a field, with some areas clean and others high in mould. If you are planning to submit a grain corn sample for mycotoxin testing, contact the lab you are dealing with to determine the proper way to obtain and ship the sample. However, here are some general guidelines.

Crops, Forages, Livestock

Turning Straw Into Gold

By Daniel Winters November 26, 2009

“Right now, we’ve been on the stockpiled grass of our home section for the last two weeks. So, it’s basically saved me $10 grand for spending six.” – TOD WALLACE, MAFRI Everyone socks away enough hay to get cattle through the winter. But how many stockpile a bit of extra grass with the goal of

News, Other livestock

More Money In Sheep, Says ALP

By Daniel Winters November 19, 2009

“If you’re getting as good of productivity as you should, your lambs in the first year can pay back the cost of the ewes.” – MARGARET COOK Cattle producers are routinely told that the reason they face such dismal prices for their beef is Canadians can’t eat all the beef they produce. With anywhere from

Livestock

Cows Still On Pasture, Not On Market

November 19, 2009

The number of cattle that made their way to the auction yards in Manitoba during the week ended Nov. 13 continued to hold fairly steady levels, but there was still plenty of room for additional marketings. Values for top-of-the-line cattle continued to remain strong, but the discounts on the second-cut cattle continued to grow wider

Crops

Great Weather Helps With Late Harvest

By Allan Dawson November 19, 2009

“My gut feel is the biggest amount of those acres have probably disappeared.” – CRAIG THOMSON Two giant green combines pull out of the cornfield at the junction of highways 23 and 3 after dumping their overflowing hoppers of golden kernels. It’s still too wet, says one of the combine operators from the Rosebank Hutterite

Country Crossroads

Money Grows On Trees

By Daniel Winters November 19, 2009

By actively managing about 100 acres of hardwood forest, David Pogson figures he and his brother Barry’s sawmill sideline might eventually account for about one-third of their farm income within a decade. Out of the seven-acre plot from which they are doing a managed harvest, they have already removed 30 cords of firewood in the

Beef cattle, Livestock

Price Spread Between Cows, Hamburger Seen Widening

By Phil Franz-Warkentin November 12, 2009

Cattle values in Ma n i -toba held reasonably steady during the week ended Nov. 6, with prices not seeing much movement one way or the other. Poor slaughter cattle values continued to weigh on the market overall. Fred Tait, a Manitoba cattle rancher and National Farmers Union board member, said the frustrating thing about

Crops, Pulses

New Energy Economics: Field Peas As An Ethanol Feedstock

By Cole Gustafson November 12, 2009

Corn has become the mainstay of ethanol production. However, many firms are investigating new feedstocks, such as switchgrass, forest products and algae, to produce cellulosic biofuels that meet pending federal and state regulations. Biofuel production from most of these alternative feedstocks has not been commercialized as yet. Moreover, numerous agronomic and environmental challenges also exist,

Daily Network News

U.S. grains: Chicago grain prices fall amid profit-taking and dollar rebound

U.S. livestock: Cattle fall back as inventory hits 75-year low

Farm family income gains driven by off-farm earnings: StatCan

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