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Doug Wray is among several Alberta cattle producers experimenting with adding a variety of forages to feed his cattle. The mix adds important nutrients to the cattle’s diet, but also increases the diversity on the land.
Forages, Opinion

Editorial: Increasing your farming options

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Even in June, you could feel a drought in the making as we tramped across the bone-dry paddocks of Doug Wray’s ranch north of Calgary. Far from the lush, succulent feel of the pastures here in Manitoba, the grasses there rustled and crunched underfoot. Conditions haven’t improved — in fact, the situation out west has
Cereals, Markets

Prairie cash wheat prices down but durum bids up

Average CWRS wheat prices were down by $7 to $12 per tonne over the week

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Commodity News Service Canada — Spring wheat cash bids across Western Canada moved lower during the week ended July 17, as losses in the U.S. futures and improving weather conditions in some parts of the Prairies weighed on values. However, durum was the one bright spot from a pricing standpoint, with declining Canadian crop prospects
Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report: Issue 11
Crops, Local news, Weather

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report: Issue 11

Conditions as of July 13, 2015

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Hot and humid weather conditions resulted in rapid crop growth across most of Manitoba. Generally, condition of most crop types is rated as good, although variability is noted across the province. Majority of acres and crop types have entered the flowering and grain fill stages of development. Although many areas did receive much needed rainfall,
Pam de Rocquigny
Cereals, Weather

VIDEO: Crop recovery from lodging after severe weather

Crop Diagnostic School: Heavy weather can knock your crop flat. Question is, can it find a way to stand up again?

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Southern Manitoba has had its fair share of severe weather in the past few weeks. Strong winds and heavy rainfall have laid down large patches of some crops that had advanced very well in their growth up to that point. Pam de Rocquigny, provincial cereal crops specialist with Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, talks about what producers
canola field
Crops, Local news, Weather

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report: Issue 10

Conditions as of July 6, 2015

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Weekly Provincial Summary Crops are advancing quickly in Manitoba. The smoky, hazy conditions have not impacted crops, and may have helped buffer temperatures as well as benefited crops in the drier areas of the province. Over the weekend, areas of Manitoba saw thunderstorms with heavy rainfall, strong winds, and in some cases hail. Crop lodging
A severe thunderstorm the afternoon of Saturday June 27 hit near the Roseisle area west of Carman. Many fields in the area were destroyed or damaged by hail including this soybean field at the Junction of PR 240 and 245.
Crops, Local news, Weather

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report: Issue 9

Conditions as of June 29

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Weekly Provincial Summary Severe weather systems containing strong winds, heavy rains and hail passed through isolated areas in several Regions of Manitoba. Damage to crops from hail and strong winds range from light to severe with assessments continuing over the next several days. However, overall good growing conditions continue to advance crops, as well as allowing
The result of a severe thunderstorm on the afternoon of Saturday June 27 that hit near the Roseisle area west of Carman. Many fields in the area were destroyed or damaged by hail including this corn field south of Roseisle along PR 240.
Crops, Local news, Weather

VIDEO: MASC still assessing hail-damaged crops in Roseisle-Miami area

A hail storm damaged or destroyed some crops June 27

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Crop insurance officials were still assessing the damage Monday caused by a vicious hail storm that hit the Roseisle-Miami area the afternoon of June 27. As of noon Monday the Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation (MASC) had received around 100 claims province-wide, David Van Deynze, MASC’s manager of claim services said in an interview. About half

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