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Manitoba corn quality better than expected

By GFM Network News November 25, 2014

CNS Canada — Manitoba’s corn growers weren’t sure what they’d find when they combined their fields this fall due to unfavourable growing conditions, but overall quality was better than expected. “We were worried going in that it would be a lighter crop because of the frost in September,” said Morgan Cott, agronomist with the Manitoba […] Read more

Crops, Weather

Man. farmers to get compensation for swamped land

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News November 19, 2014

Farmers around southern Manitoba’s Portage Diversion whose fields were submerged by the province’s flood-control efforts this summer can expect some compensation. The province on Wednesday pledged up to $1.15 million to compensate growers following last summer’s use of the Portage Diversion to help regulate water flow and protect rural and urban residents along the Assiniboine […] Read more

Livestock, Machinery, Weather

Man. cattle producers get AgriRecovery feed assistance

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News November 12, 2014

Eligible livestock producers in parts of Manitoba excessively soaked during the growing season will get federal/provincial backing to buy and haul feed and forage. The federal and provincial governments on Wednesday announced AgriRecovery funding for what they call the 2014 Canada-Manitoba Forage Shortfall and Transportation Assistance Initiative. The program will offer support worth up to […] Read more

Crops, Weather

Manitoba extends fertilizer application window

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News November 7, 2014

Manitoba crop producers who’d hoped to apply manure or fertilizers to their fields now have a couple of extra days before the province’s annual winter ban takes effect. Manitoba’s conservation and water stewardship department announced Friday it will delay the start of the annual provincewide winter nutrient application ban until Wednesday (Nov. 12). Soil temperatures […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Weather

Cheap grain could shore up any Man. forage shortages

By GFM Network News October 28, 2014

CNS Canada — Excessive moisture in some parts of Manitoba over the past few months has led to localized forage shortages heading into the winter. However, ample feed grain supplies are expected to help supplement any lack of forages. Manitoba’s Interlake region was particularly hard hit by moisture in 2014. Water levels on both Lake […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Soybeans

Man. soybeans likely to sit in storage until new year

By GFM Network News October 23, 2014

CNS Canada — The bulk of Manitoba’s soybean crop may be off the field but isn’t likely headed to market anytime soon, according to an analyst. Local elevators are filling up “incredibly fast” with crops such as wheat and oats, “so soybeans may or may not have bin space at some of these elevators,” said […] Read more

Weather models point to widespread frost Friday in parts of the Prairies.

News

Killing frost Friday would damage W. Man. crop

After the weekend, warmer, drier weather is forecast until the end of September

By Allan Dawson September 10, 2014

A killing frost Friday morning will damage a lot of crops in western Manitoba, including cereals and canola, says Lionel Kaskiw — and that’s what the forecast is calling for. “We needed at least until the third week of September or the end of September (without frost) and we’re getting (frost possibly) the second week […] Read more

Lady beetle larva (shown) and adults feed on soybean aphids. These and other natural pests can keep soybean aphid population in check.

Crops, Soybeans

Soybean aphids found near Morden, but don’t panic

They've finally arrived, but the pest isn't likely to cause economic damage this season

By Allan Dawson August 15, 2014

The first soybean aphids of the season have been found near Morden but there are so few and it’s so late they are unlikely to be an economic pest this season, says Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development’s entomologist John Gavloski. “It’s happening very late so there could be some later-seeded fields that are still […] Read more

Crops

Manitoba Insect and Disease Update: July 25, 2014

By Manitoba Agriculture Food and Rural Development July 23, 2014

Manitoba Agriculture’s weekly Insect and Disease Update is now available.Visit the MAFRD website for full text and images. Highlights: Goss’s wilt and leaf blight disease are showing up in corn. Ergot disease infection is now showing up in fall rye and grasses. Blackleg infection on lower stems/roots on canola is showing up. Downy mildew on sunflowers […] Read more

Features, News

Watch for sunflower diseases

Farmers interested in planting sunflowers in 2014 should  be ready to protect them  from sclerotinia head rot  and sunflower rust

By Andrea Hilderman May 27, 2014

Sunflowers are generating a great deal of interest for 2014 planting. “Interest in sunflowers is very high this winter,” says Anastasia Kubinec, oilseeds business development specialist with Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development. “It’s price driven and contracts are being scooped up very quickly.” About 90 per cent of Canada’s sunflower acres are in Manitoba, […] Read more

Daily Network News

Canadian drought conditions improve in March

PMRA renamed as Pesticides Regulatory Directorate

U.S. deputy farm secretary to meet with Mosaic amid high fertilizer prices

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