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Soybeans emerge from a field in Manitoba’s Interlake on May 26, 2025. Photo: Greg Berg

Varied rains leave parts of Manitoba in need of moisture: report

Planting 100 per cent complete

By Phil Franz-Warkentin June 17, 2025

Varied rainfall across Manitoba left many areas of the province still in need of precipitation, with accumulations at 60 per cent of normal in eastern, Interlake and northwestern regions, reported Manitoba Agriculture in its latest weekly crop report.

Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Feeder market follows wholesale beef higher

By Jerry Klassen June 17, 2025

For the week ending June 13, Western Canadian feeder cattle markets were relatively unchanged compared to seven days earlier. Steady demand underpinned a week of lower auction market volumes.

nexat implement carrier in field near elie, manitoba in 2025

Equipment, Machinery, Traction & Compaction

Multi-tasking Nexat brings new machinery concept to field

The German-made implement carrier handles all field duties without a conventional tractor

By Scott Garvey June 16, 2025

The German-made Nexat is an implement carrier designed to handle every field operation from seeding to harvesting and work in a controlled traffic plan to minimize soil compaction.

Features, Forages

What insect pests are bugging your forage crops?

Grasshoppers, cutworms and armyworms can cause major damage if left unchecked. Learn how to scout and manage them

By Don Norman June 12, 2025

Manitoba Agriculture entomologist John Gavloski highlights several key insect pests that can affect forage crop production and shares strategies for managing them.

Crops

Manitoba crops 99 per cent planted

Five points ahead of average

By Phil Franz-Warkentin June 11, 2025

Seeding operations across Manitoba largely wrapped up during the week ended June 10, with 99 per cent of intended acres in the ground, according to the latest provincial crop report. That was up four points from the previous week and compares with the five-year average of 94 per cent done.

Weather

Prairie forecast: Where did the summer heat go?

Forecast issued June 11, covering June 11 to 18, 2025

By Daniel Bezte June 11, 2025

Looking at the big picture we start this forecast period with a generally zonal flow across the Prairies as Arctic high pressure slides across the far northern Prairies and weak low pressure moves by to the south. This will bring sunny to partly cloudy skies and near to slightly below-average temperatures.

Crops, Features

How farmers can help map, monitor and forecast pest outbreaks

Researchers can help producers develop pest management plans — but farmers’ help is needed to know which pests are where, and how many

By Lee Hart June 11, 2025

Prairie scientists conducting research into field crop pests can always use more help from producers — whether it’s by granting access to farmland, or just by reporting what they see in the field.

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Stronger fed cattle markets lifts feeder complex

By Jerry Klassen June 10, 2025

For the week ending June 7, Western Canadian feeder cattle markets traded steady to as much as $15/cwt higher in some cases. Larger packages of quality replacements over 900 pounds were up $10-$15/cwt from prices seven days earlier.

File photo of storm clouds over northeastern Alberta. (ImagineGolf/E+/Getty Images)

Weather

Prairie forecast: Summer pattern making forecast difficult

Forecast issued June 4, covering June 4-11, 2025

By Daniel Bezte June 4, 2025

We start this forecast period off with an area of low pressure over far northern Manitoba that is slowly moving off into Hudson Bay. To the west, an area of low pressure is developing over the Yukon which is helping to develop a weak ridge of high pressure over Alberta. Over southern Saskatchewan and Manitoba weak high pressure is in place.

wildfire smoke over cattle grazing outside calgary 2023

Crops, Weather

What we know about how wildfire smoke affects Prairie crops

Impacts depend on smoke quantity, plant progress, surrounding weather conditions

By Dave Bedard May 31, 2025

With nearly 100 active wildfires across the three Prairie provinces at this writing, farmers don’t have to go far to see and feel the effects of smoke in the atmosphere — but what this year’s crops will experience is a more complicated matter. If you’ve got time for some reading right now, here we’ve gathered […] Read more

Alberta crop conditions improve: report

U.S. grains: Corn sets contract lows on expectations for big US crop

U.S. livestock: Cattle strength continues

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