Reading Time: 2 minutes Warmer weather and varied precipitation across Manitoba allowed crops to further develop during the week ended Aug. 5, according to the province’s weekly crop report.
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Manitoba Crop Report: Crops develop under warm conditions
Manitoba Crop Report: Crops grow with additional heat
Reading Time: 2 minutes Warmer conditions helped crops across Manitoba advance in their development during the week ended July 21, according to the province’s weekly crop report.
Beef experts share lessons learned from three years of drought
Reading Time: 2 minutes Prairie beef farmers were forced to find new feed sources, learn new processes and make difficult decisions in managing their feed inventories in the past few years.
Manitoba crops advancing with warm weather: report
Reading Time: < 1 minute Warmer conditions across Manitoba during the week ended July 16 helped advance crop growth, with recent rainfall leaving most of the province with wet or optimal soil moisture conditions, according to the latest provincial crop report.
Manitoba Crop Report: Crops continue to withstand rain showers
Reading Time: 2 minutes Manitoba experienced variable amounts of precipitation during the week ended July 7 as crops continued to develop despite excess moisture in most areas.
Manitoba crop weather/conditions varied
Reading Time: < 1 minute Mixed weather conditions across Manitoba over the Canada Day long weekend left some regions of the province dealing with excess moisture, with high winds and cool temperatures also affecting crop development, according to the latest provincial crop report.
Saskatchewan Crop Report: Excess moisture causing problems
Reading Time: 2 minutes Only one per cent of acres were left unseeded in Saskatchewan during the week ended June 17 due to cooler temperatures and excess moisture, according to the province’s weekly crop report.
Prairie soil scientist and author Les Henry, 83
Henry's outreach to farmers spanned more than half a century
Reading Time: 2 minutes Glacier FarmMedia — Saskatchewan soil scientist Les Henry, well known for his work on improving Prairie farmland and his outreach to Prairie farmers in the pages of Grainews, has died. Ending a long fight with congestive heart failure, Henry died Friday in Saskatoon at age 83, having continued to write until very shortly before his […] Read more
Manitoba farmers make good progress despite rain
Reading Time: < 1 minute Spring planting in Manitoba entered the home stretch at 83 per cent complete as of June 5. Manitoba Agriculture reported a 19-point gain from the previous week as farmers contended with wet conditions across much of the province.
Alberta Crop Report: Much-needed moisture replenishes province
Reading Time: 2 minutes The rains that fell onto south, central and northeastern Alberta during the week ended May 14 were a mixed blessing for growers according to the provincial government’s crop report released on May 17.