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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.



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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