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Time to test all Man. fields for clubroot, province says
Canola, Crops

Time to test all Man. fields for clubroot, province says

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Distribution of clubroot spores across Manitoba now suggests it’s time for more widespread testing to keep the disease in check, the provincial ag department recommends. Since the disease appeared in Manitoba in 2009, fewer than five per cent of the province’s farms have so far been tested for the spores that cause the yield-robbing disease […] Read more
(Scott Bauer photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Crops, Soybeans, Weather

Sask., Man. soybeans survive with minor complications

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Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Soybean crops have persevered through the frosty spring for the most part, agricultural experts in Manitoba and Saskatchewan say. Though farmers are still in the process of assessing damage, most plants had not yet emerged from the ground in both provinces when temperatures fell below freezing at the end of May. Kristen […] Read more
(Manitoba Co-operator photo by Allan Dawson)
Corn, Crops, Weather

Manitoba corn crops likely unscathed

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Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Manitoba’s corn crop was nearly fully seeded ahead of crop insurance deadlines in late May, but frost events in Manitoba during the same time frame didn’t likely cause any damage. Parts of southwestern Manitoba saw a significant frost event on May 29 and 30, which killed off many canola crops and sparked […] Read more
three farmers standing by a fence
Forages

Nuffield scholar focuses on energy-dense forages

Study will explore using energy-dense perennial forages as annuals 

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Reading Time: 2 minutes One learns fairly quickly upon first meeting him that Clayton Robins is a bundle-of-energy person. So it comes as no surprise that the 2013 Nuffield Scholar has actually travelled the world to learn more about energy. Energy-dense forages, that is. “Every other country I visited looks at sugars in forages except here in North America,” […] Read more
Canola at the cotyledon stage. (Photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)
Canola, Crops, Weather

Some S. Manitoba canola ‘wiped out’ in weekend frost

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Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada –– Many canola crops in southern Manitoba were badly damaged by frost early Saturday morning, leading farmers to reseed fields, one local farmer reports. “There’s quite a bit of canola that has been damaged, and some guys are reseeding. Some guys are still assessing, though,” said Anastasia Kubinec, oilseed specialist with Manitoba, Agriculture, […] Read more
(Peggy Greb photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Canola, Crops, Weather

Frost in weekend forecast for eastern Prairies

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Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS Canada –– Freezing temperatures are in forecasts for parts of Manitoba and Saskatchewan over the next 24 hours, which could create more stress for emerging fields as farmers are still busy reseeding after the last frost. Environment Canada is forecasting lows of -1 to -2 C across much of the agricultural regions of Manitoba […] Read more
Crops, Forages, Weather

Warmth seen as welcome relief for Manitoba forages

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Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada –– A recent wave of warm temperatures is just what’s needed to boost the development of forage crops in Manitoba, which have been slowed due to recent weather, according to two industry experts. “Just within the past week plants are starting to develop, we’re hoping that with the heat they’re forecasting, the crops […] Read more
(Bruce Fritz photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Crops, Markets, Weather

Sunflowers off to good start in Manitoba

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Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Manitoba’s sunflower crop is off to a good start this year, having largely missed out on any damage from adverse weather over the May long weekend. “We had a good early start (to spring seeding) in the eastern part of the province and things went into some nice warm ground,” said Troy […] Read more
Excessive moisture from the May long weekend storm might trigger more crop insurance claims than the widespread frost. Snow just about buried this tillering winter wheat near Holland, Man. (MAFRD photos by Anastasia Kubinec)
Crops, Weather

Dawson: Moisture may trigger more Man. crop claims than frost

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Excessive moisture in Manitoba from the Victoria Day long weekend might result in more crop insurance claims than frost. “From our perspective the amount of rain and snow that came with this storm is probably as big a concern as the frost itself,” David Van Deynze, Manitoba Agricultural Services Corp.’s manager of claim services, said […] Read more

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