Insights and Stories on Crops

Late blight threat edges closer to Manitoba

Jul. 27, 2011 at 4:27 pm CDT

Late blight has been reported last week from southern Pembina County, which is in the northeast of North Dakota and adjacent to south-eastern Manitoba and north-western Minnesota, Manitoba’s extension plant pathologist Vikram Bisht says in the weekly Potato News issued July 26. With widespread rain July 23 and thunderstorm expected […]

CWB Farmer Directors to Hold Producer Meetings

Jul. 27, 2011 at 4:14 pm CDT

New grade specifications for Canada Western Red Winter Wheat

Jul. 27, 2011 at 2:08 pm CDT

Federal funds to help brand Canadian canola overseas

Jul. 27, 2011 at 1:46 pm CDT

China canola agreement extended

Jul. 26, 2011 at 4:28 pm CDT

By Staff

Manitoba pest reports available here

Jul. 26, 2011 at 1:13 pm CDT

Manitoba Agriculture entomologist John Gavloski has released this week’s Insect and Disease Update and bertha armyworm trap counts. Due to a publication ban in advance of a provincial election, the reports cannot be posted on the government website, but are available here.

By Staff

CWB plebiscite votes should have arrived

Jul. 25, 2011 at 3:44 pm CDT

The Canadian Wheat Board says farmers should have received ballots for the plebiscite on the CWB monopoly by now, and those who have not must apply for a ballot by August 8 if they wish to vote. Plebiscite co-ordinator Ian Craven of accounting firm MNP says farmers who have not […]

By Staff

Manitoba crop reports available here

Jul. 25, 2011 at 3:32 pm CDT

Manitoba Agriculture has released its weekly crop report, crop production report and crop weather report. Due to a publication ban in advance of an October election, these reports cannot be posted on the government website but are available here.

By Staff

Wheat board announces 2011-12 initials

Jul. 25, 2011 at 3:11 pm CDT

The Canadian Wheat Board initial payments for the crop year beginning Aug. 1 are taking a sharp jump higher from where they were set a year ago. The payment for No. 1 CWRS 12.5 per cent protein starts off the new year at $208 per tonne, up from $128 per […]

By Staff

Russia is back in the wheat business

Jul. 22, 2011 at 12:52 pm CDT

Russia expects to reprise its role as a leading grain exporter this season thanks to a good harvest after last year’s severe drought forced it to impose an export embargo, the agriculture minister said. Russia sees grain exports of 18 million tonnes in the 2011/12 crop year that began this […]

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