Insights and Stories on Hay

Jul. 22, 2021 at 7:56 pm CDT

Manitoba’s crop insurance agency is set to lift the per-tonne rate paid out on insured forage crops to help cover livestock producers’ bills to buy and truck in replacement feed. Manitoba Agricultural Services Corp. (MASC) on Thursday announced a 2021 hay disaster benefit to provide another $44 per tonne, for […]

By Dave Bedard

Jun. 4, 2021 at 9:07 am CDT

Knowing exactly what you can expect out of a pasture can put producers on better footing when making hard management choices during drought, producers and grazing experts say. If the season continues as it has been so far, despite May rains across the Prairies, there will be hard decisions in […]

By Geralyn Wichers

Jul. 24, 2020 at 7:06 pm CDT

Manitoba livestock producers up against dry conditions can now apply for temporary passes to get onto Crown land not normally designated for grazing or haying. The province announced Friday it will make such lands available this year for agricultural use “under certain circumstances.” Permits and land uses will be handled […]

By Dave Bedard

Jan. 13, 2020 at 3:23 am CST

Eligible Manitoba forage growers can expect to share in a $5 million hay disaster benefit (HDB) for the 2019 crop year. Manitoba Agricultural Services Corp. (MASC), the provincial crop insurance agency, announced Friday that the HDB has been activated and benefit payments to eligible forage producers on about 1,500 claims […]

By GFM Staff

Jan. 3, 2020 at 2:42 pm CST

Agco’s Hesston by Massey Ferguson header line is getting an upgrade with a new 9300 series of RazorBar rotary disc headers for its WR9900 self-propelled windrowers. The 9300 Series Razorbars are “built to optimize crop throughput and quality, helping operators cut and condition more acres in a day,” the company […]

By GFM Staff