Insights and Stories on Manitoba

Wet weather brings disease worries to Man. winter wheat

Jun. 24, 2015 at 8:12 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Excess moisture in parts of central Manitoba could bring disease problems to winter wheat fields in the region. Fungicide spraying has occurred to control diseases such as fusarium head blight and leaf diseases, but farmers are running into some problems with applications, according to Bruce Burnett, crop […]

Rusts enter southern Manitoba from U.S.

Jun. 19, 2015 at 7:04 pm CDT

By Dave Sims

Man. potato acres expected to top previous year’s

Jun. 16, 2015 at 8:15 pm CDT

By Jade Markus

Rain poses biggest threat to Man. edible beans

Jun. 8, 2015 at 8:00 pm CDT

By Jade Markus

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

Jun. 5, 2015 at 1:11 pm CDT

By Staff

Sask., Man. soybeans survive with minor complications

Jun. 4, 2015 at 7:43 pm CDT

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 […]

By Jade Markus

Manitoba corn crops likely unscathed

Jun. 4, 2015 at 7:15 pm CDT

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 […]

By Terryn Shiells

Tight seed supplies, storms could hamper canola reseeding

Jun. 1, 2015 at 6:04 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Frosty late-May weather in parts of Western Canada means some farmers will need to reseed canola crops — but due to a seed shortage, some may have to wait. Temperatures dropped below freezing for a number of hours Saturday morning across a large area of Manitoba and […]

By Jade Markus

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

Jun. 1, 2015 at 10:39 am CDT

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, […]

By Terryn Shiells

Frost in weekend forecast for eastern Prairies

May. 29, 2015 at 5:53 pm CDT

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 […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin