Insights and Stories on Manitoba

Manitoba extends forage insurance survey deadline

Mar. 23, 2020 at 11:31 am CDT

Manitoba’s provincial review of its relatively under-subscribed crop insurance offerings for forage growers has extended its deadline for grower comment. Manitoba Agricultural Services Corp. (MASC) last week announced it has cancelled all in-person public meetings on its forage insurance review, citing the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. But the agency has extended […]

Pulse weekly outlook: Bids underpin Manitoba edible bean area

Mar. 10, 2020 at 7:41 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Prairie cash wheat: Spring wheat drops, durum steady

Feb. 28, 2020 at 4:10 pm CST

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Chances of flooding in Manitoba depend on weather

Feb. 28, 2020 at 3:56 pm CST

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Tile drainpipe supplier AccuPipe changes hands

Feb. 20, 2020 at 7:36 pm CST

By Dave Bedard

More tax deferral zones announced for ranchers

Feb. 18, 2020 at 5:27 pm CST

CORRECTED, Feb. 18 — More ranchers who were up against a dry 2019 may now be eligible to defer some income from their livestock sales for the income tax year. The federal government on Tuesday released the “final list” of designated regions where income tax deferral on sales of breeding […]

By GFM Staff

Average Prairie heat, more rain in summer forecast

Feb. 16, 2020 at 12:39 am CST

MarketsFarm — Canada’s Prairies should see higher-than-normal precipitation and generally average temperatures during the 2020 growing season, according to a forecast from Scott Kehler of Weatherlogics. Speaking Thursday at CropConnect in Winnipeg, Kehler said “there’s not really a strong pattern one way or the other” when it comes to the […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Manitoba growers approve five-way commodity group merger

Feb. 13, 2020 at 6:42 pm CST

Manitoba grain growers represented by five separate commodity organizations have voted to greenlight a merger they now expect to make official by August. A total of 165 ballots were cast Wednesday and Thursday during the groups’ annual general and special meetings at the CropConnect conference in Winnipeg, with members at […]

By GFM Staff

Scoular to sell edible bean business

Feb. 10, 2020 at 12:39 pm CST

MarketsFarm — The Scoular Company has made a deal to sell its edible beans business in Manitoba and the northern U.S. to a Michigan edible bean processing and exporting co-op. Cooperative Elevator Co., which is owned by over 1,100 U.S. farmers and operates mainly in Michigan’s “thumb” northeast of Flint, […]

By MarketsFarm Team

Manitoba reviewing underused forage insurance plans

Feb. 9, 2020 at 5:37 pm CST

The Manitoba government is taking a look at its Crown crop insurance agency’s relatively under-subscribed offerings to forage growers. The provincial ag department said Tuesday it has launched a review “to better understand the purchasing decisions of Manitoba producers when it comes to forage insurance products” available via Manitoba Agricultural […]

By GFM Staff