Insights and Stories on Manitoba

Major flood risks seen in southern Manitoba

Feb. 27, 2017 at 7:53 pm CST

Areas of Manitoba are at moderate to major risk of flooding, according to the province’s first full flood outlook for the spring. Levels of future snowfall and/or rainfall, the timing and speed of snowmelt, and the runoff timing in Manitoba, the U.S., Saskatchewan and Ontario are still “key factors,” the […]

Manitoba surveying farmers on KAP funding system

Feb. 27, 2017 at 5:45 pm CST

By Allan Dawson

Delayed planting on Prairies could reduce corn acres

Feb. 24, 2017 at 2:49 pm CST

By Dave Sims

Saskatchewan snowpack points to below-normal runoff

Feb. 9, 2017 at 7:16 pm CST

By Staff

Sunflowers fight for acres in crowded Manitoba fields

Feb. 9, 2017 at 3:19 pm CST

By Dave Sims

Roquette counts on expanding Canadian pea output

Jan. 20, 2017 at 1:03 pm CST

Winnipeg | Reuters — France’s Roquette, which is building the world’s largest pea protein plant in Manitoba, is counting on the province’s farmers to boost their production to supply the $400 million factory, the company said Friday. Roquette raised eyebrows this week when it said it would build the plant […]

By Rod Nickel

France’s Roquette bets on pea protein with Manitoba plant

Jan. 18, 2017 at 7:45 pm CST

Paris | Reuters — French plant-based ingredient maker Roquette will build the world’s largest pea protein facility in Manitoba to meet fast-growing demand for vegetable protein in food and pharmaceutical products in North America, the group said Wednesday. The global pea protein market has seen a sharp rise in recent […]

By Sybille De La Hamaide

Pinto prices strong, farmers weigh new-crop options

Jan. 13, 2017 at 1:00 am CST

CNS Canada –– Manitoba pinto bean spot prices are holding steady near yearly highs, as adverse weather during the growing season scaled back production. “It was a pretty wet year, compared to the previous year,” said Dennis Lange, Manitoba Agriculture’s industry development specialist for pulse crops in Altona. Areas of […]

By Jade Markus

Lower air pressure in tires to reduce soil compaction

Jan. 12, 2017 at 8:08 pm CST

For producers soil compaction probably feels like an unwinnable catch-22. They need to get out and perform field operations to grow crops, but each pass contributes to the creation of soil compaction that can seriously hinder productivity. Provincial land management specialist Marla Riekman told producers at the recent St. Jean […]

By Shannon VanRaes

New step in Port of Churchill’s potential sale

Dec. 28, 2016 at 3:23 pm CST

Commodity News Service Canada – Ownership of the Hudson Bay rail line and shuttered Port of Churchill may change soon, as the port’s current owners and a collection of northern First Nations have inked a formal agreement, according to a company press release. Omnitrax, the rail company that currently owns […]

By MarketsFarm Team