Ag News

Manitoba's canola crop remains quite variable in terms of staging.

Justine Cornelsen is Agronomic & Regulatory Services Manager with Brett Young.

Seeds Canada celebrated its first anniversary at the organization's annual meeting held in Winnipeg last month.
 
“We’ve made considerable progress in our first year,” said Seeds Canada President Ellen Sparry. “Thanks for a successful event. Strengthening Canada’s supply chain is critical for our economy, our ability to feed ourselves and our ability to feed the world."

The National Environmental Stewardship Award (TESA) is being presented tonight as part of the Canadian Cattle Association's Semi-Annual Meetings in British Columbia.

TESA recognizes producers who go above and beyond standard industry conservation practices, and set positive examples for other cattle producers and the general public.

Producers are nominated at a Provincial level with the winners moving on to the National Award with this year's nominees representing B.C., Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario, Quebec and the Maritimes.

The province has announced that in 2022-23, 56 agricultural societies will receive education funding totalling $226,000. An additional $95,000 in infrastructure funding will be given to 45 agricultural societies as part of the $1.4 million investment into infrastructure projects.

The National Environmental Stewardship Award (TESA) is being presented tonight as part of the Canadian Cattle Association's Semi-Annual Meetings in British Columbia.

TESA recognizes producers who go above and beyond standard industry conservation practices, and set positive examples for other cattle producers and the general public.

Producers are nominated at a Provincial level with the winners moving on to the National Award with this year's nominees representing B.C., Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario, Quebec and the Maritimes.

Strathmore Communities in Bloom, their partners from Ducks Unlimited Canada, local dignitaries, and members of Strathmore town council came together at Gray’s Park on Tuesday afternoon to unveil new signage in the park that aims to educate the public on the history, ecology and work completed on the local wetland.

Derek Hallgrimson, Conservation Programs Lead for Southern Alberta with Ducks Unlimited, said he thought the public unveiling was great.

Over the coming weeks you'll notice some farm machinery on grid roads and highways. Local grain producers will be putting in long days as they bring in the harvest. 

Even though it's more likely to see a combine on a gravel road, it also makes things more difficult. Grid roads are narrow and there's less room to pass.

Saskatchewan is dealing with an influx of grasshoppers as the calendar shifts to late August.

That could be unwelcome news for farmers, as grasshoppers have been known to eat crops and other plants.

"Their numbers are very very high this year," said Cory Sheffield, a curator of invertebrate zoology at the Royal Saskatchewan Museum. "It's high numbers of grasshoppers that eat crops and eat plants and are defoliators. It could be bad news."

Producers across southwestern Saskatchewan are gearing up for their busiest time of the year.

According to the province's weekly crop report released last Thursday, harvest operations in the southwest are now in full swing with 1 per cent complete. 

George Entz from the Grassy Hills Colony (southeast of Tompkins) said his crops so far have been graded as fair.

"More rain would have been great," he said Tuesday morning. "We had about 5 to 6 inches for the year, so we got a nice crop stand for everything that we got and we're very thankful for that."

Manitoba Agriculture's latest crop report says harvest has started in winter wheat and fall rye, with a good portion of those crops already combined.

Reported yields are average for both crops.

Crop condition looks good to very good in most parts of the province.

Pea harvest has begun in the northwest region, and widespread harvest is expected to begin for spring cereals in about two weeks, with some early barley coming off in the past few days.