Glenda Lee Vossler

Summer storms are bringing not just rain and high winds to the prairies but also hail.

This year, heavy rain, hail, funnel clouds, and even tornado warnings seem to be a prominent occurrence across the prairies.

Hail damage can prove very costly, cutting yields and, in some cases, devastating a crop.

Crop Extension Specialist Meghan Rosso says following a hail storm, farmers will want to give crops 3–4 days to see if plants will recover.

Federal Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay announced over $6 million for the Canadian beef industry.

Canada Beef will receive over $5.8 million for market development and promotion.

Canada Beef plays a key role in market development worldwide, with offices in Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, Thailand, Mexico, and Hong Kong.

President of Canada Beef Eric Bienvenue says Canadian beef is a world-class product, and this funding will support initiatives that increase awareness of the value proposition of Canadian beef and veal exports to customers worldwide.

Manitoba Agriculture's weekly crop report show high humidity, rainfall and localized storms continue to be an issue.

Dennis Lange puts together the weekly crop report for Manitoba Agriculture and says right now most areas in the province are now exceeding 130 per cent of normal rainfall.  

Growers and agronomists looking for help in making sclerotinia spray decisions this summer will have access to a new online tool from the Canola Council of Canada.

The sclerotinia risk assessment tool offers both a recommendation about whether or not to spray a canola crop (at 20-50 per cent flower) based on several inputs from the user, along with an opportunity to assess the spray decision by rating sclerotinia severity at maturity (30-60 per cent seed colour change).

Farmers in the Southeast now have access to a new disease monitoring website specific to issues on the Prairies. 

The Prairie Crop Disease Monitoring Network (PCDMN) launched its new website at "prairiecropdisease.blogdpot.com.". 

Federal Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay announced over $6 million for the Canadian beef industry.

Canada Beef will receive over $5.8 million for market development and promotion.

Canada Beef plays a key role in market development worldwide, with offices in Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, Thailand, Mexico, and Hong Kong.

President of Canada Beef Eric Bienvenue says Canadian beef is a world-class product, and this funding will support initiatives that increase awareness of the value 
proposition of Canadian beef and veal exports to customers worldwide.

Farmers now have access to a new disease monitoring website specific to issues on the Prairies.

The Prairie Crop Disease Monitoring Network (PCDMN) launched its new website at "prairiecropdisease.blogdpot.com.".

The PCDMN is a coordinated field crop disease monitoring program for the Prairies, focusing on providing timely information about crop diseases and highlighting effective disease management strategies.

A Saskatchewan farmer from Nokomis is the new Chairperson for the Cereals Canada Board of Directors. 

Brett Halstead operates a mixed farm and serves as a director on the Saskatchewan Wheat Development Commission, where he was previously the board chair.

Charolais breeders from around the globe are in Canada for the World Charolais Congress.

The last time the World Congress was in Canada was in 2006 when it was held in Alberta.

Helge By, President of Charolais Charbray International says this year they wanted to show their International visitors more of Canada, and a chance to see the breed on farm by  visiting more producer operations.

Farmers have been dealing with a real mix of weather this year, from isolated heavy rains, to strong winds, hail and even a few tornado sightings. 

Anne Kirk, the Cereal Crop Specialist with Manitoba Agriculture, says its been fairly wet in many areas of the province.