Two more western Manitoba communities will have Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation (MASC) offices for in-person agricultural insurance service this summer: Shoal Lake and Virden.
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Man. ag services opens offices in Shoal Lake, Virden
Recently announced offices will once again extend the crown insurance corporation’s footprint west of Brandon
Yield could be boosted based on planting rotation
Glacier FarmMedia – Pointing out a field planted with the same crop year after year is a good way to make crop pathologists wince. It means any crop-specific pathogens have multiple years to build infection load. However, rotation isn’t just about disease, a pulse and soybean expert notes. It can be a big factor when […] Read more
Is white cockle toxic for cattle? Nobody knows
WINNIPEG — Kim Brown was on a quest in August and part of September. Manitoba’s provincial weed specialist was searching for an answer to the following question: is white cockle, a weed sometimes called white campion, safe for cattle to eat? Brown asked weed scientists and livestock nutrition experts with Agriculture Canada and at universities […] Read more
Possibly toxic weed found on Manitoba hay fields
WINNIPEG — Earlier in August, Robert Grieger was cutting an alfalfa field on his farm, but then he decided to stop after about 80 acres. Grieger was concerned because the quarter section was infested with a strange weed he couldn’t identify. Related story: Watch for noxious tall buttercup and white cockle There was nothing on […] Read more
Man. canola yields thought to be record-setting
Results for 2023 not official yet, but anecdotal reports and gov’t estimates suggest average yield in high 40s is possible
WINNIPEG — The numbers are not official, but Manitoba farmers might set a new record for canola yields in 2023. The record for Manitoba was established in 2017, when the provincial average was 47 bushels per acre. That number comes from Yield Manitoba, a publication of the Manitoba Agricultural Services Corp., the provincial crop insurer. […] Read more
