Even with last month’s winter weather, corn and sunflower producers in Manitoba had a strong finish to their 2023 growing season. Anastasia Kubinec harvested her corn and sunflowers with great yields this fall, and she was lucky enough to have her sunflowers off before the snow came. She said the warmer weather created some muddy […] Read more
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Commodity group tackles thorny research question
Where have all the crop scientists gone? The Manitoba Crop Alliance asked that question after looking for places to park some of its check-off money. The group wanted to fund research into specialty crops such as flax, corn and sunflowers but couldn’t find scientists to do the work. Agriculture Canada no longer employs a researcher […] Read more
Corn harvest stalls in Manitoba; potatoes strong in Alberta
Alberta farmers have wrapped up 94 percent of their major crop harvest. Producers in the south are still waiting on sugar beets and some specialty acres, while others had to pause due to rainy conditions and tough canola. It was a good year for potato farmers in the province. Terence Hochstein, executive director of Potato […] Read more
Where are the crop scientists?
The Manitoba Crop Alliance represents farmers who grow wheat, barley, corn, sunflowers and flax in the province. But the organization has a problem. As part of its mandate, the alliance invests check-off dollars into research projects to help Manitoba farmers become more productive and sustainable. Fulfilling that mandate is not easy because the group can’t […] Read more
Seeding, fertilizer rates explored
The Manitoba Crop Alliance (MCA) is calling for participants for their 2023-24 winter wheat trials. In its ongoing Research on the Farm program, MCA plans to explore seeding rates and fertilizer use. MCA research trial specialist Daryl Rex says the purpose of Research on the Farm trials is to take science-based recommendations and ground truth […] Read more
