After weeks of minimal progress, farmers in Manitoba and North Dakota are getting soybeans in the bin. In the first week of November, 75-80 percent of the soybeans were harvested in Manitoba. That’s behind the three year average of 94 percent but much better than the third week of October, when only 25 percent of […] Read more
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County of Grande Prairie declares agricultural disaster
Councillors with the County of Grande Prairie have declared and agricultural disaster in the region, marking what is considered to…
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Poor weather continues to hamper Alberta harvest: report
Winnipeg, (MarketsFarm) – Snow, rain and cold winds continued to hamper harvest operations in Alberta during the week ended Oct.…
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Manitoba harvest struggles after snow
CYPRESS RIVER, Man. — Trevor Daymond had a smile on his face, probably because it wasn’t raining, snowing or sleeting.…
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Prairie forecast: west mild, east cold
A weather system that shares its name with a 1958 sci-fi horror film could be sending a chill down the…
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Saskatchewan harvest progresses under adverse conditions: report
Winnipeg (MarketsFarm) – Saskatchewan farmers continued to plug away at the harvest over the past week, with 90 percent of…
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Hail, storm damage to crops during September, October
WINNIPEG, Oct. 24 (MarketsFarm) – Despite temperatures largely below normal for September and October, there were some instances of hail…
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‘A struggle right from the start’
Western farmers have dealt with some difficult harvest conditions over the past few years, but the harvest of 2019 might go down as the worst yet in recent memory. “This has got to be one for the books,” said Justin Schwab, who farms with his uncle Murray Farness near Camrose, Alta. “The last few years […] Read more
Prairie farmers facing huge, costly task
Provincial crop reports from Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba paint a bleak picture of harvest progress across the Prairies. As of late October, more than eight million acres of unharvested crops were still in the field, according to the provincial reports. That included roughly 1.25 million acres in Manitoba, 3.5 million acres in Saskatchewan and 3.4 […] Read more
County of Grande Prairie declares agricultural disaster
Councillors with the County of Grande Prairie have declared and agricultural disaster in the region, marking what is considered to be a fourth straight year of difficult conditions. Several factors, including wet conditions that delayed seeding last spring, excessive rainfall, and cool weather have slowed production and have led to poor crop quality, the county […] Read more
Poor weather continues to hamper Alberta harvest: report
Winnipeg, (MarketsFarm) – Snow, rain and cold winds continued to hamper harvest operations in Alberta during the week ended Oct. 29, according to the latest provincial crop report. Total harvest progress across the province was pegged at 81 percent done, which was up eight points from the previous week. Southern Alberta was farthest along, at […] Read more
Manitoba harvest struggles after snow
About two million acres were not harvested across the province as of Oct. 25, the majority being corn and soybeans
CYPRESS RIVER, Man. — Trevor Daymond had a smile on his face, probably because it wasn’t raining, snowing or sleeting. On a calm and sunny afternoon in late October, Daymond was combining a field of soybeans on the north side of Highway 2, about 10 kilometres west of Cypress River. “This has been the driest […] Read more
Prairie forecast: west mild, east cold
A weather system that shares its name with a 1958 sci-fi horror film could be sending a chill down the spine of farmers in the eastern half of the Prairies this winter. The Blob is back. It is the unscientific name for a large, warmer-than-usual area of the Pacific Ocean along the coast of British […] Read more
Saskatchewan harvest progresses under adverse conditions: report
Winnipeg (MarketsFarm) – Saskatchewan farmers continued to plug away at the harvest over the past week, with 90 percent of the crop in the bin as of Oct. 28, according to the latest provincial report. That was up seven points from the previous week, but still behind the five-year average of 96 percent complete. Many […] Read more
Hail, storm damage to crops during September, October
WINNIPEG, Oct. 24 (MarketsFarm) – Despite temperatures largely below normal for September and October, there were some instances of hail damage to crops in Manitoba and Saskatchewan. The Canadian Crop Hail Association (CCHA) said there were 53 cases of hail damage – as well as storm damage – in the two provinces. In Manitoba, storms […] Read more
Weather turns against Manitoba, N. Dakota soybean crops
In the third week of October, about a million acres of soybeans were not harvested in Manitoba. The situation was much worse in North Dakota, where 4.5 to five million acres were still in the field. If the weather is favourable and there’s a best-case scenario over the next few weeks, growers should be able […] Read more
