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Manitoba halts cattle levy collection But Plains Processors support is assured By Dave Bedard Co-operator managing editor (with files from Daniel Winters)
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Carman beef processor in the midst of a $12-million expansion says he has received assurances the province will honour its commitment of support from a nowdefunct provincial cattle levy fund. Calvin Vaags, owner and president of Plains Processors, said this week he received a call from the Manitoba Cattle Enhancement Fund’s lawyer shortly after the announcement Aug. 30 that the organization would be winding down. See LEVY on page 6 »
Most of Manitoba’s winter wheat has been harvested with good yields and quality reported. Paterson Grain has two massive piles of winter wheat at its Morris and Winnipeg terminals. Although stored outside the grain is covered and aerated. photo: allan dawson
Winter wheat
considerations this fall CDC Falcon is changing classes and winter wheat crop insurance coverage is changing too By Allan Dawson co-operator staff
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t’s winter wheat-seeding time and there’s lots to consider, including the shift next Aug. 1 of Manitoba’s most popular variety, CDC Falcon, to a different class and changes in crop insurance coverage for all winter wheats. Above-average winter wheat yields this year, along with good protein levels and low fusarium damage, should encourage plantings. But an estimated one-third
of the 615,000 acres seeded last fall was ripped up this spring. Dry, hot weather last fall hurt germination. A cold, wet, delayed spring didn’t help the winter wheat that survived, said Pam de Rocquigny, Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiative’s provincial cereal specialist. Dry and hot weather in many parts of Manitoba again this year makes for good harvesting conditions, but is poor for seeding. This year many crops are late, including canola, the preferred stubble for winter wheat planting.
To be eligible for full crop insurance coverage winter wheat must be seeded between Aug. 20 and Sept. 15. Insurance coverage is cut 20 per cent when seeding occurs between Sept. 16 and 20, said David Van Deynze, Manitoba Agricultural Services’ manager of claim services. There’s also a major change in winter wheat insurance coverage starting. The Stage 1 indemnity (from the time of fall seeding until June 20 the following year) See WINTER WHEAT on page 6 »
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