The AgriPost
August 26, 2022
Manitoba’s Crop Maturity Delayed by Rains and High Humidity Animal Welfare and Tracking Lands Improvement Funds
Photo by Harry Siemens
The deep green and golden crops of 2022.
By Harry Siemens A Twitter survey of farmers on August 5 and 6 on crop prospects across Western Canada yielded varied answers. Korey Peters near Steinbach, MB will probably start combing the wheat at the end of August. “Things are looking pretty good in my area,” said Peters. “Canola is patchy but most other crops look solid. We need the weather to cooperate. Corn and sunflow-
ers will need a frost free few weeks in September if possible to finish.” Jack Froese at Winkler, MB said the harvest would start several weeks later than usual. Crops look good but a lot of canola is still blooming. “Soybeans look good but need another rain to fill the pods and finish,” said Froese. “I noticed some of our corn is putting on two cobs per plant, which is not good.”
Brendan Uruski at Zbaraz, a locality within the RM of Fisher in the Interlake Region of central Manitoba said peas were still flowering, canola was in full bloom and wheat was finally headed out but a few weeks away from the start of harvest. “There are lots of drown-out spots but what’s there looks pretty darn good,” said Zbaraz. Eldon Klippenstein east of Altona in the Red River Val-
ley targeted August 22 as a start date on spring wheat. However, some good rains may have delayed that starting time. “Crops in general look good out our way,” said Klippenstein. Gunter Jochem of St. Francois Xavier, MB said the harvest would likely start in the first week of September. “At the moment the crop looks very good,” said Jochem. Continued on Page 2...
With funding under the AgriAssurance Program an announcement of up to nearly $3 million in funding will go to three national organizations to enhance animal welfare and tracking in the country. The goal of the funds is to help the organizations draw on new research to update industry standards for the care and handling of animals, and evaluate technology to more efficiently trace farm animals in the production system in the event of a disease outbreak. Animal Health Canada will receive the bulk of the funding, up to $2.9 million, to update national codes of practice for the livestock sector, including the code for the safe and humane transportation of livestock. It has also developed and introduced a code of practice for the aquaculture sector covering farmed salmon, trout and arctic char. The Canadian Code of Practice is a national guideline developed by the National Farm Animal Council for the care and handling of farm animals. It includes requirements and recommendations on water and nutrition, environment management, housing and handling and transportation. The code is based on input from farmers, processors, researchers, government, veterinarians, food service and retail representatives and animal welfare organizations. Additionally, the Canadian Cattle Identification Agency will receive up to $52,140 to evaluate the use of ultra high frequency (UHF) scanners to read cattle identification tags as part of Canada’s commitment to the international community to quickly trace the movement of animals in the event of a disease outbreak. Tag readings are recorded in a database that makes it possible for government and industry to rapidly contain the scope of a potential outbreak, protecting animal and human health. Lastly, the Canadian Poultry and Egg Processors Council will receive up to $35,750 to update its animal welfare program for hatcheries to meet the requirements of the National Farm Animal Care Council’s Code of Practice for the care and handling of hatching eggs, breeders, chickens and turkeys.