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Manitoba Agriculture reports, with 97 percent of spring planting now complete, crops are advancing quickly and now more rain is needed.

Manitoba Agriculture expects the majority of crops to be in the ground across the province by the end of this week.

The governments of Canada and Manitoba are providing up to $65 million in grant funding under the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership to support the development of agricultural knowledge and skills and improve the competitiveness and sustainability of Manitoba’s agriculture and agri-food sectors.

Manitoba Agriculture reports, while spring planting has moved forward over the past week, farmers could use a little more rain.

Manitoba Agriculture reports that while spring seeding is running behind average, farmers are planting into almost ideal soil moisture conditions. Planting across the province is running at about 23 percent complete compared to the five-year average of around 63 percent.

The Manitoba government will release its first crop report for the 2023 growing season on May 16, Agriculture Minister Derek Johnson announced. The weekly reports will be released on Tuesdays by 4pm.

The General Manager of Manitoba Pork is calling on governments to adopt an incentive rather than regulatory based approach to achieving environmental targets and sustainability goals.

The Future of PED Working Group, set up in response to a major outbreak in 2021-2022, to look at PED management strategies including what was working and what needed to change, has created a PED elimination plan for Manitoba.

A Senior Risk Management Analyst with HAMS Marketing Services says pork demand will need to improve significantly to stimulate a recovery in live hog markets.

Federal Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau and Manitoba Agriculture Minister Derek Johnson recently announced $221 million for strategic agricultural initiatives in Manitoba under the new the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership (Sustainable CAP).