By Alice McFarlane

Agriculture Roundup for Friday May 27, 2022

May 27, 2022 | 9:36 AM

MELFORT, Sask. — It’s day by day and field by field as Manitoba producers struggle to get their 2022 crop in the ground.

The province was hit by heavy rains last week which slowed seeding. The latest crop report said farmers are adjusting their plans to find drier fields, switched the intended planting order, and harrowing or tilling ahead of the seeders to dry the soil.

Provincial seeding progress is at 10 per cent which is well behind the five-year average of 77 per cent for week 20.

Farmers are extremely concerned about the seeding delays and are changing from corn or soybeans to canola and spring wheat, while planned field pea acres have dropped in some parts of the southwest in favour of more canola.

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Realized net farm income increased 46.4 per cent to $13.5 billion last year, according to data released by Statistics Canada.

Realized net income is the difference between a farmer’s cash receipts and operating expenses, minus depreciation.

Farm cash receipts, which include crop and livestock revenues, and program payments, jumped 14.9 per cent to $82.1 billion in 2021, the largest year-over-year increase since 1981.

Canola cash receipts were up 17.8 per cent while prices jumped 43 per cent which more than offset a four-million tonne decline in marketings.

However, higher prices for fertilizer, feed and fuel led to a 10.4 per cent jump in operating expenses which was the largest amount since 1981.

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The Mennonite Disaster Service was able to help a lot of cattle producers through its Hay West program.

The program provided surplus hay from Ontario to drought-stricken prairie producers last fall and during the winter.

Ike Epp of the Disaster Service Saskatchewan unit said 56 producers in Saskatchewan received hay.

He said the problem was bigger than they could address, but those who received hay appreciated the efforts.

The total cost of the project was $345,000.

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alice.mcfarlane@pattisonmedia.com

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