Manitoba crop insurance coverage rises with new crops added
A Manitoba record 14,736 farmers took crop insurance contracts for the coming year, up 250 from last year. Potatoes field peas and sunflowers are covered for the first time, expanding the program beyond oats wheat barley and flax. Spring claims are being processed after a very wet year with about 900 carried over. The Crop Insurance Corporation paid over 2.25 million in indemnities for 1968, driven by a wet late summer and early frost in the Red River Valley and regional droughts.
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Manitoba
Crop Insurance Corporation
Red River Valley
Let's Talk About Weeds by M. J. Ennis
Agricultural note on using Carbyne to control wild oats with proper timing. Apply when majority of oats are 4 to 9 days old and never after 14 days post emergent. Covers crops including wheat barley flax rapeseed field peas mustard and sunflowers with rates 4 to 5 oz per acre and spray technique tips.
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Ag. Rep
4-H Rally Winners and Feedback Sought for Next Year
The Treherne area 4-H rally awarded blue ribbons to Christine Moore Shirley Clark Treesbank Club Clair Lanouette and Joanne Van den Bussche Bruxelles Club and Diane Cabernet Debbie Marginet Bruxelles Club. Senior Demonstrations crowned Judy Culbert Mary Lynn Moffat Treherne Club with Reserve champions Sheila Barker Cathy Walker Holland Club Pat Hall Mary Ellen Rawlings Glenboro Club in a tie. Red ribbons went to several pairs from Treesbank Northfield Rothwell Cy presses River and Cypress River. Bake-Off Queen Alice Rheault Treherne Club with princesses Christine Christie Glenboro Florence Henderson Rathwell. Centrepiece Queen Rachel Bose Notre Dame Club with princesses Velma Baete Carman Marginet Holland Club Sharon Johnson Baldur Kathy Walker. Senior Dress Revue Queen Eliette Lafreniere Somerset Club with Princesses Frances Robinson Treherne Norma Diehl Debbie Claeys Glenboro Celiene Gautier Agnes Fouasse Notre Dame. Tex-Made Award went to Karen Harpelle Glenboro Club. Audience urged to share ideas on future venue dates and format.
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Eileen Poole
Darlene Clark
Treesbank Club
Anne Mooney
Lynn Perry
Northfield Club
Linda Henderson
Lynn Adair
Rothwell Club
Debbie James
Diane James
Cypress River Club
Alice Rheault
Treherne Club
Princesses
Kristine Christie
Glenboro Club
Florence Henderson
Rathwell Club
Rachel Bose
Notre Dame Club
Queen
Velma Baete
Carman Marginet
Holland
Sharon Johnson
Baldur Club
Kathy Walker
Holland Club
Eliette Lafreniere
Somerset Club
Frances Robinson
Treherne
Norma Diehl
Debbie Claeys
Glenboro
Celiene Gautier
Agnes Fouasse
Notre Dame
Karen Harpelle Cor
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Carbyne
Mani-Carlo
Canada
Winnipeg
Twines
Ealing
Co-op
Brantford
F.O.B
Jack
Earl
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