Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 13, 1989, Winnipeg, Manitoba She province Winnipeg free press May Page 2 by Bui Redekop free press Warren seeding into glutting winds and 30 c the Only Comfort for farm May be that at least they wont Plant a crop again in the the decade now threatens to end the Way if with droughts in and it has established itself As the 1930s of our they say banners Are optimistic but in the last couple of it has started to go Down pretty said Bill who runs a Grain and Dairy farm near everybody can stand one bad but can they stand two together some Farmers wont make it to the and whether 1989 has one last kick in store remains to be he if i were i think Well get another drought this said Gladstone Fanner Duncan but this is the weather can change in 15 with a Little the Outlook for Farmers would change on the positive Side Many Grain analysts expect Ottawa will still raise initial Grain prices before once weather driven commodity markets Settle 1 the International wheat Council predicts that world wheat demand will outstrip production for the third straight the Council predicts production will reach 539 million versus 545 million tonnes big forecast As the Canadian wheat Board has Forward sales on the and that heavy demand for Farmers Grain As soon As it is weve put the system on notice to expect a big surge by late Early said wheat Board spokesman John said the major concern along the Yellowhead Highway is the there Are predictions that up to three of the areas five pastures May not open this the cattle producers Are worried he see drills Are standing in Banks of the land is its Ron manager of Simplot soil builders in said Simplot offers a soil testing service take soil samples metres to Cap dry notre Dame de Lourdes area Farmer Rene Muller sows a Field of Barley amid fears of a drought weigh the then dry them and weigh them the difference provides a moisture Reading and tells a Farmer whether its worthwhile to add our moisture in the top foot of soil is not too one to two feet its extremely and at two to four theres some moisture but Plant roots wont grow through the one to two feet of dry so the two to four feet of moisture is no Good unless we get the he said some soil samples have found just centimetres of moisture in metres of that a crop he Esti mates a yield of four to five bushels per centimetres of but most Are Between and Centi the farm adage that no one loses a crop in May is for a Good its too Early to but there Are crop losses already when counting the Fields that Are going to be left to summer allow because of poor Mois for Swan will leave about 80 hectares to summer allow compared with 26 hectares last he will seed about 120 hectares of wheat and another 80 hectares of Alfalfa for his 40 and has another 120 hectares of Broadfoot has removed Field peas from his crop rotation because its too he laughs at the question of whether Farmers in his Region still plan to grow the outlooks in this area have he he plans to grow Barley and feed wheat for his 500 As Well As some canola and theres More optimism out in the South West near where Murray Lee which is a Over this the Southwest Corner has been the driest Region of the Lee plans to seed 200 hectares of 00 hectares of flax and 32 hectares of confection sunflowers that he plans to sell to traders in he will also grow 20 hectares of Oats for first time because grains minister Charlie Mayer recently privatized Oats in one of those Guys who Hopes theres something to Charlies he As he will grow 32 hectares of i Call it its peas and Mustard in the same and you separate them after it works Well because the soup peas climb up the Mustard and that keeps the dirt out of the which downgrades the but Lack of moisture is also rapidly becoming a problem in his Lee if we dont get rain by the end of this were going to be in and Farmers will have to prepare them selves for insect and Weed problems that go with dry last year it was so warm and dry that a Sid effect was that a lot of herbicides didst said Mark an Agri culture department Weed tougher weeds As a Many Fields in the drier areas Are full of Weed weeds get tougher in dry Goodwin wide Leaf weeds put on an extra layer of waxes to retain More of their and the waxes make it harder for herbicides to As dry conditions cause some leaves to fold and that reduces their Spray then there Are Grassy weeds like Green Foxtail looks like quack grass with a toilet Brush for a head that thrive in dry its also no coincidence that Grasshoppers always seem to appear with said Dave an agriculture department not Only do their numbers increase Dur ing dry but they can do More damage because crops Are weak and As some Farmers Are wondering if russian wheat aphid will move into the province this the aphid has travelled from the soviet Union to South America and into it had moved into California by and then proceeded to spread through the major wheat growing regions of the United it emerged in Alberta this damaging some Winter wheat parties Back natives fight flee press by Ruth Teichroeb Manitoba indians won pledges of support from All three provincial political parties yesterday in their fight against Ottawa plans to curb natives Access to free pos secondary Are Here to give you Complete and full Northern affairs minister Jim Downey told a rally of 800 indians who gathered at the Winnipeg Conven Tion Centre to Mark a National Day of nip Leader Gary doer said he will introduce a Resolution in the legislature urging the Federal govern fluent to reconsider a proposed Cap on a program that pays tuition and living expenses for native 1 i believe All three parties should go to Ottawa and join together to fight for the retention of your doer said amidst applause from the v Deputy Liberal Leader Jim Carr also spoke at the rally organized by the Assembly of Manitoba chiefs which Drew indians from 20 reserves across the after speeches from native the crowd marched through downtown Winnipeg carrying protest and chanting education is our traffic was stopped on Portage Avenue for about 30 minutes As the three Locklon crowd crossed the Street arid began circling the regional Indian affairs about an hour the marchers disbanded after Winnipeg police enforced a court injunction and refused to allow them into the office pegu is band chief Louis the Leader of the Assembly of Manitoba said he was pleased that provincial politicians Are taking a but he warned that the native Community is losing patience with the Federal government and hinted that the protests could become in sure youre going to see an escalation of this kind of activity not Only Here but across wholesale madness on site this weekend blow out Litz factory fresh Stock arriving daily i today sunday 89 sprints Price Leader Only the deals youve waited for How s7898 hourly specials plus local initial Aulont air conditioned deals on wheels natives March Down Portage we agreed to keep this demonstration peaceful ume l 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