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Farmers Not Too Concerned About Lack Of Spring Temps

 
Farmers are gearing up for spring seeding.
 
Anne Kirk of Manitoba Agriculture says producers usually get out into the field towards the end of April, although there have been years when seeding has started around the middle of the month.
 
While the colder weather seems to be lasting longer than normal, Kirk says farmers aren't panicking yet.
 
"I think at this point in time people aren't too concerned because we're still right at the beginning of April and things can turn around pretty quick. We also don't have a lot of snow on the ground so once the snow melts, it's not going to take that long for the ground to dry up enough to get equipment into the fields."
 
Source : Steinbachonline

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During the growing season of 2023 as summer turned into fall, the Rural Routes to Climate Solutions podcast and Regeneration Canada were on the final leg of the Stories of Regeneration tour. After covering most of the Prairies and most of central and eastern Canada in the summer, our months-long journey came to an end in Canada’s two most western provinces around harvest time.

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