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Crop Report - May 13

Manitoba Agriculture and Resource Development says total seeding progress is sitting at about 9 per cent complete, compared to the three-year average of 25 per cent.
 
Seeding has started for field peas, spring wheat, barley, faba beans and grain corn in all regions. Canola and sunflower planting has begun in the northwest and eastern regions.
 
Farmers are managing soil surface moisture with vertical tillage, multi-pass harrowing, or residue burning.
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How the corn-soy diet transformed swine nutrition

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At the 2026 ASAS Midwest Section meeting, Dr. Robert Easter, professor emeritus of swine nutrition at the University of Illinois, spoke at the U.S. Soy sponsored Swine Application Symposium, offering a historical perspective on one of the most important developments in modern pig production: the corn-soybean meal diet. What today is considered a foundational feeding strategy was not always obvious or even accepted.