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Coalition considering Bipole III legal action
Facing likely defeat in their bid to reroute the Bipole III transmission line, affected landowners are now organizing to fight [...]
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Treated corn seed linked to bee kills, Health Canada urges farmers to use best practices
Another round of “bee incidents” last year has prompted Health Canada to issue an updated list of mitigation measures to [...]
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A million acres of glyphosate-resistant weeds in Canada?
More than one million acres of Canadian farmland have glyphosate-resistant weeds growing on them, including 43,000 in Manitoba, according to [...]
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Animal rights groups applaud retailers’ move against gestation stalls
Manitoba Pork Council says a sweeping endorsement of updated sow housing practices, including phasing out gestation stalls by 2022, by [...]
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Pork producers discuss common concerns
North American pork producers say their needs weren’t considered by companies that have decided to phase out sow gestation stalls. [...]
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Interest in grass cattle tempered by lack of grass
Tight feed supplies continued to pressure feeder cattle prices at auction yards across Manitoba during the week ended April 19. [...]
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A powerful engine for growth
Researchers have discovered an environmentally sustainable instrument that could increase world food production by 30 per cent, but they’ve been [...]
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Manitoba’s agriculture history started long before the sodbusters arrived
Does it ever seem that unrelenting weeds such as lamb’s quarters and amaranth were somehow bred to thrive on the [...]
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Merger saved money, sped up decision-making, says mayor
Don Yanick is getting a lot of calls from municipal officials across the province these days about the hot-button issue [...]
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Putting the clock in the cock-a-doodle-do
Of course, roosters crow with the dawn. But are they simply reacting to the environment, or do they really know [...]