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Twenty-five years of organics

By Shannon VanRaes September 22, 2016

Martin Entz points down a road that is more mud than gravel as he drives towards a pint-size field house and a cluster of research plots. “This has become a real destination, it didn’t start out that way, but it certainly is now,” he said, turning towards the Glenlea Long-Term Rotation Study — the oldest[...]

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Food Matters Manitoba tweaks organization at AGM

By Shannon VanRaes October 10, 2017

To better reflect the organization’s focus, Food Matters Manitoba has updated its bylaws and broadened its scope. “We’ve made the shift to be more broad when we talk about accessibility to food …. just that focus on providing education about food isn’t enough,” said out-going chair, Angela Chotka at the organization’s recent annual general meeting in downtown[...]

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Carbon pricing focus of KAP resolutions

By Shannon VanRaes February 2, 2017

Carbon pricing is coming, but Manitoba producers are still trying to suss out exactly what that will mean for their farms. At Keystone Agricultural Producers’ annual general meeting in Winnipeg last week, three resolutions were put forward on the issue, including one asking for clarification on the organization’s position on the carbon pricing. That resolution[...]

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New investments make provincial budget good for agriculture, says KAP

By Shannon VanRaes April 24, 2017

Keystone Agricultural Producers is giving the provincial budget a thumbs up from the agriculture sector. Producers can expect few changes to how agricultural policy is funded in Manitoba, following the release last week. The province’s general farm organization said the budget is good for agriculture, with no cuts and some improvements on offer. “It does[...]

Local news, Poultry

New turkey market mechanisms needed

By Shannon VanRaes March 19, 2018

Manitoba turkey producers are looking to their national counterparts to help find a solution to the current overstock of storage turkeys in the country. While the stock of surplus birds was lower this January than last, several factors continue to hamper the flow of turkey through processors and into the market. Bill Uruski, chairman of[...]

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Who you gonna call?

By Shannon VanRaes February 1, 2018

Manitoba farmers are concerned medical assistance won’t be there when they need it most. Last summer, the province’s Progressive Conservative government announced it would close 23 emergency medical service (or EMS) stations. Now, producers are calling on the government to provide more information about how emergency services will be provided once those stations are shuttered.[...]

Crops, Local news

Farmers mull commodity group merger’s risks and benefits

By Shannon VanRaes January 18, 2018

Five Manitoba commodity groups were at St. Jean Farm Days last week, seeking input on a proposed amalgamation plan. At the event Myron Krahn told producers that “we’re here because we want farmers’ feedback, we want ideas from farmers... we’re looking for as much feedback as we can get, positive or negative, it doesn’t matter.”[...]

Hogs, Local news

Bill 24 to allow new hog barns

By Shannon VanRaes November 2, 2017

Untreated manure is good for the soil, anaerobic digesters are ineffective, hogs will poison Lake Winnipeg, farm expansion has ignored Treaty Land Entitlements and immigration relies on the pork industry. Those are just a sampling of the varied opinions heard by an all-party committee of the provincial legislature last week during two days of public[...]

Crops, Local news

Expansion possible as cannabis market grows

By Shannon VanRaes November 29, 2017

A Manitoba entrepreneur has high hopes that pending changes to cannabis laws will help expand her fertilizer business. Jen Unwin of Nature’s Perfect Plant Food said the ability for Canadians to grow their own marijuana could be a “huge boon” to small input providers, as consumers learn more about indoor plant production. “In eight short[...]

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A carbon pricing approach for Manitoba farmers

By Greg Berg, Shannon VanRaes January 20, 2017

At Manitoba Ag Days in Brandon, Sean Goertzen of Keystone Agricultural Producers spoke about what may lie ahead for carbon pricing in Manitoba and the two-pronged approach its proposing to the provincial government that could ultimately help benefit local agriculture.

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Twenty-five years of organics

Food Matters Manitoba tweaks organization at AGM

Carbon pricing focus of KAP resolutions

New investments make provincial budget good for agriculture, says KAP

New turkey market mechanisms needed

Who you gonna call?

Farmers mull commodity group merger’s risks and benefits

Bill 24 to allow new hog barns

Expansion possible as cannabis market grows

A carbon pricing approach for Manitoba farmers

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