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Birtle birders take bluebirds under their wing

By Darrell Nesbitt March 31, 2021

Two Birtle bird lovers are flying high in the Friends of the Bluebirds organization, a group that has saved a couple of species from possible extinction. As woodlands continue to be cleared, nesting boxes help keep bluebird numbers up across the province. Roberta Hutchison and Pat Farquhar watch over 14 of these boxes. Friends of[...]

Crops, Local news

Organic acres up, farmer numbers stable

By Alexis Stockford May 17, 2018

Manitoba and Saskatchewan couldn’t match Alberta’s explosion of new organic producers in 2016, but local experts say their gains have been in acres, not farms. Alberta gained 82 certified producers (counting livestock operations) from 2015-16, according to the 2016 Organic Agriculture in the Prairies report. Saskatchewan and Manitoba, meanwhile, only added 16 producers each. Acres,[...]

Crops, Local news

Organic Alliance says crop insurance needs an update on organic production

By Alexis Stockford November 8, 2017

Organic farmers in Manitoba hope a new working group will help solve long-standing crop insurance issues. The body will have members from both the Manitoba Organic Alliance (MOA) and Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation (MASC). “There’s definite improvements that need to be made, so we want to know what the timeline on that is,” MOA president[...]

Forages, Local news

Manitoba farm organizations urge farmers to list available feed

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff August 16, 2019

Manitoba’s two largest farm organizations are urging farmers to list any hay, straw or other alternative feeds they may have available. The Manitoba Beef Producers and Keystone Agricultural Producers say the province is facing a shortfall this season, amid widespread reports of below-expected hay and forage yields for the season. “Many beef producers have been[...]

Crops, Local news

Organic processing in Manitoba a bright spot

By Alexis Stockford May 17, 2018

Manitoba had one more organic processor in 2016 than 2015, according to the last Organic Agriculture in the Prairies report, but provincial organics expert Laura Telford says the view might be more optimistic than that implies. “The report doesn’t release the type of processing. I think what we’re seeing there is an increase in primary[...]

Local news, News

U of M researcher recognized for revolutionary work in grain storage

By University of Manitoba September 20, 2019

A University of Manitoba researcher will be recognized for work that revolutionized grain storage, the school said September 17. Digvir Jayas, vice-president (research and international) at the U of M, has received the 2019 Sir John William Dawson Medal from the Royal Society of Canada. The biennial award is “for important and sustained contributions in[...]

Cereals, Local news

Milling organic grains in Treherne

By Alexis Stockford June 15, 2017

Manitoba Co-operator reporter Alexis Stockford visits Dan and Fran DeRuyck of Treherne, Man., and discovers how their organic milling operation came to be. The DeRuycks opened their expanded cleaning plant early this year.

Local news, News

MASC says Manitoba farmers not giving up on harvest yet

By Allan Dawson October 8, 2019

Manitoba farmers aren’t giving up on the 2019 crop yet despite an especially wet September which, for the second consecutive year, has delayed harvest. “We’ve had very few calls from producers who have concluded their crop is in a spot where they can’t harvest it, or it’s not going to be worth harvesting,” David Van[...]

Hogs, Local news

No rolling the dice on PED says Manitoba Pork Council

By Alexis Stockford August 19, 2019

Barns dodging PED might owe that to luck rather than robust biosecurity. Andrew Dickson, the Manitoba Pork Council’s general manager, warns that some barns outside southeast Manitoba will need to heighten their guard if they hope to repel a serious risk of the disease. “We’ve got odd stories of people saying, ‘Well I’ve never got[...]

Local news, News, Poultry

Manitoba egg farms run by ‘real’ farmers, says MEF

By Allan Dawson October 15, 2019

Out-of-province non-farm corporations, are not buying Manitoba egg farms, says Rory Rybuck, general manager of Manitoba Egg Farmers. “You have to have land, equipment of course, and be an actual farmer,” he said in an interview Sept. 25. During the national agriculture debate organized by the Canadian Federation of agriculture broadcast online Sept. 24, Kate[...]

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Agriculture ministers agree to AgriStability changes

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U.S. grains: Soybean futures set two-week high on US weather worry, soyoil rally

Alberta Crop Report: Rains in the south, dryness in the north

Agriculture ministers agree to AgriStability changes

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Birtle birders take bluebirds under their wing

Organic acres up, farmer numbers stable

Organic Alliance says crop insurance needs an update on organic production

Manitoba farm organizations urge farmers to list available feed

Organic processing in Manitoba a bright spot

U of M researcher recognized for revolutionary work in grain storage

Milling organic grains in Treherne

MASC says Manitoba farmers not giving up on harvest yet

No rolling the dice on PED says Manitoba Pork Council

Manitoba egg farms run by ‘real’ farmers, says MEF

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