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Cropping with wonky weather

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A farmer friend challenged me about what he considered alarming statements related to climate change. He sighed and said “a temperature bump of 1.5 C probably won’t bother me.” There is a difference between climate and weather. For example, the climate in July 2023 was 1.5 C higher on average than pre-industrial (before 1850) average[...]
News

Training on tap to fill farm labour gaps between ag and tech

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Say there’s trouble with the automated GIS and mapping features on the tractor, but you can’t find a tech with enough knowledge to offer help. It’s a simple example of the kind of employment gaps that keep farmers up at night, and that prevent their adoption of new technology, said the manager of an “upskilling”[...]
Opinion

Farmers, your political engagement matters

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I have a message for every farmer in Manitoba, no matter what crop they grow or type of animals under their care: Now is the time to engage with all local candidates. Governance matters. On Oct. 3, Manitobans will elect 57 members of the legislative assembly. Every one of them will influence, for good or[...]
News

NFU report adjusts sequestration, fuel emissions numbers

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Canadian agriculture is sequestering more carbon than originally thought, but it’s also burning more diesel fuel, according to a new report from the National Farmers Union. In August, the NFU released the third edition of its Agriculture Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Canada report. It reflected updated information from the latest national inventory that the federal government released this year. Why it matters:[...]
News

Platform promises anonymous, farm-based mental health help

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Farmers who tap into a new mental health service will get relatable, anonymous support for their struggles, according to the organization behind the initiative. The Do More Agriculture Foundation has launched AgTalk, a platform for those in the Canadian agriculture industry. It is a partnership between the foundation, RBC, BASF and the McCain Foundation and[...]
News

Crops Convention: As world fragments, ground game vital for success

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Don’t expect a return to normal geopolitical conditions, at least not if the past several decades can be considered normal. That was Janice Gross Stein’s message March 8 in an opening address to the Canadian Crops Convention in Ottawa. The noted political scientist and founding director of the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public[...]
Farmit Manitoba

Winds of change are blowing in food production system

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Agricultural innovation and exponential growth will be necessary to meet environmental and consumer-driven market needs, according to Nourish Marketing Network’s 2023 Trends Report. In the past year, climate change came to the forefront, food inflation reached historic heights and consumers demanded action from brands, said Jo-Ann McArthur, Nourish Food Marketing president and lead author of[...]
Comment, Op/Ed

Comment: WTO steps back from the brink

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After decades of conflict that has neutered its work, the World Trade Organization looks to be back in business. Its highest decision-making body – a conference of ministers from the organization’s 164 member nations – has just met for the first time since 2017. None of what the ministerial conference (dubbed MC12 due to being[...]
News

Compensation key to tackling Brazilian deforestation

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Brazil’s chief executive of commodities trader Louis Dreyfus says that if society wants to seriously tackle deforestation, mechanisms are needed to compensate farmers for conserving trees. Murilo Parada told an audience at the World-Agritech South America Summit in Sao Paulo that the development of a carbon market would be key to protect the environment and[...]
Farmit Manitoba

On the shoulders of history

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When Assiniboine Community College (ACC) set its sights on dramatically expanding agriculture programs, Don Penny, co-founder of MNP and a local success story, was one of their first calls. “He gave us his unvarnished opinion,” college president Mark Frison recalled. “It was helpful. He gave some great advice, not only about how to approach the[...]

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