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Many crops grown here, including corn, lettuce, potatoes, tomatoes, wheat and pasture grass, have already been proven to increase with agrivoltaics.

Comment: Solar panel shade an untapped productivity booster

Shading crops with solar panels can be a win-win for both energy production and yields

By Joshua Pearce May 17, 2023

If you’ve ever had a trampoline in your backyard, you may have seen the unreasonably tall grass growing under it. This is because many crops, including these grasses, actually grow better when protected from the sun, to an extent. Researchers in the field of solar photovoltaic technology—a fancy way of saying ‘how to use solar

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Drought Monitor map at April 30, 2023. (AAFC)

Weather

Prairie Forecast: Above-average temperatures to continue

Covering the period from May 17 to 24, 2023

By Daniel Bezte, GFM Network News May 17, 2023

The upper ridge that has been in place over much of B.C. and Alberta over the last few weeks looks to remain in place, at least for a few more days. There are some indications of a shift in the overall weather pattern towards a warm and wetter setup. As predicted, an area of low

Markets

Feds lock in higher interest-free portion on cash advances

Budget boost in effect as of Monday

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News May 10, 2023

A further temporary increase to the interest-free chunk of cash advances available to Canadian farmers, as telegraphed in March’s federal budget, has now gone live. Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau confirmed Wednesday that the interest-free limit under the Advance Payments Program (APP) for the 2023 program year is now $350,000, effective Monday (May 8). The regulatory

Editorial, Op/Ed

Editorial: Food and the four-leaf clover

By Alexis Stockford May 5, 2023

Today’s teenagers aren’t eating particularly well, and it’s not just those in cities. In fact, according to a recently released study of Grade 9 students by the University of Manitoba, rural kids might be eating worse in terms of things like sugars and saturated fats. And when it came to veggies or certain major nutrients,

Farmit Manitoba, News

Rural kids fall short on nutrition

U of M study suggests unhealthy diets are prevalent in rural teens

By Geralyn Wichers May 5, 2023

Rural kids are more food secure than their counterparts in urban and northern Manitoba and more likely to eat meals with family, but when it comes to nutrition, they’re not exactly pulling ahead, according to a recent study from the University of Manitoba. “The [study] shows there is urgent need to improve the overall diets

File photo of a CFIA vehicle. (Dave Bedard photo)

Crops, Weather

Gene-edited crops clear CFIA’s regulatory bar

Agency guidance puts gene editing on level of conventional breeding

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News May 4, 2023

Plants gene-edited for efficient use of water or nutrients or to better withstand pests or drought now won’t have to clear the same regulatory hurdles in Canada as any crops that are modified for herbicide tolerance or include foreign genes. Federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau on Wednesday announced updated guidance from the Canadian Food Inspection

How can I make the most out of my space? What should I plant? What should my fertilizer plan look like? Expert gardeners answer these questions and more.

Farmit Manitoba

Gardening for a lower food bill

If there was ever a year to maximize garden yields, food price inflation suggests this is it

By Geralyn Wichers May 3, 2023

Although snow in the third week of April suggests otherwise, Manitoba is only weeks away from gardening season. And while the large farm garden is an institution in rural areas, the memory of soaring lettuce prices and food costs in general may have Manitobans everywhere looking for a little extra from their growing space. Why

Crops

Limagrain offers to buy out seed maker Vilmorin

Pride Seeds co-owner has majority stake in veg seed firm

By GFM Network News, Reuters April 30, 2023

Paris | Reuters — French agricultural co-operative Limagrain has offered to buy the 28.78 per cent of Vilmorin it does not already own in a deal that values one of the world’s biggest seed suppliers at 1.43 billion euros (C$2.13 billion). Limagrain said on Friday it was offering 62.60 euros per Vilmorin share, a premium

Sea surface temperature (SST) anomalies in degrees Celsius over the tropical Pacific Ocean for the week centred on April 12, 2023. (CPC.ncep.noaa.gov)

Crops, Weather

World could face record temperatures in 2023 as El Nino returns

New record highs 'more likely than not'

By GFM Network News, Kate Abnett April 20, 2023

Brussels | Reuters — The world could breach a new average temperature record in 2023 or 2024, fuelled by climate change and the anticipated return of the El Nino weather phenomenon, climate scientists say. Climate models suggest that after three years of the La Nina weather pattern in the Pacific Ocean, which generally lowers global

“We need a lot of stuff.” – Wayne Rempel.

News

Demand exists for more Manitoba veggies

Peak of the Market imports a significant amount of vegetables to cover supply gaps, director says

By Geralyn Wichers April 17, 2023

Manitoba could be growing more vegetables, according to a director of Peak of the Market. “We need a lot of stuff,” said Wayne Rempel, speaking at the Manitoba Organic Alliance annual meeting on April 4. As well as his position with Peak of the Market, Rempel is president and CEO of Kroeker Farms. Peak of

Daily Network News

Women who fed a nation

U.S. grains: Soybeans rise on China demand hopes; corn and wheat rebound

U.S. livestock: Hogs rebound, cattle hit upward limits

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