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P.E.I.’s incumbent ag critic, minister returned in election

By GFM Network News, Gfm Staff April 26, 2019

Prince Edward Island’s incumbent agriculture minister and lead opposition critic both held onto their seats in Tuesday’s election but will return to a much different legislative assembly. Dennis King’s opposition Progressive Conservatives captured 12 of 26 available districts to win a minority government. Peter Bevan-Baker’s Greens move up into official opposition with eight seats and

Livestock

Alberta ag minister Carlier downed in UCP win

By GFM Network News, Gfm Staff April 17, 2019

Alberta’s incumbent agriculture minister was among the casualties as Jason Kenney’s United Conservative Party defeated Rachel Notley’s New Democrats in Tuesday night’s provincial election. Oneil Carlier, the provincial NDP government’s minister of agriculture and forestry since May 2015 and deputy government house leader since February 2016, was unseated in his riding of Lac Ste. Anne-Parkland

Grapes and cheese on skewers. A fun way to serve fruit and cheese while also controlling portion size.

Recipe Swap

Snacks and lunches to go

Spring can be a busy time so try these quick and nutritious food ideas

By Getty Stewart March 29, 2019

Spring break marks the home stretch for school and the start of spring farm work. For us home cooks, this means making more lunches and snacks to go. Keeping your kids and farmers fuelled with good food will help them function at their best and prevent fatigue, constipation, energy crashes and dehydration. For the best

Crops, News

Crop insurance deadline coming up

Crop dollar values are generally slightly higher, while premiums on average are down seven per cent

By Allan Dawson March 22, 2019

The deadline for making crop insurance changes for the coming season, or enrolling for the first time, is nearly here. The March 31 deadline is a Sunday this year so Manitoba farmers have until Monday, April 1, says David Van Deynze, vice-president of insurance operations at the Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation (MASC), which administers the

Cold weather can cause your appetite to go into overdrive.

Recipe Swap

Does freezing weather increase the calories we burn?

Our environmental conditions can definitely affect our metabolism

By Julie Garden-Robinson March 15, 2019

When I arrived at work, the temperature was 14 C. At this temperature, the students on campus ordinarily would have packed away their winter coats, scarves, hats, mittens and boots. They are wearing shorts and flip-flops. Unfortunately, 14 C was the temperature in my office. The outdoor temperature was at least 35° colder, so my

Part of Travis Heide’s motivation for converting a large farm to organics is the fact that many people don’t believe it can be done.

Crops

Too big to be true?

Can really large organic farms stay true to the spirit of the sector?

By Gord Gilmour February 26, 2019

Travis Heide knows many look at One Organic Farms in Waldron, Saskatchewan and wonder if it’s really an organic farm. The question isn’t whether it technically qualifies — the farm meets all the required standards and ticks all the right boxes. It’s whether it hews to the spirit of organic farming, long known as a

Planning ahead will help your farm, but part of that planning should be for the unknown and unexpected.

Crops

Adopt, adapt, improve to help ensure crop success

Your management strategy will likely only last until your first brush with Mother Nature

By Angela Lovell February 19, 2019

Farming is all about adapting the plan of attack in the face of ever-changing conditions. The right mix of equipment and new fertilizer technologies can help when it comes to making these on-the-fly adjustments, according to two Manitoba agronomists. Brunel Sabourin, owner of Antara Agronomy Services and Taralea Simpson, of Shur-Gro Farm Services, explained how

Manitoba potato growers say a wet and cold fall is causing issues with storages this winter.

Local news

Spud growers battling storage woes

A wet and cold fall saw some potatoes dug and stored at less than optimal conditions

By Alexis Stockford February 11, 2019

A tough harvest is translating into a challenging storage season for Manitoba potato growers. It’s especially frustrating because growers were looking at a bumper crop, forecast to be the third-largest harvest on record. But they were denied that by rains that delayed harvest and hard frosts that hit in mid-October causing ground to freeze as

Crops, News

Potato growers battling storage woes

A wet and cold fall saw some potatoes dug and stored at less than optimal conditions

By Alexis Stockford February 6, 2019

A tough harvest is translating into a challenging storage season for Manitoba potato growers. It’s especially frustrating because growers were looking at a bumper crop, forecast to be the third largest harvest on record. But they were denied that by rains that delayed harvest and hard frosts that hit in mid-October causing ground to freeze

Manitoba typically produces approximately 22 million cwt of potatoes each year.

Crops, Local news

Manitoba poised to replace P.E.I. as potato king

Simplot’s expanded Portage potato-processing plant will put Manitoba at the top of the heap

By Allan Dawson February 5, 2019

Bud the Spud will soon see less of Prince Edward Island’s bright-red mud and more of Manitoba’s sandy loam. The Keystone province is set to overtake the “Garden of the Gulf” as Canada’s biggest potato producer. Last February J.R. Simplot announced it was doubling the size of its potato-processing plant in Portage la Prairie. The

Daily Network News

FCC-led coalition to invest $5 billion into agriculture innovation

Only small adjustments in latest USDA supply/demand estimates

New federal funding to open for agriculture, agri-food market diversification

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