Researchers at the University of Manitoba and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada are developing a new app that will make it easier for farmers to practise integrated pest management (IPM). The free, user-friendly app, which should be available in 2018, incorporates three separate tools for pest identification, forecasting and crop management. The pest ID tool is
App will identify bugs and outbreaks in real time
Farmers and agronomists sought for testing app that will allow reporting and tracking of insect outbreaks
Domestic demand for lamb is on the rise
But domestic production is static and processing capacity is declining
Prices generally for commercial and purebred lambs were up a little bit from last year, say organizers of this year’s Manitoba Sheep Association Show and Sale held at Carberry on August 28 and 29. For commercial lambs, pens of five averaged $197.50 per head, and for pens of two the average price was $214 per
Ag More Than Ever trumpets farming opportunities and optimism
FCC surveys have found 80 per cent of farmers expect to be better off in five years but urban residents often have a negative view
Ag More Than Ever will have its own booth at this year’s Ag Days and it will be manned in part by volunteer representatives drawn from its 240 industry partners, which include farms; associations and groups; private- and public-sector organizations and companies; and media and trade shows and events. “Ag More Than Ever is anAg Days: Early birds get high-level briefings
Manitoba Ag Days is where the ag year begins not just for producers, but for the many manufacturers and industry participants who attend the show. For 11 years, the Agri-Marketing Centre has provided them with business services and resources, such as the complementary Internet café, meeting lounge, export planning, sector/market profiles, and informational breakfast forums.
Ag Days makes it easy to build a safer farm workplace
This year’s Farm Safety Zone offers short safety awareness presentations, incentive programs and even a new app for improving workplace safety
Take Time to Farm Safely is the theme of this year’s Farm Safety Zone at Manitoba Ag Days. SAFE Farms, Manitoba Hydro, Manitoba Farm & Rural Support Services, Manitoba Farmers with Disabilities, and Prairie Mountain Health are among the Farm Safety Zone partners. Manitoba Hydro will feature two of its recent farm safety programs. The
Farmer inventions showcased at Manitoba Ag Days
Along with new products from ag companies, the popular Inventor’s Showcase also features farmer-created innovations ranging from a mud scraper to a PTO-driven water pump
Want to know what innovative farmers have been cooking up in their shops? Then the Inventor’s Showcase at Ag Days is a must-see. It’s also a chance to see new inventions from ag companies, including some that have never been seen in public before. “There’s quite a number of new products this year that companies
Old favourites and new ideas at Ag Days
This year’s show is bigger than ever, but there’s still a long waiting list of exhibitors wanting to get their wares indoors
Don’t worry too much if you’re all a-twitter at Manitoba Ag Days this year. Social media is now part of the package as Manitoba Ag Days 2014 and show organizers have set up a Twitter account (@MBAgDays) and Facebook page (facebook.com/MBAgDays) this year to provide updates and promote the event. Organizers are also encouraging attendeesThey’re big and unwieldy, but farmers urged not to burn grain bags
A pilot project saw collection depots set up in Pearson, Portage la Prairie and Neepawa, with an eye to establishing a province-wide recycling plan
In addition to being illegal in most provinces, burning used grain storage bags is bad for the environment and anyone downwind. But what do you do with the huge, unwieldy pieces of plastic, which can weigh up to 350 pounds? The bags are an inexpensive way to store grain and on many large operations, more
Storage tips for corn and soybeans
New varieties better adapted for Manitoba’s shorter growing season mean more farmers are growing corn and soybeans for the first time, which means they’ll soon be storing them for the first time. Like any other grain, the key is moisture and temperature control, says grain management specialist Dave Wall of Wall Grain. Grain needs to
4-H alumni step up with greetings
When the Cattle Show Committee at the Royal Manitoba Winter Fair decided to do something to help celebrate the 100th anniversary of 4-H this year, they didn’t expect the response to be quite so overwhelming. Every available inch of the two large birthday cards that were displayed during fair week was filled with signatures of
Cyber-Savvy Farmer
