Cadmium in Surface Soils 49 116 56 116 Calgary Edmonton 110 Saskatoon Regina 102 ppm Winnipeg Cd < 2mm fraction 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 94 1273 samples 56 94 49 Cadmium may be present in Manitoba’s soil, but plant-breeding research and other strategies are keeping it out of our food. Soft, bluish white,
Local Food May Have A Downside
Horse ID To Be Required For Killing Plants
For horse owners whose list of acceptable options for getting rid of a surplus horse might include a dinner plate as a final destination, then the Canadian Food Inspection Agency would like you to know that the rules have changed. As of Jan. 31, 2010, equine owners intending to sell animals directly or indirectly to
Horse Meat Industry In Decline
Pat Houde, a longtime horse buyer from Elm Creek, said he believes the liability for equine carcasses that are condemned for meat use should rest with the original seller whose name is on the declaration. “I’m not liable. The person I buy it off is liable,” he said. “If I buy it off of you
Dogs, Donkeys Best For Protecting Sheep
“They’ll start howling to the north so the dogs run north, then they slip into the feedlot in the back.” – ED HUNTER Given the economics of sheep and goats, a lot more people would be in the business if there was a surefire way to keep four-legged terrorists at bay. Norman Roziere, a longtime
More Than One Way To Learn
suPPlied Photo It all started with a pig. The pig, a gift from his father, was fed to market weight and then sold. Most kids his age would have spent the money on foolishness, but the young Kevin Hruska sunk his newfound wealth into a router and woodworking tools. With the router, he then made
Langruth Rancher Takes Beef To The Legislature
For the price of two cows that he took to a local abattoir and got made into hamburger, Langruth rancher Kerry Arksey got a lot of ink – and an audience with the provincial agriculture minister. After his quiet, one-man protest at the Manitoba legislature Jan. 26, where he handed out free beef in exchange
Doing It Right, The Small-Scale Way
“It’s just a matter of putting the four bunks down, putting the rails in, and then just levelling it.” – DARYL NEUSTATER There’s a trick to every trade, so they say. For low-impact logging, that’s especially true. Put a chainsaw into the hands of the average Canadian, and depending upon how much he or she
Think About The Things You Do, Urges Popp
“But a tractor wasn’t enough. If you don’t have front-wheel assist, you’re pretty much a nobody, right?” – JOHN POPP Walking around at Ag Days, it’s easy to be dazzled by the gleaming, new equipment. But the road to ruin in the cattle business is littered with the broken dreams of those who fell under
Organic No-Till Pioneer Explains Strategy
When Jeff Moyer, farm manager of the Rodale Institute, started cutting back on tillage out of concern for the long-term health of the soil on the institute’s 330-acre research farm in southeast Pennsylvania, he faced a predictable result. Weeds – and lots of them. “Year after year, our weed pressure was building until it was
BIMAT Maps Potential Green Gold Mines
“In Canada, we’ve always said that we’re going to use grain-based ethanol and biodiesel from canola as a bridge to get the market started. Longterm, we want to look at sustainable biomass conversion.” – MARK STUMBORG How long the world’s supplies of oil and gas will hold out is anybody’s guess. Some experts say the
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