Country Crossroads & Farming Articles

Solange Simard of St. Lazare was the winner of the GX94 Star Search contest.

St. Lazare teen wins Star Search competition

Singing since she was a child, high school student Solange Simard’s talent stands out

By Darrell Nesbitt October 24, 2018

Growing up in a talented musical family, a St. Lazare teenager did herself and her community proud upon winning the GX94 Star Search contest this summer. Solange Simard, the 16-year-old daughter of Rene and Tanya Simard, was named the winner of the Yorkton radio station’s event, with the finals held as part of the Yorkton

Other, Our History

Lands for sale on easy terms

Our History: October 1886

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff October 24, 2018

If you were looking to start farming in 1886, there was plenty of land to choose from in these advertisements in the Oct. issue of the Nor-West Farmer and Manitoba Miller. The Hudson’s Bay Company was offering seven million acres and the Manitoba and North-Western Railway 2.75 million acres. The unnamed author of an article

Stephanie Colli capped off a stellar season within the Heartland Rodeo Association at the 2018 Finals in Grunthal.

Country Crossroads, Local news

Hamiota cowgirl sets sights on world championship

One of two Canadians competing among world’s top 60 breakaway ropers in Las Vegas

By Darrell Nesbitt October 23, 2018

Four years ago, Stephanie Colli of Hamiota suffered a rodeo accident while competing in Alberta. She injured her neck and shoulder, resulting in the paralysis of some of the muscles in her back and right shoulder. Against all odds, the 28-year-old has battled back. Coming off a stellar 2018 season of Heartland Rodeo Association (HRA)

Did you know?, News

Box it up

Researchers say ‘control boxes’ could limit nitrate run-off  from tile drains

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff October 23, 2018

Tile drainage is a boon in a wet spring but it can also increase nitrate run-off into nearby waterways and eventually lakes and even the ocean. The answer, when the problem was first discovered in the 1980s, was to develop “edge of field” practices, keeping saturated strips of natural landscape near streams to remove nitrates,

Put a lid on food waste to help the environment and your bank account.

Other, Recipe Swap

Food waste in Canada and our role at home

Just how much food is thrown away in Canada? Probably far more than you think

By Getty Stewart October 19, 2018

In Canada, as much as 40 per cent of our food is wasted. This waste happens at every step of the food chain, from fields to processing plants, to retail outlets to our homes. A study by Gooch et al in 2010 for Value Chain Management Report, showed consumers are the worst contributors of all,

Country Crossroads, Other

Getting David Austin rose plants ready for the cold

Now comes the real challenge of growing these plants — preparing them for a Manitoba winter

By Albert Parsons October 19, 2018

Gardeners sometimes take on the challenge of growing a plant that is way outside their climate zone rating. We want to see if we can grow the plant and winter it successfully, or because the plant is so spectacular it is worth the extra effort required to care for it and protect it. Such plants

Junior sulky winner Justin McKee with Art Gibson on his specially built cart for teaching how to plow safely.

Country Crossroads, Other

Keeping on the straight and narrow

Plowing may have seen its day for commercial farming, but interest in the age-old skill lives on

By Joan Airey October 17, 2018

The 2018 Manitoba Plowing Championships were held the last weekend in September on the Tom and Jean Ryall farm west of Rivers, with sunny skies greeting participants and onlookers. After been disbanded in the early 1960s the Manitoba Plowing Society was revived by a group of enthusiasts in 2006, and interest has increased since. In

Graduate student Jorge Venegas inspects wheat-breeding lines, University of Nebraska greenhouse.

Did you know?, News

Pumping iron

This research project aims to boost iron in wheat varieties

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff October 17, 2018

Biofortified wheat could certainly make it easier to help some humans get proper nutrition. Biofortification is the process of naturally increasing the nutritional value of a crop. Unlike fortification, which might add a mineral like iron directly to something like bread dough, the goal of biofortification is to have the wheat naturally contain more iron.

Other, Our History

Grain toll proposed for St. Lawrence Seaway

Our History: October 1958

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff October 17, 2018

Farmers’ returns were a theme running through our issues in October 1958. In the main front-page story in the Oct. 9 issue, we reported that the three Prairie pools had raised concerns with Prime Minister John Diefenbaker about the prospect of tolls on grain going through the newly opened St. Lawrence Seaway. Their brief said

cartoon image of a family seated at a table

Other, The Jacksons

Andrew Jackson, ‘the usual’

The Jacksons from the October 11, 2018 issue of the Manitoba Co-operator

By Rollin Penner October 15, 2018

Andrew Jackson pulled on his worn and weathered cowboy boots, grabbed a random hat from the shelf, zipped up his fall jacket and opened the front door to go out. He turned at the last moment and yelled back into the house. “If anyone needs me I’ll be at the café!” Rose’s voice called back

Daily Network News

Huge crops in South America says analyst

U.S. livestock: ‘Cattle on feed’ report supports prices

U.S. grains: Wheat trades near contract lows under ample global supply

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