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Nyssa Guilbert is a student at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine and Guy Hobman Award winner.
Faces of ag, Farmit Manitoba

The draw of rural vet practice

Faces of Ag: Nyssa Guilbert is the first Manitoban student to receive the Guy Hobman Award

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With her love of rural life and penchant for the problem solving needed to treat many types and sizes of animals, Manitoba-born veterinary student Nyssa Guilbert says she hopes to work in a country practice once she graduates. “It’s just kind of like what I’ve always known and what I’ve always loved,” said the Anola-area
Hemp expert Anndrea Hermann on her farm near Kleefeld, Man., with the fruit of her translation efforts, a hemp-based children’s book.
Faces of ag, News

‘Trallala’ takes hemp expert on magical journey 

Anndrea Hermann’s fascination with hemp led her from Missouri to Manitoba, where she jumped into a fledgling industry

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[UPDATE: July 12, 2023] A little hempseed named Trallala is sitting on her plant when an elderly cat named Max passes beneath and tells her about a mysterious field of singing flowers. She pleads with the black and white feline to take her there. Adventure follows as Trallala travels across “Hempworld” farm, meeting friends and learning everything
John Heard at the Crop Diagnostic School in 2022.
Faces of ag, Farmit Manitoba

Happy trails: Award-winning soil scientist retires

Faces of Ag: After 27 years with Manitoba Agriculture, the respected soil fertility specialist has retired

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At the retirement party for her colleague, John Heard, Manitoba Agriculture soil management specialist Marla Riekman has a recurring memory. “One of the phrases that I often fear hearing is, ‘Hey, Marla,’” she said jokingly. “John is a man of great ideas, especially when it comes to extension work, something he’s so passionate about. He
Erin and Jason Boily say activities on their ranch help pass values to their kids and also aids their Métis community.
Faces of ag, Livestock

Bison in the blood

Faces of Ag: Erin and Jason Boily started a bison cow-calf operation from scratch before the pandemic forced them to pivot

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The plan was to grow slowly. When Erin and Jason Boily of Iron Head Bison Ranch bought the farmstead that once belonged to his grandparents, they took a year to tear down old fences, put up new ones, clear brush and generally lay the groundwork for their bison herd. When their first animals arrived in
One project a new professor at the U of M’s Department of Animal Science worked on with Lactanet was to gather and examine dairy cattle data to determine which practices promote and which practices restrict milk production.
Faces of ag, Farmit Manitoba

Bridging the gap for livestock data

Face of Ag: New professor says data science can provide significant value to animal science

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A new professor at the University of Manitoba aims to turn data into dollars for Manitoba livestock producers. Gabriel Dallago has joined the Department of Animal Science as an assistant professor in digital livestock production. Dallago describes his research as being somewhere between animal and computer sciences. “What I do fits within that whole idea
Colin and Cheryl Bialkoski farm with his family near Rossburn, Man.
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A match made in heaven

Faces of Ag: Conservation and organic farming go hand in hand for Rossburn couple

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A Rossburn-area couple says a decision to conserve 50 acres of land flows naturally from their organic farming mindset. “You should be trying to align yourself with nature rather than working against it,” Colin Bialkoski said. He and his wife, Cheryl, farm organic grains with his parents and their family. In fall 2022, they signed
Long-time rodeo clown and announcer Gordon Mark has blazed a trail through the rodeo scene in Manitoba and throughout Western Canada.
Faces of ag, Farmit Manitoba, Other

Comedy and cowboys: The voice of rodeo wit

Faces of Ag: Gordon Mark’s career has run the gamut from competitor to a storied rodeo clown and now, an announcer

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Gordon Mark has fond memories of the grandstands in Miami, Man. It was here that a younger Mark surged into the arena astride a horse, twirling a rope overhead. He may even have won some prize money at this small town in south-central Manitoba. It was also here that Mark was hired for one of
Digvir Jayas (left) at the University of Manitoba’s Glenlea Research Station, and Ashok Sarkar (right) at the pilot flour mill at Cereals Canada’s Winnipeg location.
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Two shining stars of Manitoba’s agriculture 

Faces of Ag: The Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame honoured two Manitobans for their contributions to agriculture

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The list of new inductees to the Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame includes two Manitoba men. Digvir Jayas and Ashok Sarkar were noted for the innovation and leadership provided to Canada’s agricultural landscape. Why it matters: Every year, Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame accepts nominations based on an individual’s outstanding contributions to the agricultural and
Filiz Koskel, recipient of the Terry G. Falconer Memorial Rh Institute Foundation Emerging Researcher Award in the Applied Sciences.
Faces of ag, Farmit Manitoba

Playing with food never gets old

FACES OF AG | Filiz Koskel continues a family tradition of working in food and agriculture

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A Manitoba researcher specializing in plant proteins has won an award for emerging researchers. Filiz Koskel was one recipient of the Terry G. Falconer Memorial Award from the Winnipeg Rh Institute, aimed at rewarding early-career researchers. She is a food science researcher at the Food and Human Nutritional Sciences Department at the University of Manitoba
Sandra Duchak has volunteered with the Gainsborough 4-H club for 42 years.
Faces of ag, Farmit Manitoba, Other

Portage la Prairie 4-H leader recognized for 42 years’ service

Faces of Ag: Sandra Duchak chipped in to keep her kids’ club afloat. Decades later, she’s still finding joy in helping kids find their voice, confidence

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The adage is the average person is more afraid of public speaking than death. Sandra Duchak was no exception when she started volunteering with the Gainsborough 4-H club 42 years ago. Before long all four of her kids were in the club, and all of them had communications projects to do. She had to up

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