Hunting with whiskey jacks
Canada jays, or whiskey jacks, are bold little deer hunting pals that don’t mind getting close, if it means a piece of the offal or deer fat left over from a successful forest hunt in Manitoba. 
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A sow lounges on her side in a dusty hollow she’s dug for herself. A few piglets nestle up to her belly for a quick snack while the rest of her litter capers around her. She and her neighbour sows are too big to escape their electric-fenced pastures, but the piglets are not. Gangs of
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“It’s good that you didn’t arrive an hour earlier – three rockets just flew in,” says Denys, an agricultural equipment sales manager who meets me in the city of Kropyvnytskyi in central Ukraine. For the first time in five months, since the beginning of the war, I’m going on a field trip. Throughout the 10
August 8, 2022Two shining stars of Manitoba’s agriculture
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
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A mass of writhing maggots feasting on decomposing organic matter isn’t the most appetizing mental image. In fact, for most people, the role of the fly in the circle of life is probably best not thought of while eating. But for one Danish firm, the black soldier fly belongs in the food system and is
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