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Manitoba ag business hit with workplace safety fine

By Gfm Staff September 27, 2019

Convey-All Industries Inc. will be paying out over $50,000 in workplace health and safety penalties. The Winkler-based business pled guilty to “failing to develop safe work procedures,” after a worker’s hand was pulled into a roll former used to shape corrugated metal in June 2016. The province announced the ruling in a release Sept. 13.

PED is a potentially devastating disease and can cause 80 to 100 per cent of piglet losses.

Hogs, Local news, News

Precautions urged as PED outbreak enters fall manure-spreading season

Producers are getting ready to begin fall spreading, but some manure lagoons will need extra precautions as the province’s PED numbers climb

By Alexis Stockford September 27, 2019

Manitoba’s latest battle with PED has put a new focus on biosecurity as fall manure spreading gets underway. The province suffered another spate of PED confirmations this month. The Chief Veterinary Office (CVO) had confirmed 78 cases as of Sept. 20, with the last confirmed Sept. 13. Eight of those cases have been added since

Sam Connery-Nichol in one of her strawberry fields near Portage.

Faces of ag, Farmit Manitoba, Local news, News

Family is everything for young vegetable farmer

Faces of Ag: Since taking over the farm, Sam Connery-Nichol’s family has expanded to include her staff and 40 to 60 temporary foreign workers

By Geralyn Wichers September 24, 2019

Sam Connery-Nichol’s truck is a grey Chevy Silverado with over 600,000 kilometres on it and rust around the wheel wells. She could probably get a new vehicle — one that’s easier to park in town — but she refuses to let this one go. It was her dad’s truck. Jeff Connery died in 2012 shortly

Local news, News

Regenerative agriculture event to return to Brandon

Window closing on 'early bird' price regenerative ag conference tickets

By Alexis Stockford September 23, 2019

The Manitoba Forage and Grassland Association isn’t resting on its laurels after last year’s two-day dive into regenerative agriculture. The production philosophy believes farm practices should build the environment and soil health rather than just maintain them, and will once again be the topic this fall when the MFGA launches its second regenerative agriculture forum.

Clubroot spores infect canola roots and produce galls that prevent plants for taking up moisture and nutrients.

Crops, Local news, Oilseeds

What does the new resistance-evading clubroot mean for Manitoba canola growers?

A new clubroot strain not controlled by canola varieties with traditional  resistance genes has been found in Manitoba, but farmers can still keep this  potentially devastating in check by being proactive

By Allan Dawson September 23, 2019

The discovery in south-central Manitoba of a new clubroot strain not controlled by traditional resistant canola varieties underscores the need to be proactive in keeping clubroot spore numbers low enough so they don’t damage canola crops. The 3A clubroot pathotype was found in a field in the RM of Pembina, Manitoba Agriculture posted on its

Manitoba farmers, particularly the hog industry, are often blamed for water quality issues on Lake Winnipeg, but the truth is the problem is complex and multi-jurisdictional.

Local news, News

The problem with phosphorus

Lake Winnipeg is suffering from phosphorus overload, but agriculture is just one contributor

By Alexis Stockford September 20, 2019

Lake Winnipeg has a phosphorus problem. That’s not a controversial statement. But what can spark plenty of arguments is just what’s causing the problem. One of the handiest targets has long been local agriculture in general, and the province’s hog sector in particular. The hog sector and provincial government both claim the sector faces some

“The marsh is not a marsh right now. It is a muddy water waste hole.” – Steve Strang, Red River Basin Commission.

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Red tape sees marsh renewal project delayed

A pilot project would begin to restore the Netley-Libau marsh, which once filtered harmful nutrients out of the water flowing into Lake Winnipeg

By Geralyn Wichers September 20, 2019

A pilot project to revitalize the “kidney” of Lake Winnipeg will be delayed until next year due to red tape, the project committee announced August 30. “Every day that passes by is a day the Netley Marsh (which is the largest coastal wetlands in North America) could begin its journey back to being a healthy

Local news, News

U of M researcher recognized for revolutionary work in grain storage

Digvir Jayas changed industry understanding of grain storage worldwide, U of M president says

By University of Manitoba September 20, 2019

A University of Manitoba researcher will be recognized for work that revolutionized grain storage, the school said September 17. Digvir Jayas, vice-president (research and international) at the U of M, has received the 2019 Sir John William Dawson Medal from the Royal Society of Canada. The biennial award is “for important and sustained contributions in

Clare (left) and Jill (right) Martens farm cattle and seed crops with their dad and uncle near Boissevain.

Faces of ag, Farmit Manitoba, Local news, Other

Sister pair empowered by family to be women in ag

Faces of Ag: Sisters Jill and Clare Martens are tackling farm management and what it means to be a woman farmer in 2019

By Geralyn Wichers September 17, 2019

There’s a sign in one of the Martens family’s farm buildings that says “Jacob Martens and Sons.” “It’s kind of like an icon in my mind of what has changed in one generation,” said Clare Martens, 25. “Now it could say ‘Ben Martens and Daughters.’” Clare and sister Jill, 22, farm alongside their dad and

Producers tour Western Winter Wheat Initiative and Ducks Unlimited plots at Carberry’s crop diversification centre this July. The groups hoped to demonstrate the impact of balanced fertility through the plots this year.

Crops, Local news

Rains bring relief for winter wheat seeding

Winter wheat is ready to go, but the fields slated for the cereal may not be ready

By Alexis Stockford September 12, 2019

Recent rains have brightened the outlook for winter wheat, assuming farmers can get on the drill. Western Winter Wheat Initiative agronomist Ken Gross said conditions are ideal for the crop’s first flush, despite the dry conditions that have plagued Manitoba this growing season. “As far as getting winter wheat into the ground, it may be

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Women who fed a nation

U.S. grains: Soybeans rise on China demand hopes; corn and wheat rebound

U.S. livestock: Hogs rebound, cattle hit upward limits

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Manitoba ag business hit with workplace safety fine

Precautions urged as PED outbreak enters fall manure-spreading season

Family is everything for young vegetable farmer

Regenerative agriculture event to return to Brandon

What does the new resistance-evading clubroot mean for Manitoba canola growers?

The problem with phosphorus

Red tape sees marsh renewal project delayed

U of M researcher recognized for revolutionary work in grain storage

Sister pair empowered by family to be women in ag

Rains bring relief for winter wheat seeding

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