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Alpha Technologies Inc.’s pilots have more than 20 years’ experience flying drones and are looking to provide surveillance services for Manitoba producers.
Crops, Local news

Simplifying producer access to drone data

A Winnipeg technology company will soon be offering drone surveillance services

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So you want to utilize drone technology on your operation but aren’t sure where to start? A Winnipeg tech company may have an option for you. Alpha Technologies is looking to offer unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) surveillance services. “What we are working on is offering very accurate ground assessment as far as altitude, height and
After 20 years, grain transportation still dominates debate at Fields on Wheels
Cereals, Local news

After 20 years, grain transportation still dominates debate at Fields on Wheels

The more things change the more they stay the same, but the grain system has made huge gains, says Mark Hemmes

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Canada’s grain sector has seen momentous changes since the first Fields on Wheels conference 20 years ago. But debating grain transportation policy still tops the agenda. As the annual event’s 20th anniversary was celebrated Dec. 2, speakers offered wildly contrasting views of how the grain transportation is performing and what it needs for the future.
Local news

Barry Prentice never expected to see so much change to Western Canada’s grain sector

Now he wonders if we’re prepared for climate change

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A lot has changed since the first Fields on Wheels conference was held in 1995, Barry Prentice, professor in the department of supply chain management at the University of Manitoba’s I.H. Asper School of Business said as he opened the 20th annual Fields on Wheels meeting in Winnipeg Dec. 2. CN Rail was still a
Manitoba Soil Science Society member Marla Riekman carefully encases in resin the tiny layers of Newdale Clay Loam she and colleague 
John Heard scoop into metal findings to create a unique series of jewelry made with Manitoba’s provincial soil.
Country Crossroads, Local news

Handmade jewelry tells the story of Manitoba’s provincial soil

For the past five years members of Manitoba Soil Science Society have created the unique pendant/keychains, earrings, bracelets and rings with the distinct tricoloured soil of Newdale Clay Loam

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Soil is sometimes called the earth’s skin. Why not wear a little of it next to our own and tell others about it? That was the idea that came to Manitoba agronomist and then Manitoba Soil Science Society (MSSS) president Kim Brown-Livingston around the time Manitoba declared its own provincial soil — Newdale Clay Loam
VIDEO: Down to earth jewelry made in Manitoba
Country Crossroads, Local news

VIDEO: Down to earth jewelry made in Manitoba

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Manitoba Soil Sciences Society members have been using Newdale Clay Loam to make a series of pendants/keychains, bracelets, earrings and rings since Manitoba proclaimed it the provincial soil in 2010. MSSS members Marla Riekman and John Heard explain how the idea originated, how the jewelry is made, and the intent behind the ongoing initiative. All
Manitoba government remains committed to Port of Churchill and rail line
Local news

Manitoba government remains committed to Port of Churchill and rail line

Steve Ashton is confident good times will return to Canada’s Arctic port

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The Manitoba government isn’t prepared to let the Port of Churchill and the railway that serves it die, says Minister of Infrastructure and Transportation Steve Ashton. And he’s confident the federal government isn’t either. Ashton said he met with his federal counterpart Marc Garneau in Ottawa as well as Winnipeg South Liberal MP Terry Duguid
Manitoba to adopt cap and trade
Local news, Weather

Manitoba to adopt cap and trade

The province is offering to work with farm organizations to reduce farm emissions

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A cap-and-trade system for carbon emissions is a key pillar of a new plan to reduce the province’s greenhouse gas emissions. Premier Greg Selinger made the announcement last week, outlining a plan to cut greenhouse gases by one-third by the year 2030, while also promising to create 6,000 “new green jobs” in the next four
Local news, Weather

Farmers and climate change policy

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The Manitoba government’s climate change plan has laid out some new priorities for agriculture in the province including a promise to partner with Keystone Agricultural Producers and the National Farmers Union. The goals include: Building resiliency by expanding the focus of Environmental Farm Plan-related programming from assessment of agri-environmental risks towards building resiliency against adverse weather
The annual Hog Days industry trade fair took place at the Keystone Centre in Brandon on December 2.
Hogs, Local news

Optimism returns to the hog business

Producers were eyeing up labour-saving technology 
at this year’s Manitoba Hog Days

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The co-ordinator for Manitoba Hog Days says attendance at this year’s event reflects a growing sense of optimism in the industry. “This year’s event was well attended and one of the best-attended events we have had in recent years,” said Ron Bazylo, business development specialist for swine with Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development and

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