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Food Fight winners for 2015: (l-r) Glenda Hart, Carly Minish and Cori Poon along with Agriculture Minister Ron Kostyshyn.
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Food developers compete at Food Fight

Ten competitors squared off October 14 for prize money at annual Great Manitoba Food Fight

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Three Manitobans making speciality food products are this year’s prizewinners at the Great Manitoba Food Fight competition held in Winnipeg on October 14. Two women, both originally from the Swan River area, took home the gold and silver prizes. The third-place winner is owner of a Grand Marais company producing birch syrup. Cori Poon of
The Rural Veterinary Task Force (RVTF) held three public consultations last week in Dauphin, Brandon and Stonewall. RVTF members, (l-r) Bertha Russell-Langan, Dr. Paul Schneider, and Merv Starzky.
Livestock, Local news

Task force meets with public about rural vet services

Rural Veterinary Task Force members say there have been a number of industry changes impacting service demands since the previous system review in 2008

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The Rural Veterinary Task Force (RVTF) held public consultations in Dauphin, Brandon and Stonewall last week as a part of an overall review of the provincial service. Task force members include Dr. Paul Schneider, Merv Starzky, and Bertha Russell-Langan. They have met virtually every aspect of the rural veterinary services system, including practising veterinarians, veterinary
Wendy and Walter Cullen were named the 2014 Assiniboine Hills Conservation District Award winners.
Livestock, Local news

Wawanesa-area producer recognized for conservation accomplishments

Conservation district award winners have worked to preserve waterways 
through an off-site watering station and dam construction

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Conservation is a consideration in all the decisions on Walter and Wendy Cullen’s farm beside the Souris River and along the Assiniboine delta aquifer. “Living next to the river has its challenges to say the least, but you have to work with what you’ve got and work with the land instead of fighting against it,”
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Ag Days offers community improvement grants

Deadline for project applications is Nov. 15

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Manitoba Ag Days has launched a community giving program which will provide grants for improvements to local facilities. The initiative builds on its previous education and scholarship programs. “We want to share some of the show’s success with the individuals who make it successful by allowing communities and organizations the opportunity to apply for funds
VIDEO: Titans of the garden: Manitoba’s giant pumpkin growers
Country Crossroads, Local news

VIDEO: Titans of the garden: Manitoba’s giant pumpkin growers

From seed to spectacular, we follow one giant pumpkin grower aiming for top honours at the Roland Pumpkin Fair

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Roland, Man., is one of three Western Canadian sites hosting a Great Pumpkin Commonwealth weigh-off since 1995. In early October, growers bring gigantic homegrown pumpkins for judging in hopes of earning cash prizes and bragging rights with a new record-breaking weight pumpkin. It’s no small undertaking, says Art Cameron, Roland pumpkin grower and chair of the fair. Watch Cameron
Thornhill farmer Theo Allan (left) chairs the non-profit, producer-driven Stanley Soil Management Association while Richard Warkentin is the group’s project manager.
Local news

Five hundred miles of trees — so far

The Stanley Soil Management Association has stood the test of time 
and continues the work it was set up in 1984 to do

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When the soil began to blow south of Winkler this spring, Richard Warkentin knew his phone would ring. It did, almost on cue, as he drove the back roads eyeing dust storms swirling on a mid-April afternoon. “It was a guy wanting to plant trees,” says the long-serving technician and project manager with the Stanley
Manitoba has 23 community pastures that cover 400,000 acres, 80 per cent of which sit on provincial Crown land.
Livestock, Local news

Province to complete transfer of community pastures by next year

The provincial government announced plans to complete the transfer of community pastures 
to the Association of Manitoba Community Pastures by October 2016

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Manitoba’s network of community pastures will be fully transferred out of federal control by October 2016. The Association of Manitoba Community Pastures (AMCP) is currently operating 14 of the province’s 23 community pastures and will take over the remaining nine in the coming year. “Community pastures are an important resource for new and established farmers
Task force examining rural vet services
Livestock, Local news

Task force examining rural vet services

The Rural Veterinary Task Force will be holding three public consultations 
in Dauphin, Brandon and Stonewall beginning on October 20

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Manitobans will soon have the chance to weigh in on how the provincial network of veterinary services is performing as the Rural Veterinary Task Force (RVTF) launches its public consultations later this month. “These meetings are certainly open to anyone. We are hoping to hear from livestock producers, large farms, small farms as well as
A Thanksgiving dinner: Darcy Miller pledged a field of soybeans to cancer research following a bout of colon cancer in 2014.
Crops, Local news

‘Phenomenal’ support for harvest to support cancer research

More than 250 turned out for a Thanksgiving weekend harvest and fundraising dinner

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A pedigreed seed grower from Fortier who started a fundraiser to raise money for cancer research says there was phenomenal support over the Thanksgiving weekend and he hopes other farmers and farm businesses will take up this cause. Miller Agritec Inc. owner Darcy Miller vowed to grow a crop and donate the proceeds while in
As usual, growers have had to 
keep a close eye out for blackbirds.
Crops, Local news

Sunny harvest improves

Sunflower growers have been trying innovative blackbird-repelling techniques

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It’s too soon to know for sure, but early indications are that Manitoba’s sunflower growers will harvest a higher-yielding crop than they have in recent years. “I think it will still be a strong year for yield and I think the quality will be better this year than last year too,” said Troy Turner, an

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