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Northern Quinoa aiming for 100,000 acres

Quinoa growers wanted — with the right location and right rotation

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Get ready to see more quinoa waving in the Prairie breeze. Saskatchewan-based Northern Quinoa Corp. is preparing to increase its acres nearly twentyfold over the next three years. The company has about 5,250 acres of the ancient grain under contract this summer, but it would like to see 100,000 acres across Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba
canola field
Local news, Oilseeds

Cool down canola ASAP to prevent spoilage

With the recent heat wave farmers need to be even more vigilant with their canola

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All canola should be conditioned shortly after it goes in the bin. Canola that goes into the bin hot is at much higher risk of spoilage and conditioning will reduce the grain temperature. It will also help dry down dockage, which may have higher moisture content than the seed. Note that straight-combined canola may have
“We see the public as somewhat more sympathetic towards the industry now, I’m not saying they’re 100 per cent supportive, they still have questions, they still have concerns, but it’s definitely better now than it was.” – Andrew Dickson
Hogs, Local news

Public more receptive to barn expansion

The Manitoba Pork Council is looking for ways to engage younger audiences

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A new survey on public attitudes towards pork production has found Manitobans still have concerns about construction of new hog barns — but public opinion is going in a positive direction. “We see the public as somewhat more sympathetic towards the industry now, I’m not saying they’re 100 per cent supportive, they still have questions,
Grow Hope farmer Grant Dyck and some of the people who sponsored an acre this past growing season, at the Grow Hope field, as Grant talks to them about their crop.
Crops, Local news

Manitoba Grow Hope project has successful first year

The project raised more than $92,000 for Mennonite Central Committee account in Canadian Foodgrains Bank

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What do you get when you bring together 105 individuals and families, six churches and one company with a farmer? You have the Grow Hope community growing project in Manitoba, an effort to raise funds for the Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) account in Canadian Foodgrains Bank (CFGB). The project, which invited people in the province
Ray McFeetors drives a team of Percherons during an event at Assiniboine Park Zoo.
Livestock, Local news

Heavy horse exhibit comes to Winnipeg zoo

City folk will now have an opportunity to see a piece of Manitoba’s agricultural past at Assiniboine Park Zoo

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The times are indeed changing. Once a necessity for every successful farmer, heavy horses have moved out of the fields and into the Assiniboine Park Zoo. The McFeetors Heavy Horse Centre opened to the public Aug. 28, giving people the chance to get close — but not too close — to four Percherons. Zoo officials
Glen Marshal Findlay 
1940 –
Local news

Agricultural Hall of Fame: Glen Findlay

The Manitoba Agricultural Hall of Fame inducted eight new members 
in July 2015. Here is one of the new inductees

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Glen Findlay was born and raised on the family farm at Shoal Lake, Manitoba, where he also received his early education. He graduated from the University of Manitoba in 1963 with a bachelor of science in agriculture and the Governor’s Gold Medal. In 1964, he received his master of science in animal nutrition. He then
ripening soybeans
Crops, Local news, Weather

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report: Issue 19

Conditions as of September 8, 2015

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Harvest 2015 continued across Manitoba over the past week, but wet weather over the weekend temporarily halted harvest progress. Harvest operations have since resumed in areas that received lower rainfall amounts and where field conditions allowed. Winter wheat seeding is underway in the Central and Eastern Regions of Manitoba. Fall field work, including tillage, baling
STARS celebrated 30 years in operation in May. The program began 
in Calgary in 1985.
Local news

Stranded on an island for a good cause

STARS Rescue on the Island event will soon see a number of well-known Manitoba community members left on an isolated island until they can earn their way home

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Elm Creek producer Colin Penner will leave his tractor cab mid-harvest to be dropped on a remote island hoping he gets enough support from the agricultural community to get home. “It’s not every day you get to participate in a phenomenal fundraiser like this. It does make me nervous to be away during our busy
Local news

STARS heavily reliant on donors

Patients are not required to pay for emergency transport

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Since its conception 30 years ago, STARS has been a not-for-profit organization and in Manitoba, patients do not receive any request for repayment of the cost of their transport. An average flight runs at approximately, $5,400 and a medically equipped helicopter costs $5 million. Funding for the service comes from donations and fundraising, and the
DuPont Pioneer seed dealer Dale Alderson of Intel Seed counts corn kernels to get an estimate of potential yield. As of last week Alderson was cautiously optimistic if all goes well Manitoba farmers could harvest a bumper corn crop this year. But as everyone knows, especially farmers much can happen between now and when the corn is in the bin.
Cereals, Local news

VIDEO: Fingers crossed for a bumper corn crop this harvest

Yield potential is high following nearly ideal growing conditions 
so far this season, but it’s still a long way from the bin

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It’s too soon to call it a bin buster, but Manitoba’s corn crop is poised to be one of the best in a decade. Barring an early frost and with continued good weather the crop could top the 10-year average of 117 bushels per acre, corn experts say. Breaking the record 133 bushels an acre

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