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From left, holding the awards: Laura Schmidt, MPSG extension co-ordinator, Cassandra Tkachuk, MPSG production specialist and applied soybean and pulse research agronomist Kristen MacMillan.

MPSG receives extension awards

Two publications got the nod from the American Society of Agronomy

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff December 31, 2018

Manitoba Pulse & Soybean Growers is celebrating a pair of extension awards from the American Society of Agronomy (ASA). The association’s publication Pulse Beat: The Science Edition won the ASA award in the category of publications: circular, fact sheet, or brochure greater than 16 pages. And the association’s Soybean Staging Guide & Maturity Guide and

Lori and Art Gibson of Neepawa take a packed sleigh for a spin through the homesteaders’ village at the Manitoba Agricultural Museum Dec. 14.

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PHOTOS: A pioneer Christmas

The Manitoba Agricultural Museum hosts this annual event

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff December 21, 2018

The Manitoba Agricultural Museum has been celebrating the Christmas season with its annual Christmas Homesteaders’ Village event at Austin. For more than five years the group celebrates the season with the annual event to give attendees a glimpse into the lives of the early rural pioneers on the weekends leading up to Christmas. For many

Part of Manitoba’s Climate and Green Plan, the $102-million Conservation Trust will fund activities that create, conserve, or enhance natural infrastructure in Manitoba.

Local news, News, Other

A watershed moment — province funds Conservation Trust

When fully capitalized, the fund is expected to generate about $5 million a year for projects and environmental goods and services

By Lorraine Stevenson December 20, 2018

The ink is now dry on Manitoba’s new Conservation Trust agreement, and groups looking to it to support new programs with it should submit letters of intent by January 15. The province signed its agreement December 11, putting in an initial $28-million contribution this month, towards making the $102-million trust it announced in last spring’s

Manitoba Wheat and Barley Growers Association chair Fred Greig says creating crop committees will address concerns raised about directors’ workload and crop representation if five Manitoba commodity groups amalgamate.

Local news, News

Commodity group merger revised

The new proposal will address concerns from farmer-members

By Allan Dawson December 20, 2018

Five Manitoba commodity groups have revised their amalgamation proposal. It now includes four crop committees to address concerns around director workload and crop representation and want members’ input until votes on merging are held in February 2020. “We heard the concerns expressed on the original proposal,” Fred Greig, chair of the Manitoba Wheat and Barley

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Interim delegates, directors and elections explained

By Allan Dawson December 20, 2018

If farmer-members vote to amalgamate the five organizations in 2020, existing directors will become interim delegates on the four crop committees, the Manitoba Commodity Organization Amalgamation Proposal says. That will provide continuity as crop committee delegates are elected over time. Half of the first crop committee delegates will serve a one-year term and the rest

“You give away a little piece here and a little piece there and every country wants that one per cent more than the other.” – Carol Boonstoppel

Dairy cattle, Local news

Spilled milk: Manitoba dairy producers worry for future

The immediate crisis is past but the long-term trends are worrying

By Don Norman December 17, 2018

Manitoba dairy producers who sat down with the Co-operator at the recent Manitoba Dairy Conference don’t look like bargaining chips — but lately that’s exactly what they’ve become. In successive rounds of trade deals they’ve repeatedly lost market share to imports from other jurisdictions, most recently in the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). While they weren’t

Performances by musicians Sierra Noble and Kelly Prescott from a travelling stage car kept the audience warm.

Local news, News

PHOTOS: Holiday train rolls through Manitoba

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff December 13, 2018

The CP Holiday Train is celebrating its 20th season this year, and stops in Whitemouth, Winnipeg, Portage la Prairie, Carberry, Brandon and Virden between Dec. 3 and 5. Dec. 4 the rolling party was in Brandon and photographer Sandy Black stopped by to capture a few images. There was a half-hour musical performance and local

Country Crossroads, Local news, Other

Farm Credit Canada backs industry mental health push

Rooted in Strength — Taking care of our Families and Ourselves booklet is designed to help farmers across the country do just that

By Lorraine Stevenson December 10, 2018

You wouldn’t dream of trying to feed the world on your own, so why carry the weight of the world on your own shoulders?” That’s Cynthia Beck, a suicide intervention responder in Saskatchewan speaking in a series of videos she’s produced for a new Farm Credit Canada resource identifying how to stay mentally healthy when

Commercial greenhouse production in Manitoba has an overall value estimated at $36.6 million to the provincial economy. Direct employment from these operations is estimated at 324 full-time equivalent jobs annually.

Crops, Local news

New report spotlights high-value horticulture

Total value of production from horticultural crops is estimated at roughly $100 million a year

By Lorraine Stevenson December 7, 2018

A new report shows Manitoba’s horticultural producers are punching well above their weight when it comes to contributing to the provincial economy. There are relatively few fruit and vegetable growers, plus those producing sod, other nursery crops such as flowers and trees, and greenhouse operations — yet together their production is worth roughly $100 million

Manitoba communities say any new funding program that involves the federal government will feature more red tape and fewer repaired roads.

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Road Rage: RMs call foul on infrastructure program end

The Municipal Road and Bridge Program will be sorely missed by local governments

By Lorraine Stevenson December 6, 2018

Municipal leaders are up in arms over unexpected provincial cuts to a crucial program that helps pay for road and bridge repairs. A record number of councils backed a resolution condemning the end of the Municipal Road and Bridge Program at the Association of Manitoba Municipalities annual convention last week. The often-spirited discussion could have

Daily Network News

Fine against B.C. ostrich farm dropped on tribunal review

U.S. grains: Soybeans rise on export optimism; corn, wheat nearly flat

U.S. livestock: Chicago cattle and hogs slide back

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MPSG receives extension awards

PHOTOS: A pioneer Christmas

A watershed moment — province funds Conservation Trust

Commodity group merger revised

Interim delegates, directors and elections explained

Spilled milk: Manitoba dairy producers worry for future

PHOTOS: Holiday train rolls through Manitoba

Farm Credit Canada backs industry mental health push

New report spotlights high-value horticulture

Road Rage: RMs call foul on infrastructure program end

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