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After a barnburner of a 40th anniversary show last year, Ag Days is going to be focusing on young farmers for 2018.
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Forty… plus one

Manitoba Ag Days rolls into Year 41 with a celebration of young farmers

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You’ve turned the Big 4-0, you’ve had the big celebratory splash with all your besties and it was one heck of a party… so… now what? Well, if you’re the organizing crew at the 2018 Manitoba Ag Days, you get right back in the saddle and build off your very successful 40th Manitoba Ag Days
Paul and Larissa Koshel spend their winters feeding birds and summers operating their market garden and saskatoon U-pick on their 125-acre farm purchased five years ago. It’s a good place to raise their three daughters, Ella, 10, Rhea, nine, and Kira, seven, says the couple. Paul’s father, Harry, 91, also lives with the family.
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Neepawa couple committed to prairie rehabilitation

Paul and Larissa Koshel are the Whitemud Watershed Conservation District’s 2017 Conservation Award winners for their work restoring a small plot of native prairie plus a three-acre wetland

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When a small farm came up for sale east of town in 2012 Paul and Larissa Koshel jumped at the chance to buy it. The couple was living in the town of Neepawa at the time, having moved down from The Pas in 2006 for Paul’s job as a school teacher at Gladstone and Larrisa’s
Don Campbell relays the peaks and valleys he had to navigate while starting up an emerging aerial application company using drones. Campbell was one of several speakers during a precision agriculture workshop in Southport.
Crops, Local news

Precision agriculture takes to wing at Southport

Precision agriculture has both sky-high potential and some very down-to-earth obstacles

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When it comes to precision agriculture, there is no such thing as too much quality data — assuming you have the software and internet connection to process it. Southport hosted a precision ag discussion and drew farm consultants, service providers and producers Dec. 12 for its second workshop. “It’s gone from satellite, really huge zones,
Local news, Machinery

Is it time to revisit ISO?

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Different equipment brands work together better in Europe than in North America, according to one presenter at Southport’s second precision agriculture workshop Dec. 12. Jeff Ziegler of precision ag firm Trimble says North America is years behind Europe in adopting ISO international standards on equipment compatibility. Those standards (commonly referred to as ISOBUS) were rolled
Equipment dealers pitch to potential new customers during the 2017 Hog Days in Brandon Dec. 14.
Hogs, Local news

Hog Days celebrated in Brandon

Dec. 14 marked the return of Manitoba’s Hog and Livestock Days, a biennial show highlighting the pork sector

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It was all about the pigs in Brandon. Manitoba’s Hog and Live­stock Days, more commonly known as Hog Days, returned to the Keystone Centre Dec. 14. The biennial show was last held in 2015. The pork-specific trade show was up about 25 exhibitors, bringing participation up to 135 booths. “In two years, a lot of
Local projects for multi-beneficial water management were cited by staff with Seine-Rat River Conservation District speaking at the 42nd annual Manitoba Conservation Districts Association convention in December.
Local news

CDs cite need for multi-benefit water control projects

Flood preparations alone won’t buy a litre of drought protection, 
say MCDA speakers


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Will there be flooding? Will there be drought? Planning for both is essential to help ward off the financial hits these weather extremes bring, speakers at last month’s Manitoba Conservation Districts Association convention said. In the Seine-Rat River Conservation District (SRRCD) they’re looking at ways to be ready for whatever climate change brings, and to
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MAAS awards three lifetime memberships

A lifetime of effort has earned the nominees this recognition


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The Manitoba Association of Agriculture Societies (MAAS) has honoured three Manitobans with lifetime memberships for their commitment to their local agriculture society and agriculture as a whole. Jim Knox and Huntley Knox, both of Miami, and Yvonne Jansen of Cypress River received the nod in December. Jim Knox was born and raised in Miami and
Crown land administration to be overhauled
Livestock, Local news

Crown land administration to be overhauled

The province says the process will become more open and transparent

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The provincial government is revamping its administration of Crown lands, something the provincial agriculture minister says will ensure compliance with the New West Partnership Agreement. Ralph Eichler announced the changes in a media release this week, saying they will make the process more transparent for farmers and ranchers. “Modernizing access to agricultural Crown lands helps
Young Maize Corn Crops Leaves in Field
Crops, Local news

Commodity groups release merger report

The next step is garnering enough support amongst the rank-and-file members

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Five Manitoba crop commodity groups have released a report detailing their plan to create one overarching association. The Dec. 14 report is full of details on how they will form one association by Aug. 1, 2019 — if members approve it at their annual meetings in February 2019. But right now the Manitoba Wheat and
Cereals, Local news

Three acclaimed to MWBGA board

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There will be two new faces around the Manitoba Wheat and Barley Growers Association (MWBGA) board table. MWBGA completed its election process through this fall and early winter and Boris Michaleski of Ashville and Rauri Qually of Dacotah join returning director and current chair Fred Greig of Reston. The three farmers were acclaimed. Michaleski and

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