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This Carolina grasshopper is a common sight on gravel roads but it’s not a threat to your crops.
Crops, Local news, Other

Mistaken identity

Not everything that looks like a pest insect actually is

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One of Manitoba’s best-known insect experts is reminding farmers to be sure of what they’re seeing when they scout. For example, that “wireworm” problem may not actually be a problem at all. Therevid larvae (the precursor to a large, hairy fly) are often mistaken for wireworms, provincial entomologist John Gavloski said during a May 22
Joey Dearborn is KAP’s new communications co-ordinator.
Local news, News, Other

KAP has a new communications co-ordinator

Val Ominski is retiring from KAP and Joey Dearborn has been hired to fill her position

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Keystone Agricultural Producers’ (KAP) communications co-ordinator Val Ominski is retiring at the end of June. Joey Dearborn has been hired to fill the position. For the last seven years, Dearborn, who grew up in Emerson, Man., has been employed with the Manitoba government, most recently as a press secretary for Agri­culture, Crown Services, and Infrastructure,
Blooming rapeseed field at sunset
News, Oilseeds

Canadian canola hits great wall of China

China won’t discuss the situation with Canadian officials

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Despite the ongoing efforts of Canada’s canola industry and the federal and provincial governments, China still is not importing Canadian canola seed, or even willing to discuss its de facto boycott that began in March. “It appears there is no immediate solution to this issue,” Canola Council of Canada president Jim Everson told a webinar
A wild boar wallows in the mud.
Local news

PHOTOS: Wild pigs on the loose

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How many wild pigs are roaming agro-Manitoba? Nobody knows the answer to that question, and that’s going to be a problem for the province. Ryan Brook, a professor at the University of Saskatchewan who was educated at the University of Manitoba has the best handle, and even he admits his numbers are far from certain.
three pigs
Hogs, Local news

Disease concerns highlight risk for pork sector

Wild pigs have become a reservoir for 
disease in other jurisdictions

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Manitoba’s growing wild pig problem could spell trouble for one of its biggest economic engines — the pork sector. In parts of Europe they’ve become an impossible-to-control vector for African swine fever. There’s also the risk that the Canadian herd and the much-larger U.S. herd that’s moving north could soon meet and mingle, further increasing
Open season on wild pigs not the answer
Local news

Open season on wild pigs not the answer

Unfocused sport hunting will only 
make the problem worse

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Is an open season on wild pigs the answer? Likely not, according to most of the experts, who say it’s likely that could actually make the problem worse. Private hunting may actually scatter a sounder and spread the problem unless the whole group is contained, Canadian Pork Council veterinary counsellor Dr. Egan Brockhoff said at
A wild pig sounder can grow very quickly in size.
Local news

Wild pigs on the loose: A pending threat in Manitoba

The population of feral pigs is growing and the province doesn’t have a strategy to address it

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How many wild pigs are roaming agro-Manitoba? Nobody knows the answer to that question, and that’s going to be a problem for the province. Ryan Brook, a professor at the University of Saskatchewan who was educated at the University of Manitoba has the best handle, and even he admits his numbers are far from certain.
Country Crossroads, Local news, Other

Grant given to study transition from hospital to rural areas

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Dr. Heather Campbell-Enns, assistant professor of psychology at Canadian Mennonite University (CMU), received a one-year grant worth $100,000 through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). Campbell-Enns will use the grant for a research project titled Best Practices: Transitions from Hospital to Community-Based Settings for Rural and Remote Persons with Dementia. One aim of the
China claimed shipments of Canadian canola were contaminated with weed seeds and plant diseases, but it has yet to show evidence to back up the claim.
News

Quick fix to China canola ban ‘unlikely’

There’s more to it than Huawei, according to a MarketsFarm’s report

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China’s de facto ban on Canadian canola imports has depressed canola prices, which will remain under pressure until the ban is lifted, concludes a report prepared by MarketsFarm, a division of Glacier FarmMedia. “A quick resolution to the Chinese canola import situation is highly unlikely,” the report says. The same holds for Canadian and American
In Your Co-operator this Week: May 30
Local news

In Your Co-operator this Week: May 30

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In this week’s issue of the Co-operator, our Alexis Stockford goes hog wild and delves into the quickly growing issue of wild pigs in Manitoba. She found there’s little in the way of hard data, but many anecdotal reports suggest the population is growing very quickly. Allan Dawson is keeping on top of the canola

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