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Canada’s new agriculture minister, Marie-Claude Bibeau, sworn in March 1, made her first formal address March 7 to the inaugural Canadian Crops Convention in Montreal where she stressed her priorities include ensuring market access for Canadian agricultural exports. Bibeau told reporters she was surprised there hasn’t been a female agriculture minister until now given the role women play in family farms.  PHOTO: ALLAN DAWSON
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Market access, trade priorities for Canada’s new ag minister

Marie-Claude Bibeau acknowledges challenges in first speech

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Ensuring market access, including getting Canadian canola into China, and promoting trade, are top priorities for Canada’s new agriculture minister, Marie-Claude Bibeau. “I already understand we have ongoing market access issues that I have to get into really quickly… ” Bibeau, sworn in March 1, told reporters after her first public address as agriculture minister
Drainage licensing in Manitoba: Policy or politics?
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Drainage licensing in Manitoba: Policy or politics?

Landowners say some municipalities are bending the rules when it comes to water management and the provincial government is turning a blind eye. Concerns are boiling over into the courts as the province considers off-loading the responsibility for drainage licensing onto municipalities

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Flood forecasts are as predictable as spring in Manitoba and the latest ones have Elm Creek-area landowner Pat Houde bracing for yet another showdown over water. He’s been fighting with the RM of Grey for years over drainage around his home and land he owns between Elm Creek and St. Claude. The blunt-talking Houde doesn’t
barbed wire fence and canola field
News, Oilseeds

Canada rallies to restore Richardson canola exports to China

The Chinese say the ban is due to pests, but Canadians blame Huawei spat

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China says it banned imported Canadian canola from Richardson International because of pests, but Canadians suspect it’s politics. China condemns Canada’s decision last fall to detain one of its citizens, Huawei vice-president Meng Wanzhou, at the request of U.S. government on alleged fraud charges and demands she be released. “Well, that’s obviously one of the issues
News, Oilseeds

Provincial ministers discussing China’s ban on imports of Richardson’s canola

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The Manitoba government issued a statement supporting the province’s canola industry in the wake of China’s ban of the crop shipped through Richardson International whose headquarters are in Winnipeg. “Canola is a key driver of the agriculture industry in this province and in this country, and is Manitoba’s second-largest export product to China,” Growth, Enterprise
It isn’t just differences in climate and geology, but also the availability of symbiotes such as the mycorrhizal fungus, that influence plant diversity at different locations, for example here on the dry east coast of Tenerife.
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Fungi fight plants

These symbiotes are also sometimes screens when it comes to establishing plant ranges

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Fungi can help plants thrive — but it turns out they can also filter them out. That’s according to new research from an international team of researchers led by Germany’s University of Göttingen. The results appeared in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution. For example, in the colonization of islands by plant species, it isn’t
Take the time now to prepare for a safe spring.
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Build a farm safety plan for spring

Take the time to think ahead to help ensure a safe seeding season

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As the start of spring draws closer, for many Canadian producers, thoughts turn to the planting of crops and the hope for a productive and successful farming season begins again. The promise of a new season is an ideal time to do a thorough check of equipment and processes. If you feel you’re running short
Footwear is a key aspect of injury prevention, which is why it’s important to wear the right type to ensure your safety.
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Best foot forward

Proper footwear selection is an important part of farm safety

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We all wear footwear, but how many of us wear the right type for different tasks? On the farm, there are many everyday tasks that could result in injuries to feet or ankles if the proper footwear is not used. Footwear is a key aspect of injury prevention, which is why it’s important to wear
Committee chair Jamie Larsen addresses the agronomy committee during the Prairie Grain Development Committee annual meeting Feb. 25-28 in Saskatoon.
Crops, News

Record-breaking cultivar list clears the PRCWRT

The PRCWRT has sent a record number of varieties up the chain for hopeful registration this year

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There are a record number of new varieties on their way up to seek registration with the CFIA after the Prairie Recommending Committee for Wheat, Rye and Triticale recently met in Saskatoon. The body responsible for recommending new varieties for registration had 41 cultivars under the microscope this year, with 37 earning the green light.
Cameron and Lisa Hodgins (on the right side) accept this year’s Manitoba TESA award from the Manitoba Beef Producers, presented by Pam Miller of sponsor Myers Norris Penny (far left) and Jade Delaurier of Manitoba Beef Producers.
Livestock, Local news

Hodgins named 2019 provincial TESA winners

The couple from southwestern Manitoba has made their mark with direct marketing, public outreach and holistic management, earning them a nod from MBP

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Cameron and Lisa Hodgins of Lenore will be next to represent Manitoba when the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association hands out its national TESA award later this year. The couple claimed the provincial TESA award in early February, handed out by the Manitoba Beef Producers every year to a farm that demonstrates exemplary environmental stewardship in its management. Why
Martin Unrau (left) receives his lifetime achievement award from Tom Teichroeb, Manitoba Beef Producers president, February 7.
Livestock, Local news

Unrau receives MBP lifetime achievement award

The award is based on his years of service in both provincial and national organizations

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There are very few organizations in the Canadian beef sector Martin Unrau hasn’t been a part of. He’s the former head of the Manitoba Cattle Producers Association (the forerunner of Manitoba Beef Producers) and was president of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association. He helped chair the National Beef Strategic Planning Group. He has been a mentor

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