Taking a closer look at a farmer-breeder partnership on seed

Taking a closer look at a farmer-breeder partnership on seed

Canada can learn from Australia’s value creation experience

The ‘value creation’ model both University of Saskatchewan agricultural economist Richard Gray and the Alberta Federation of Agriculture (AFA) are talking about has some commonality. Both say a farmer ‘entity’ should be formed to collect a levy — probably mandatory — from farmers at the point of sale and then funnel that money to breeders

supermarket in blurry for background

Grocery store entry easier than ever

Even those with limited product volumes should explore these opportunities, business development specialist tells St. Jean Farm Days

It’s never been a better time to start a food-processing business. Where in years gone by there were nothing but barriers, now more grocery stores are keen to stock locally produced products, says a Manitoba Agriculture business development specialist. Gone are expensive listing fees to buy shelf space in stores, and you won’t find yourself


Some members of the K-12 School Choir: back row (l to r) Taddeus Waldner,
Tamar Waldner, Robert Waldner, and Carrie Waldner; front row (l to r) Jacoby Waldner, Sadie Waldner, Miriam Waldner, Nicolas Waldner and Jedeah Waldner.

Decker Colony celebrates after overcoming challenges

Friends and neighbours once again met together with colony for annual get-together

Decker Colony’s annual holiday get-together in December 2018 had special meaning and was a time of thanks for the Hutterite community for hardships overcome. In May of 2017 fire destroyed two-thirds of its large equipment shed and a number of vehicles within it. The building not only served as a main cog in the farming

Green and yellow peas in white bowls

Roquette gives pea quality checklist

Environmental Farm Plans, cross-contamination worries and MRL conflicts are among the highlights of Roquette’s pea quality requirements

Farmers wanting to feed Roquette’s soon-to-be- commissioned pea protein plant in Portage la Prairie will face a few stiff quality stipulations. John Buch, risk and grain department manager with Roquette, gave an overview of the company’s requirements during Ag Days 2019, including grade, traceability and MRL conflicts that will preclude growers from using certain chemistries


Greg Bartley, Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers on-farm specialist, gives this year’s Ag Days audience tips on developing their own research on farm.

Farmers urged to add on-farm research

Farmers are already expected to wear many hats, from mechanic to grower, but it may be time to add ‘researcher’ to that list, according to one Ag Days speaker

Greg Bartley wants more producers to take research into their own hands. An on-farm specialist with the Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers, Bartley has been working with farmers to develop research trials in the commercial field, rather than the research plot. That research may become a producer’s greatest tool in measuring the actual value of

Potato growers battling storage woes

Potato growers battling storage woes

A wet and cold fall saw some potatoes dug and stored at less than optimal conditions

A tough harvest is translating into a challenging storage season for Manitoba potato growers. It’s especially frustrating because growers were looking at a bumper crop, forecast to be the third largest harvest on record. But they were denied that by rains that delayed harvest and hard frosts that hit in mid-October causing ground to freeze


A new algorithm can help tell pork producers a PEDv outbreak may be imminent.

Researchers create algorithm to predict PEDv outbreaks

The high-tech approach already has an 80 per cent accuracy rate

Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed an algorithm that could give pig producers advance notice of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDv) outbreaks. The proof-of-concept algorithm has potential for use in real-time prediction of other disease outbreaks in food animals. PEDv is a virus that causes high mortality rates in preweaned piglets. The virus

New feed sources and better farming practices have resulted in Canadian
dairy production having one of the lowest carbon footprints in the world.

Dairy producers’ carbon footprint keeps shrinking

The improvements are the result of the ready adoption of new practices by the sector, according to a recent study

Canadian dairy farmers are getting smaller when it comes to their impact on the environment, says a study done for Dairy Farmers of Canada by Groupe AGECO. The Canadian dairy sector has achieved one of the lowest carbon footprints in the world and every litre of milk it produces creates one-third of the greenhouse gas


Members of the RM of Rosser volunteer fire department help guide STAR-7 in for a landing.

New ‘heliport’ site begins operations at Portage la Prairie

This is the first site approved by Transport Canada outside Winnipeg. Ste. Anne’s Hospital is also awaiting approval of a newly constructed site

Every minute matters when a life is in danger, and with a new ‘heliport’ becoming operational this month at the Portage la Prairie District General Hospital, critical time will be saved during emergency response efforts. Why it matters: Cutting down transport times of critically ill or injured patients can save a life. The hospital’s newly

Manitoba typically produces approximately 22 million cwt of potatoes each year.

Manitoba poised to replace P.E.I. as potato king

Simplot’s expanded Portage potato-processing plant will put Manitoba at the top of the heap

Bud the Spud will soon see less of Prince Edward Island’s bright-red mud and more of Manitoba’s sandy loam. The Keystone province is set to overtake the “Garden of the Gulf” as Canada’s biggest potato producer. Last February J.R. Simplot announced it was doubling the size of its potato-processing plant in Portage la Prairie. The


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