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New technique can quickly detect impurities in ground beef
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New technique can quickly detect impurities in ground beef

The system would help fight food fraud and ensure food safety

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If you’re worried about just what your ground meat or sausage may contain, help may be on the way. Researchers at the University of British Columbia have found a better way to identify unwanted animal products in ground beef. Food science students led by professor Xiaonan Lu used a laser-equipped spectrometer and statistical analysis to
Soy Canada wants to see soybean acres grow quickly over the next decade.

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Soy Canada charts ambitious growth plan

The industry organization wants to see Canadian soybean production double in a decade

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Soy Canada has unveiled a plan to encourage soybean production to nearly double to 10 million acres by 2027 and set in motion growth in the crushing sector rather than exporting raw beans. Soy Canada’s directors have endorsed a comprehensive strategic market readiness plan that is the first “to involve the entire soybean value chain,
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada researcher, Sijo Joseph, goes over the finer points of a recently installed model stomach.
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Model stomach arrives at U of M

Stomach simulation to assist scientists with digestion evaluation

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Can you stomach it? Researchers with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada sure hope so, but just to be sure, they’re going to put it to the test. An artificial stomach has been installed at the Richardson Centre for Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals at the University of Manitoba. “It’s a system that’s based on the physiology of
Triple-stacked soybeans will hit fields sooner than dicamba-tolerant canola, says Monsanto's Robb Fraley.
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Monsanto highlights research pipeline for canola, soybeans

Xtend soybeans with added glufosinate tolerance isn’t far off, but glyphosate- and dicamba-tolerant canola is still five or six years out

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Dicamba-tolerant canola is coming and so is a triple-threat soybean, resistant to glyphosate, dicamba and glufosinate. That’s just some of what’s in Monsanto’s crop and weed-control pipeline, Robb Fraley, the seed and pesticide giant’s executive vice-president and chief technology officer told reporters during a conference call Jan. 4. Fraley sees great things coming from new
Rachel Isaak and Dustin Peltier are taking over production of the traditional Trappist cheese made at the Holland monastery. The couple, who operates a catering company in Winnipeg, now possesses the last four wheels of cheese to be made there.
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Monastery passes on cheese-making method

A Winnipeg couple has been entrusted with a rare Trappist cheese recipe set for extinction

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Dustin Peltier and Rachel Isaak had no idea they’d one day carry on a centuries-old cheese-making method when they paid their first visit to the Trappist Monastery at Holland. That was two years ago, when the Winnipeg chefs and life partners went out to meet the monk there making a delicious cheese they’d served to
Comparing canola flowers opening under control and high nighttime temperature allows researchers to understand the different impacts of stress on yield.
Did you know?, News, Oilseeds

No rest for weary canola plants

You’re not the only one who can’t get any ‘sleep’ during those sweltering summer nights

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Turns out your canola plants just need to get a little rest. When high temperatures, especially at night, prevent them from “sleeping” properly productivity takes a hit, and now researchers from Kansas State University are trying to figure out why. What exactly is the plant doing at night? It’s not sleeping like humans do, but
DFM’s Phil Veldhuis says a mentorship program will make mentorship more accessible than informal arrangements.
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Mentorship program sought: DFM

Direct Farm Manitoba will explore developing a program to transfer knowledge in 2018

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Direct Farm Manitoba will look at developing a mentoring program for its membership this year. The need for a formal program that links new and existing farmers was raised when members met before Christmas to discuss priorities needs and direction for the organization in 2018. They’ve asked the DFM board to place organizing a formal
Canada’s bison industry is in the midst of its quinquennial producer survey.
Livestock, News

Bison farms stand to be counted

Canada’s bison producers are taking a snapshot of their industry with a recently released census

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The Canadian Bison Association is counting heads for the first time in five years. The group has released its 2018 bison census survey, available until Jan. 15. Terry Kremeniuk, Canadian Bison Association executive director, says the census will provide much-needed information on herd distribution, animal numbers, age groups, gender and size of the breeding herd.
Hans Rindlisbacher will be taking in his 41st Ag Days this year, where you’ll find him at the Manitoba Forage and Grassland Association booth.
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Volunteers make Ag Days happen

Barely a wheel would turn at the Keystone Centre later this 
month without their efforts

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Forty-one years ago, on a crisp and cold winter morning in 1977, Hans Rindlisbacher packed up his own handmade forage display and headed off to the Brandon Weed Fair. He did know he hoped to educate farmers in attendance on the different varieties of grass common to Manitoba. What he didn’t know was that this
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Ag Days gives back to Manitobans

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Every year Ag Days tries to give something back to Manitoba’s agriculture sector and rural communities. This year they’re slated to provide $26,000 in grants to agriculture-related charities, organizers say. “We want to support the communities that our exhibitors and patrons live in,” said Kristen Phillips, Manitoba Ag Days general manager. “Being able to contribute

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