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“Early emergence was the one thing that stood out. The potatoes were up and out of the ground quicker than they normally would be because we had some warmer weather in the spring.” – Susan Ainsworth.
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Manitoba potato harvest expected to hit records

After a string of hard years, 2023 looks decidedly friendlier to the potato sector

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After several years of below-average to poor harvests, Manitoba potato growers have finally caught a break. “There have been some challenging years, so it’s nice to have a strong, good-quality crop,” said Susan Ainsworth, general manager of the Keystone Potato Producers Association. “They were due for a good crop.” Why it matters: Potato yields were
The show relies upon well-intentioned people who volunteer to scrape, shovel and haul the manure from hallways and show rings.
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Breaking out the shovels at Ag Ex

A generous side helping of snow added to bedding needs at this year’s show

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Glacier FarmMedia – Hundreds of cattle in Brandon’s Keystone Centre Oct. 25-28 produced tens of thousands of plops, splats and manure splashes as livestock did their business in the barns, rings and hallways. And thousands of times, the producers – especially young ones with little family rank – shovelled and forked the patties into manure
Allan Dawson’s award-winning photo of spring flooding in southeastern Manitoba in 2022.
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Co-operator reporters take home national awards

Geralyn Wichers and retired reporter Allan Dawson got accolades from the Canadian Farm Writers’ Federation

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Three awards handed out by the Canadian Farm Writers’ Federation this year had a Manitoba Co-operator name attached. Geralyn Wichers added two CFWF awards to her accomplishments. She took third place in the current affairs feature category for her Nov. 3, 2022, article, “Left out: Officials told First Nations farmers they weren’t eligible for BSE
“Laws that are really narrow and tightly focused ... can often create more deliberate and rational responses, instead of these kinds of laws that respond to hyperbole.” – Rob Danisch, University of Waterloo.
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The Catch-22 on animal activism

‘Ag-gag’ laws might comfort producers, but they could cause more polarization and amplify the issue

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The photo, texted by a tipster to a Co-operator reporter this fall, showed a dead pig of about market size. The image was taken outside a barn in southeastern Manitoba after the tipster gained permission to access the property by claiming to look for a lost dog, they said. The tipster claimed there were 15-20
Saskatchewan has already expanded its chronic wasting disease wildlife testing program to include bovine tuberculosis.
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Beef Producers eyes wild game surveillance amid bovine TB testing

Preliminary results from testing not ‘overly concerning,’ says beef group

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Manitoba Beef Producers says the province should reinstate testing of wild game for bovine TB as a precaution, while testing continues on a Manitoba cattle herd.  Two Manitoba herds were connected to cases of bovine tuberculosis found in Saskatchewan earlier this year. Testing is complete on one of those herds, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Brazil court overturns suspension of Canadian potash mine
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Brazil court overturns suspension of Canadian potash mine

Issue centres around Indigenous land claims in the area

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Reuters – A federal Brazilian appeals court has overturned an injunction suspending the licence for Canadian-owned firm Brazil Potash Corp. to build Latin America’s largest fertilizer mine in the Amazon rainforest. The Federal Regional Tribunal 1 ruled Oct. 17 that IPAAM, an Amazon state environmental agency, has the authority to issue the licence because there is no
“It can sit dormant [on] equipment for years and years until hive stressors and hive conditions are right for it to infect the colony.” – Osee Podolsky, Canadian Honey Council.
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American foulbrood vaccine gets Canadian green light

Producers will be able to get the vaccine in spring 2024

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Canadian beekeepers are about to have the first vaccine for their stock. “It’s very exciting,” said Canadian Honey Council hive health specialist Osee Podolsky. The new vaccine targets American foulbrood, a spore-producing bacterial disease that gets its name from the unpleasant smell in infected hives. The disease is serious enough that standard industry practice for most symptomatic colonies is
Ward and Jo-Anne Middleton on their certified organic farm north of Edmonton.
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‘Little hammers’ control weeds on organic farm post-harvest

Tillage, grazing and cover crops make up organic post-harvest toolbox

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Glacier FarmMedia – Conventional grain farmers have chemical tools to manage weeds post-harvest, but for certified organic producers like Ward Middleton, options are limited. “We don’t really have a sledgehammer-type problem-solving option to control weeds, so we have to use many little hammers,” said Middleton, quoting weed ecologist Eric Gallandt, who coined the phrase at the 2012 Canadian
A new livestream brings anyone to the grasslands, even if only digitally.
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Livestream beams view from Manitoba pasture

Langruth-area ranchers teamed up with McDonalds to highlight the beauty and benefits of Canadian grasslands

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Picture this: It’s a mild October day. You’re sitting outside with a pasture spread out before you. Wind rustles through the long grass and through the sun-gilded leaves of the nearby poplar bush. You hear cattle just out of your line of sight and gentle music is playing. Viewers could get hours of that ambience

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