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Canadian fruit and vegetable growers have been cut off from access to PACA, the U.S. government’s payment protection system, since October 2014.
Crops, News

Liberals pressed on PACA pledge for produce growers

The NDP tables a motion to set up a payment protection system by Sept. 30

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The federal opposition New Democrats have cherry-picked a Liberal election promise to fruit and vegetable growers seeking insurance against U.S. and Canadian buyers who dodge their bills. Tracey Ramsey, the NDP’s international trade critic and MP for the southwestern Ontario riding of Essex, on March 8 tabled a motion in the Commons for Canada to
dead bees
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App promises better communication between farmers and beekeepers

Developed in Australia, BeeConnected will aid co-ordination between farmers and beekeepers and keep bees healthy

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CropLife Canada and the Canadian Honey Council are teaming up to bring an app to Canada that promises to help bees and crop agriculture coexist. BeeConnected was developed by CropLife Australia and the Australian Honey Bee Industry Council, to allow farmers, beekeepers, and pesticide applicators to collaborate, anonymously, to facilitate best practices to protect pollinators.
Lake Winnipeg algae bloom
Comment, Local news

Prairie water woes need collective action, not more words

Excessive moisture and flooding in recent years have compounded the threat to Prairie lakes

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Whether you are driving along a rural road or flying across southern Manitoba, it does not take long to appreciate why this province is known as the land of 100,000 lakes. From Prairie potholes to the inland seas of lakes Manitoba and Winnipeg, these water bodies help define this province and who we are as
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Canadian Wheat Board Alliance lobbies Ottawa

The alliance wants single-desk marketing 
for wheat reinstated

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The Canadian Wheat Board Alliance (CWBA) members say they got a good hearing from Liberal government MPs, including a couple of cabinet ministers, when they lobbied in Ottawa recently to restore the Canadian Wheat Board. “No one said no (to the idea),” CWBA spokesman and Swan River, Man., farmer Ken Sigurdson said in an interview
Solitary nesting bees, like this native leafcutter bee, will get better houses that will augment their numbers through a University of Manitoba open competition.
Did you know?, Local news

Building a better beehive

The University of Manitoba has opened an international competition aimed at giving bees better housing

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Wild bees need homes too. That’s the simple idea behind an international design competition opened by the University of Manitoba on Mar. 1. The competition hopes better housing for the beleaguered insects will help address a pressing biological issue — their declining numbers. Bee houses were chosen as the focus of the competition because they
CanoLAB participants worked through an exercise of extracting the DNA from a strawberry to get a better understanding of how canola diagnostics work.
Crops, Local news, Oilseeds

Canola issues, close up and hands on

CanoLAB participants were given an overview of how different crops are best integrated into canola rotations

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This year’s canoLAB put a sharp focus on canola rotations and expanded the scope slightly, beyond a single crop. “This year we are not only looking at canola but crops that would be in rotation with canola, so it is intended to be a holistic or systems approach to farming,” said Angela Brackenreed, agronomy specialist
Five surgeons quit Bailey Kemery’s life-saving surgery because the injuries were so severe they thought her death was a foregone conclusion.
News

Farm accident survivor still drawn to the farm

Farm Safety: Her heart stopped twice on the way to hospital, multiple surgeons quit surgery assuming she wouldn’t survive

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Bailey Kemery was four years old, growing up on her family’s farm in Major, Sask., when her life changed forever. On April 20, 1994, she and her brother were playing on a tractor-driven rotary tiller parked, but running, not far from where her parents were standing in the yard. “The rototiller shook itself into gear,
Local news, Weather

Province advises spring run-off has started in Manitoba

Red River peak expected to move from Emerson to Winnipeg in next ive to six days

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Province of Manitoba – The Hydrologic Forecast Centre at Manitoba Infrastructure and Transportation advises that spring run-off due to snowmelt has started in most of the southern, southwest, southeast and Interlake regions. Above-freezing temperatures earlier this month in southern and central Manitoba, adjacent provinces and the United States have led to an early spring melt.  The
Grain bins are one of the most dangerous spots on any farm.
News

Farmer urges others to get beyond ‘won’t happen to me’ mentality

Farm accidents aren’t treated like other industrial accidents, which contributes to a lack of action on the issue

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Randy Froese never thought it would happen to him. But on August 17, 2010, he very nearly became another grim farm death statistic. “It was a miracle,” he said. “I praise the Lord every day that it happened the way it did… it was so close.” That fateful day started much like any other, as

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