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VIDEO: e-QuipTV: “Big Roy” 2, the restoration continues
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VIDEO: e-QuipTV: “Big Roy” 2, the restoration continues

Soon-to-be-completed restoration will see the big Versatile returned to the Manitoba Agricultural Museum in Austin

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Grainews returns to Versatile’s R&D shop in Winnipeg to check in on Big Roy’s progress, and we talk to Adam Reid, Versatile’s marketing manager, about what else the company has in store for its 50th anniversary celebrations. Video editing by Greg Berg.
VIDEO: Keeping track of your “in-field” basis
Crops, Local news

VIDEO: Keeping track of your “in-field” basis

Manitoba Ag Days 2016 Inventors' Showcase

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Ever wanted to know half way through a season what your cost per acre is? Field Values keep track of your in-field basis to help give you an idea of how much of an investment you should – or shouldn’t – be making for your crop inputs. By entering a variety of data, Field Values
VIDEO: Changing Times wants to change how you treat seed
Crops, Local news

VIDEO: Changing Times wants to change how you treat seed

Manitoba Ag Days 2016 Inventors' Showcase

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Many farmers can purchase seed that’s pre-treated, but what if you wanted to go the DIY route and do it yourself? Changing Times is a manufacturer that makes both dry and liquid applicators so farmers can treat their seed on-site before heading out to go planting. How does it work? The dry applicator uses a sifting
Keystone Agricultural Producers attended the organization’s annual general meeting in Winnipeg last week.
Crops, Livestock, Local news

More MAFRD staff needed

Producers must travel farther than ever before to speak to provincial agriculture specialists in person

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The Keystone Agricultural Producers is hoping to reverse a downward trend in the amount of support and outreach offered to farmers by Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development (MAFRD). Members of the province’s largest general farm organization resolved at their annual general meeting in Winnipeg last week, to lobby the provincial government to fill vacant
Shereese Qually, labour and employment lawyer with Taylor McCaffrey LLP presented at Ag Days in Brandon on January 19, discussing the importance of implementing employee contracts.
Local news

Protecting the farm from labour-related grief

The most important thing employers can do to protect themselves from labour-related headaches is to have employment contracts in place, says lawyer

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Employment contracts are a farmer’s best insurance against costly and stressful disputes with workers hired to help out on the farm, a labour and employment lawyer told an Ag Days crowd recently. Taking the time to understand your obligations to workers is an investment that can protect your wallet in the long run, Shereese Qually,
Frank Crew speaking at the unveiling of the cairn.
Country Crossroads, Local news

Cairn dedicated for gift of land

Property contributed to MHHC has been in the Crew family for half a century

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Family, friends and neighbours of Frank Crew, along with representatives of the Manitoba Habitat Heritage Corporation (MHHC), came together last fall to recognize and thank the Birtle citizen and retired farmer for his contribution and donation of land that had been part of his family’s farm for half a century. A permanent cairn was unveiled
cattle on a snowy pasture
Livestock, Local news

New requirements in place to mitigate pain during specific procedures

Provincial extension veterinarian says the new Code of Practice requirements make 
calves easier to handle and typically allow faster recovery due to reduced stress levels

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Changes to the National Beef Code of Practice, which took effect earlier this month, place new requirements on producers to provide pain control for dehorning and castration in cattle that are older than nine months. “A lot of producers do these procedures earlier on so it won’t have a huge impact on them, but for
barley field
Crops, Local news

Big data — a big topic among farmers

Assessing more information has and will lead farmers to better agronomic decisions

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Big data is big business. Two years ago Monsanto paid $1 billion for Climate Corp., a firm that specializes in digitizing and aggregating a long list of data collected from farmers’ fields. The numbers are crunched and sold to farmers so they can make better agronomic decisions and more money. It all started with yield
cattle on pasture
Livestock, Local news

Province lifts limitation on pasture insurance

The pasture insurance pilot program that was limited to
 90 producers last year is now open to the entire province

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Producers who graze their cattle have a new option for protecting themselves from underperforming pastures. Ron Kostyshyn, minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, announced January 19 that the province has lifted limitations on the pasture days insurance program. The program is designed to compensate producers who have had to remove livestock from pasture and
VIDEO: Hydraulic wrench takes the strain off your back
Local news

VIDEO: Hydraulic wrench takes the strain off your back

Manitoba Ag Days 2016 Inventors' Showcase

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If you’ve ever had a lump in the cylinder of your combine while harvesting, you know the difficulty involved in trying to clear it. Enter the reversing wrench from Arnold Innovations designed to make your life a whole lot easier. Built for New Holland CX series combines, the hydraulic piston in the reverser wrench does the heavy

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