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(Guest) Editorial: Will the country keep coming to the city?

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Earlier this month the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair (RAWF) took place in Toronto, celebrating its 100th year. That’s an incredible achievement. The RAWF shares this achievement with a multitude of agricultural societies throughout Canada, some of whom have been hosting fairs almost as long as Canada has been a country. In Manitoba the only other
Crow-sized pileated woodpeckers survive on a diet of grubs mined from decaying trees.
Farmit Manitoba, Other

Nature as seen from the deer stand

As the wait for a deer runs to hours, or even days, nature reveals itself in interesting ways

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One of my valued outdoors mentors summed up deer hunting perfectly: “It’s lousy, until it’s good, and then it’s over.” Actually, he used a stronger word than lousy, but this is a family audience. Like me, he favoured hunting from a blind, waiting for the deer to come to the hunter. Depending on where you
Editor’s Take: It’s about time
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Editor’s Take: It’s about time

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As a transplanted Saskatchewanian – now with a Manitoba tenure longer than my time in the ‘old country’ – I’ve adapted. I even cheer for the Bombers now, rather than the Riders.  But there’s one difference I’ve never embraced.  That’s the spring-forward, fall-back nonsense that is the twice-annual time change.  I’ve always agreed with the
Many underestimate the ability of agri-food stakeholders, from farm to consumer, to adjust.
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Comment: A population of eight billion

Canada is a leader in securing the world’s nutritional future but gets little credit for this contribution

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On Nov. 15, the world population reached a symbolic number: eight billion people. The planet took about 11 years to add one billion more humans to its population. By 2058, it’s estimated that the planetary population will reach 10 billion. That’s a lot of people. Whenever humanity is reminded that our population is increasing, we
Artist renderings of JohnQ Public’s ‘Daycare in a box’ design.
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“Daycare in a box” brings desperately needed rural childcare

Federal-provincial agreement funds 17 daycares in rural and First Nations communities

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Parents in Rosenort are getting a local day care after years of fundraising and advocacy. “There is a huge need,” said Jenn Rzesnoski. When her oldest son went into daycare, Rzesnoski had to drive him to St. Jean Baptiste, 20 minutes away from her home, and then drive another 20 minutes to Rosenort. Other community
Ukrainian soldiers capture the moment when Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited the liberated city of Kherson on Nov. 14, 2022.
Farmit Manitoba, News, Other

From Ukraine: Watermelons, raccoons and laughter through tears

FIRST PERSON: The people of Ukraine are coping with adversity any way they can as winter's grip deepens

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I can imagine how Canadians feel when they watch news from Ukraine on television.  Not long ago, we in Ukraine watched reports from Iraq and Syria, and it seemed to us like a broadcast from another planet – a planet of cruelty and destruction. Now we live on this planet.  To maintain a healthy mind,
Take advantage of cash advances
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Take advantage of cash advances

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Glacier FarmMedia – Farmers who aren’t getting cash advances to reduce their interest expenses should take another look at the federal program, says a crops market analyst. The Advance Payments Program, as its formally called, has been expanded over the years and now covers a wider range of farming operations but “many producers do not
Farm Credit Canada looks to engage young farmers
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Farm Credit Canada looks to engage young farmers

Young Farmer Summit marks FCC’s return to in-person events, Nov. 22 in Winnipeg

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Farm Credit Canada’s Young Farmer Summit aims to connect with the next generation of farmers face to face, says Jason Fiske, FCC’s manager of content, marketing and events. The Winnipeg leg of the Young Farmer Summit is being held at the Metropolitan Entertainment Centre in downtown Winnipeg, and Fiske said he’s looking forward to in-person

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