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Lake Winnipeg algae bloom in 2017.
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Is phosphorus management being lost in the fertilizer furor?

While there’s lots of talk about nitrogen, managing phosphorus remains a critical concern

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[UPDATED: Nov. 15, 2022] Phosphorus management could fall off the radar as environmental messaging in agriculture increasingly focuses on climate change and nitrogen use. “Appropriate nutrient management for things like phosphorus is tremendously important and needs to remain an ongoing focus,” says Lynda Nicol, Manitoba Association of Watersheds (MAW) executive director. The federal government is
“For anyone who has gone through the high ... interest rates we saw in the ‘80s, this is bringing back some of those thoughts.” – Sharon Adron.
Markets, News, Other

Smaller interest rate hike signals ‘the end of the front loading’

Slowing pace suggests future hikes could be more moderate, observers say

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There could be a bright side to the latest Bank of Canada rate hike, says Farm Credit Canada economist J.P. Gervais. The Bank of Canada announced a 50 basis point increase in its key rate on Oct. 26, to 3.75 per cent. That followed a 75 basis point increase in September and a 100 point
Workers repair the roof of a farm building that was damaged by a mortar, in the village of Malaya Rohan, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in the Kharkiv region, Ukraine, April 9, 2022.
Farmit Manitoba, News, Other

From Ukraine: Driven from his fields

Ukrainian farmer hopes to see his farm liberated from Russian invaders

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From time to time, Oleh visits the positions of troops on the front lines of war in east Ukraine. While there, he looks hopefully to the horizon. There, just one mile away, are his fields, shop and grain warehouse now occupied by Russian invaders. I will not write Oleh’s last name, nor will I show
A U.S. oil refinery in Texas. The world’s two largest refinery systems are both producing less distillate fuel than before the pandemic erupted.
Comment, Op/Ed, Other

Comment: Diesel’s gloomy message for the global economy

The only way to rebalance supply and demand is more supply or a deep recession

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Global shortages of middle distillates such as diesel, gas oil and heating oil are intensifying rather than easing, making it more likely a relatively severe slowdown in the business cycle will be necessary to rebalance the market. U.S. inventories of distillate fuel oil depleted to 106 million barrels on Oct. 7, the lowest seasonal level
Keynote speaker, Amanda Fitzsimmons.
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Watersheds anticipate near-normal annual conference

After two years of COVID-affected events, the group looks forward to a return to normal

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With a little luck, the 2022 Manitoba Association of Watersheds (MAW) annual conference will be unencumbered by COVID restrictions this time around. In 2020, like most other conferences held in that calendar year, MAW’s conference was a strictly virtual event. However, in 2021, MAW hosted their festival in a brief window during last year’s conference
“KAP is pleased to have worked with government to deliver a tool that producers can confidently and easily use as they work to employ sustainable farming practices more easily in their operations.” – Bill Campbell, KAP.
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Online EFP platform launched

Producer groups expect the online platform to make the EFP process more accessible and increase farmer adoption

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Manitoba producers can ditch the paper when it comes to completing their environmental farm plan (EFP). The online platform, which will exchange the old EFP workbooks for an online process, is now live, according to the Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP). Why it matters: While EFPs are a voluntary assessment of management practices, producers wanting to
The $15 million fund will nurture Indigenous-led economic opportunities surrounding the outlet channels.
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Indigenous economic development fund announced around channel project

The $15-million fund has been earmarked for Indigenous communities impacted by the Lake St. Martin and Lake Manitoba outlet channels

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Indigenous communities around the planned Lake Manitoba and Lake St. Martin outlet channels have been promised $15 million for economic development, although details have yet to be finalized. The province announced the funds Oct. 5. The drainage channel project has struggled to get off the ground since being proposed after flood events in 2011 and 2014. The fund’s eligibility list
White-tailed deer buck
Farmit Manitoba, News, Other

Big changes for deer hunters

Manitoba’s 2022 deer season brings new opportunities — and responsibilities — for hunters

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In the full bite of autumn, some might be melancholy over the need for insulated overalls and down jackets. But some of us eagerly await the first snows. That’s how much we deer hunters look forward to this special time. Hunting licence sales have declined significantly from their peak in the early 1980s, but deer
The NFU and some environmental groups are alleging the CFIA and CropLife Canada are too cozy.
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CFIA, CropLife defend against collusion allegations

Groups say proposed CFIA regulations would allow gene-edited seed to enter market without oversight

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The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) says allegations that a lobby group had inappropriate input into guidelines governing seed, including gene-edited seeds, are inaccurate and misleading. “The CFIA always authors its own independent guidance and policies,” a CFIA spokesperson said in a statement sent to the Co-operator. “External parties, including industry associations, are never the
Russ Edwards, founder of WGI Westman Group, now has ACC’s ag school as a namesake -- which was more recently given a new logo to match.
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New moniker – and major donation — for ACC ag school

Incoming ag students at ACC will now be joining the ‘Russ Edwards School of Agriculture and Environment’

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Assiniboine Community College’s (ACC) ag school has a new name, plus another $4 million to help expand programming. On Oct. 17, the college announced its school of agriculture and environment will be newly dubbed, “the Russ Edwards School of Agriculture and Environment,” after the founder and owner of WGI Westman Group. The name change comes after a

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