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Are sunspots slowing global warming?

When sunspots increase, so too does the amount of energy coming from the sun

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As I write this there are still four days left in January. That means it’s a little too early for me to do a look back at January’s weather — spoiler alert, it was colder than average. For this issue, I am going to examine a topic that was brought up by a reader in
Cleanfarms already captures 75 per cent of small chemical containers in Canada, and aims to get to 100 per cent.
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Lessons learned at KAP meeting

Ag diploma students took a resolution to KAP and taught everyone — including this reporter and themselves — a few things

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Corrected, Feb. 9 — As resolutions go it was ‘mom and apple pie.’ But I was paying close attention, as it was from Reg Dyck’s ‘Issues in Agriculture and Food’ class for agriculture diploma students at University of Manitoba. Two other reporters and I were to question the students during an online media ‘scrum’ two
KAP president Bill Campbell called on Manitoba farmers to participate in KAP as it works to be the voice of Manitoba farmers during KAP’s online annual meeting Jan. 25.
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Consensus, collaboration and KAP

Bill Campbell asks Manitoba farmers to get more involved with their general farm organization

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Collaboration and consensus building, hallmarks of Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) since its founding 38 years ago, remain front and centre. “At every turn, we emphasize collaboration with farmers, commodity groups and governments,” KAP president Bill Campbell told the farm organization’s online annual meeting Jan. 25. “We know that farmers’ issues are interconnected. No matter the
“The consensus is that general efficacy, countable efficacy of that product — Apivar — is quite variable.” – Rhéal Lafrenière.
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Varroa mite protection product for bees losing its punch

Producers may need multiple prongs of varroa mite control with some of their go-to solutions starting to lose potency

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Beekeepers will have to watch their varroa mite levels more closely and be prepared to look past Apivar for other control measures, provincial apiarist Rhéal Lafrenière says. Why it matters: Parasitic varroa mites feed on both adult bees and developing brood, causing weak and malformed bees, high mortality and, associated with that, winter losses due
Production of Ford’s F-150 Lightning pickup at Dearborn, Mich. (Media.ford.com)
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Ford to suspend or cut plants’ output on chip shortage

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San Francisco | Reuters — Ford Motor Co. plans to suspend or cut production at eight of its factories in the U.S., Canada and Mexico throughout next week because of chip supply constraints, a spokeswoman told Reuters on Friday. The changes come a day after the Detroit automaker warned a chip shortage would lead to
“We need people who can go out and talk to (injured farmers) on the same level…”
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Canadian Farmers with Disabilities Registry calling for help to re-form

Before it lost funding the group showed injured producers they could adapt, keep farming

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A group of farmers who helped farmers adapt to disabilities and keep farming called on Manitoba farmers to help it re-form during KAP’s annual general meeting on January 26. “We need people who can go out and talk to (injured farmers) on the same level and make sure that they know there’s a way to continue on,” said
File photo of cropland in Greece. (Urbazon/iStock/Getty Images)
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Greek farmers stage tractor protest against soaring energy costs

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Larissa | Reuters — Farmers in central Greece on Friday protested with hundreds of tractors against soaring energy costs, dismissing government support measures as inadequate and demanding more help to cope with rising prices. The farmers parked tractors on a national highway near the town of Larissa in central Greece, where they faced off with
Crops, News, Other

Worst crop in 15 years not bad financially for some

Good prices and good crop insurance coverage helped

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Warren McCutcheon is too young to recall much about the 1988 drought, but based on stories he’s heard, he suspects a combination of factors resulted in many Manitoba farmers faring better after the 2021 drought. The 1988 drought, dubbed at the time ‘the worst since the Dirty ’30s,’ triggered $790 million ($1.57 billion in today’s
Editorial, Op/Ed, Other

Editor’s Take: Eastbound and down

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There’s been a lot of noise generated around a trucker convoy to Ottawa protesting vaccine mandates for cross-border truckers. As our Alexis Stockford reports in our Feb. 3 issue, some of the supporters included Manitoba farmers. And some of the province’s farm groups expressed some muted support for the goals, especially when framed as keeping
Supporters stand along the sides of the Trans-Canada Highway as the protest convoy passes Brandon, Jan. 25.
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Manitoba farmers join convoy to protest trucker vaccine mandates

Farm groups argue that supply chains have been put under additional strain

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Some Manitoba farmers have joined or otherwise supported the cross-Canada truck convoy to protest vaccine mandates. The convoy arrived in Manitoba Jan. 25 on its way to Ottawa. Why it matters: Sectors including the pork industry have felt the transportation pinch from recently introduced vaccine mandates for international truckers, and some farmers have thrown support behind the

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