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VIDEO: Grain entrapment unit demonstrated at Ag Days
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VIDEO: Grain entrapment unit demonstrated at Ag Days

Canadian Agricultural Safety Association soon to have BEGRAINSAFE unit to call its own

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Glen Blahey of the Canadian Agricultural Safety Association (CASA) talks about the BEGRAINSAFE unit that was on display and demonstrated to attendees at Ag Days. While the unit on this video is on loan from the National Education Center for Agricultural Safety in Iowa, CASA is building its own grain entrapment demo unit that it
The 40th edition of Ag Days kicked off in Brandon on Jan.17.
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Editorial: Show time

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By the time this issue of the Manitoba Co-operator is off to the printer, I will, like many others in the sector, be headed to Brandon for Ag Days. Like most other attendees I’ll enjoy the opportunity to see the latest and greatest in agriculture technology and catching up with old friends and business associates
VIDEO: Ag Days Inventor’s Showcase winner
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VIDEO: Ag Days Inventor’s Showcase winner

Arnold Innovations' AI100-Lexion hydraulic ratcheting wrench

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Plugging your combine is one of those things you don’t want to see – but it happens – now there’s a hydraulic ratcheting wrench that can make the task of unplugging your Claas Lexion series combine much easier. Arnold Innovations’ returns to Manitoba Ag Days this year with a new wrench design, and for its efforts, it took home
Agriculture is the “foundational industry for our country and our province,” Premier Brian Pallister said while speaking at Ag Days Jan. 17 in Brandon. He later told reporters the province is still working a plan to price carbon to mitigate climate change.
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Climate change needs ‘made in Manitoba solution: Eichler

Province discusses flooding at Ag Days

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The Manitoba government is still working on its climate change plan, agriculture minister Ralph Eichler and Premier Brian Pallister told reporters during separate scrums at Ag Days, Jan. 17. Before Christmas Eichler said the plan would be revealed early this year. “We only have one chance to do this,” Eichler said. “That is why a
The Manitoba government will work with the Keystone Agricultural Producers’ to introduce a more efficient system for collecting its annual membership fees, agriculture minister Ralph Eichler announced at Ag Days Jan. 17.
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Manitoba government to consult with KAP to make its checkoff more efficient

The current system is often frustrating to farmers and farm product buyers and costly to KAP

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The Manitoba government is going to change the Keystone Agricultural Producers’ (KAP) refundable funding checkoff, Agriculture Minister Ralph Eichler announced at Ag Days Jan. 17. “The current funding structure creates needless and excessive administration costs for farmers and KAP and purchasers of agricultural products,” Eichler said. “A review of the system is something that the
Winkler fire chief Richard Paetzold (left), Glenboro deputy fire chief Garth McIntyrewere in Westman Place Arena Tuesday demonstrating how a rescue would occur in the even of a grain entrapment. Glen Blahey, (right) is CASA’s Agricultural Health and Safety Specialist who is at the display to speak to farmers about best practices procedures for grain handling and storage.
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New safe handling program announced at Ag Days

CASA launches BEGRAINSAFE program

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A new exhibit for the BEGRAINSAFE program launched by the Canadian Agricultural Safety Association is on display at Ag Days this week. The interactive trade show display and a mobile entrapment trailer demonstration unit in the Westman Place Arena aim to help educate farmers about the risks associated with handling grain. The risks are rising,
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Canola acres seen rising on high prices

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Brandon | Reuters — Canadian canola plantings may rise slightly in spring as farmers seek to cash in before an expected drop in vegetable oil prices as palm crops recover from drought that hit major Southeast Asian producers, German oilseed analysis firm Oil World said Tuesday. Plantings will rise by less than 10 per cent
The 40th edition of Ag Days kicked off this morning in Brandon.
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WRAP UP: The Co-operator at Manitoba Ag Days

40th anniversary event ‘where the ag year begins’ for Manitobans

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This year’s Manitoba Ag Days takes place from Jan. 17-19 at the Keystone Centre in Brandon. Reporters from the Manitoba Co-operator will be at Ag Days taking in and talking to many speakers and exhibitors in order to report back to you, our readers. Below, we offer a wrap-up of what we covered, and upcoming
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Ag Days pays it forward

Giving back to the community 
is a key part of Ag Days

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Whether it is the generosity of attendees or the philanthropic mindset of organizers, there is no doubt goodwill abounds at Manitoba Ag Days. “Manitoba Ag Days has a strong “giving back” philosophy,” said Kristen Phillips, Manitoba Ag Days general manager. “We are a not-for-profit organization and will continue to operate this way.” Phillips says Manitoba
VIDEO: Remote control lift gate a smooth operator for livestock producers
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VIDEO: Remote control lift gate a smooth operator for livestock producers

MJ Endeavors takes second prize in Manitoba Ag Days Inventors' Showcase

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Weather on the Prairies can make things uncomfortable, so anything that can make a livestock producers’ day easier deserves applause. Enter the Lift & Go remote control livestock gate from MJ Endeavors out of McCreary, Manitoba. Its inventor Mike Annetts – an industrial arts teacher at the local high school – built the system shown in the video

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