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Proposal calls for a new, non-profit corporation with seven elected members to take over former federally managed community pastures
The federal government is pulling out, but a new boss is taking up the reins. A steering committee for the Association of Manitoba Community Pastures, a new not-for-profit group, has developed a business plan for taking over the operation of a million acres of formerly federally managed grazing rangelands in the province. That’s good news,The tool includes an economic calculator, interactive maps, and the ability to refine searches by five traits
The online Canola Variety Selection tool is now live with data from the 2012 Canola Performance Trials (CPT), giving canola growers another tool to compare variety performance. The CPT provides science-based, unbiased performance data that reflects actual production practices. The selection tool provides comparative data on leading varieties and newly introduced varieties. The tool includesThe needs of agriculture were ranked equally with garter snakes, while birds, mammals and caribou were given extra consideration
The following is an excerpt of a presentation by Niverville farmer Karen Friesen to the Clean Environment Commission hearings on Bipole III last month. The hearings are continuing in Winnipeg through November. Of the 20 million acres farmed in Manitoba, only 25 per cent is classified as Land Inventory Classes 1, 2, and 3 —David Neufeld learned the hard way how persistent this herbicide is and now wonders how surface and groundwater are affected
A Boissevain farmer is questioning the safety of a herbicide commonly sprayed on ditch weeds after discovering it makes the compost he uses in his organic greenhouse toxic to bedding plants. David Neufeld got a nasty surprise when his greenhouse tomatoes suddenly died in 2010. A Winnipeg laboratory found the composted horse manure he wasParticipants in a vision session like the idea of robots operating equipment 24/7 but still want people on the scene
Robotics, “smarter” crops, and equipment that’s easier to operate and maintain topped the wish list of 30 Saskatchewan agricultural leaders who recently participated in a “vision session” organized by the Prairie Agricultural Machinery Institute. “Sessions like this are essential to ensure that our research is focused on producing the new technologies farmers want and need,”
