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Manitobans challenged to DIG IN

By Lorraine Stevenson April 20, 2012

Initiative of Food Matters Manitoba challenges Manitobans to spend $10 a week of their grocery money on a local food purchase An urban-based food issues think-tank is challenging Manito-bans to make this the year they start buying more local food and connecting with the people who grow it. The Dig In Challenge is a five-month

Cereals, Crops

Winter wheat can germinate in spring

By Pam De Rocquigny April 20, 2012

There are reports circulating of agronomists telling producers to reseed winter wheat fields that have just germinated this spring. As I understand, it is related to the process of vernalization and whether it has occurred or not. Last fall I wrote a Crops eNews article titled “What Happens if My Winter Wheat Didn’t Emerge?” –

News, Oilseeds

U.S. lapping up Canadian canola oil

By Rod Nickel April 20, 2012

Reuters / Canada’s canola crushers are processing the oilseed at a record-brisk pace, as demand for canola oil heats up among U.S. makers of biodiesel and food products like potato chips. The United States has long been a key export market for canola, Canada’s second-biggest crop after spring wheat, but its appetite has spiked in

Beef cattle, Livestock, News

Community pasture program to wind down

By Allan Dawson April 20, 2012

Ottawa is getting out of the community pasture business and streamlining Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada by rolling the Agri-Environment Services Branch, formerly known as PFRA, into the new Science and Technology Branch. Details were still trickling out last week, but according to Cam Dahl, general manager of the Manitoba Beef Producers, cattle farmers will still

News

Conservation congress comes to Winnipeg

April 20, 2012

staff / The Sixth World Congress on Conservation Agriculture will be held in Winnipeg in June 2014. “That conference will showcase Canadian farm developments such as no-till farming systems to the world,” says Don McCabe, president of Soils Conservation Council of Canada. “The Beneficial Management Practices employed in conservation agriculture are the backbone of sustainability.

Cereals, Crops, News, Oilseeds

Dominoes starting to fall as end of single desk draws nearer

By Allan Dawson April 20, 2012

Research and market development, keeping an eye on the railways,  and the fate of short line railways are just three of the issues KAP is trying to address

Manitoba’s farm leaders are scrambling to plug holes that will be left by the demise of the single-desk CWB. Research and market development, keeping an eye on the railways, and the fate of short lines were high on the agenda when Keystone Agricultural Producers delegates gathered at their General Council meeting last week. But challenges

Cereals, Forages, News

Canadian forage exports remain strong

By Adam Johnston April 20, 2012

Commodity News Service Canada / Solid U.S. demand and interest from China are keeping Canadian forage exports firm, but higher transportation costs and competition from the U.S. Midwest may limit the upside potential, says Wayne Digby of the Canadian Forage and Grassland Association. The easing of drought conditions in the southern U.S. could lessen demand, but

News

Canada lagging in ag research

By Alex Binkley April 20, 2012

Canadian agriculture is being shortchanged by governments when it comes to basic research compared to other countries, according to John Cranfield of the University of Guelph. “We are standing still while other countries are getting ahead of us,” said Cranfield, citing statistics from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development. The professor, an agricultural economist,

Country Crossroads, News

Getting an azalea to rebloom

By Albert Parsons April 20, 2012

Were you lucky enough to receive an azalea as a gift plant for Easter? Azaleas are popular pot plants used as gifts for special occasions such as Easter and Mother’s Day. Although an azalea can be enjoyed until it has finished blooming (a healthy plant will bloom for several weeks) and then discarded, many gardeners

News

OUR HISTORY: April 19, 1962

April 19, 2012

Our April 26, 1962 issue reported on ice jams and flash floods in southern and western Manitoba, conditions in stark contrast to the news item below, which was on slow pasture recovery following the drought of 1961, the driest year on record in Western Canada. Accordingly, another story reported that on-farm grain stocks were the

Daily Network News

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Feed Grain Weekly: Demand rises despite war uncertainty

How farmers can manage stress, anxiety during spring seeding

Tag Archives Agriculture

Manitobans challenged to DIG IN

Winter wheat can germinate in spring

U.S. lapping up Canadian canola oil

Community pasture program to wind down

Conservation congress comes to Winnipeg

Dominoes starting to fall as end of single desk draws nearer

Canadian forage exports remain strong

Canada lagging in ag research

Getting an azalea to rebloom

OUR HISTORY: April 19, 1962

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