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Agriculture isn’t often on the agenda, or radar, at City Hall in Winnipeg. Councillor Brian Mayes is trying to change that.

Winnipeg councillor seeks to promote Grain Innovation Hub

Farmers are doing more than just feeding cities, they are also filling their coffers

By Shannon VanRaes November 1, 2016

Agriculture isn’t usually an agenda item when it comes to City of Winnipeg committee meetings, but one city councillor is trying to change that. Last week St. Vital Councillor Brian Mayes proposed that the city use some of the cash earmarked for innovation to promote the province’s Grain Innovation Hub, created in 2014 to bring

Opinion

Don’t forget agriculture when considering careers

By Sandi Knight July 11, 2016

Dear Graduate, It’s finally here – high school graduation. A long-anticipated, exciting time, perhaps filled with a bit of trepidation of what the future holds. Do you have a clear vision and goal of what you want to do and where you want to go? If not, why not consider a career in agriculture? You

Comment, Opinion

The changing face of Canadian farms

A close look at the current census will give us a chance to examine the evolution of Canadian agriculture

By Alfons Weersink June 14, 2016

Every five years, Canada’s federal government asks us to provide details on who lives in our household. The demographic information is used to guide decisions ranging from school planning to transportation infrastructure to government transfers. Among the census questions is one that asks if you intend to sell agricultural produce. This may strike most as

Weeds are more obvious when looking at a wheat crop down (r) than looking at it sideways, says Manitoba Department of Agriculture weed specialist Jeanette Gaultier.

Crops, Local news, Weather

Recent rains help crops and weeds

Herbicide-resistant weeds make controlling weeds even harder

By Allan Dawson June 10, 2016

Most Manitoba farmers needed the rain, but wet fields have delayed weed spraying, says Manitoba Department of Agriculture weed specialist Jeanette Gaultier. Dry soils delay weed emergence, but the recent rains and warmer weather have triggered germination, creating a green carpet of weeds in some fields. “The crop is going to pop, but so are

Crops, Livestock, News

Feds seek ideas for Growing Forward 3

A new website from the federal Agriculture Department gives growers a chance to have their say on farm programs

By Alex Binkley May 24, 2016

Now’s your chance to tell the federal government how farm policy should look in Canada. The federal Agriculture Department has set up a website to seek feedback on what is and isn’t working in Growing Forward 2 (GF2) and what should be in Growing Forward 3 (GF3). In a statement, Lawrence MacAulay, the federal agriculture

Crops

Dawson: MAFRD is now MDA

By Allan Dawson May 18, 2016

When Premier Brian Pallister and his 12 cabinet ministers were sworn into office May 3 most of their ministries got a new name, including Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development (MAFRD). Once again it is the Manitoba Department of Agriculture (MDA). Rural development is now part of Indigenous and Municipal Relations under Minister Eileen Clarke.

Opinion

Farmland. They never stopped making it

By Alan Guebert May 10, 2016

Forty-five years ago, anyone in agriculture was offered the same advice: “Buy land; they’re not making it anymore.” But “they” were making it, lots of it. According to United Nations data, the world’s farmable land base grew by about 240 million acres between 1971 and 1991. The “not-making-it-anymore” believers, however, plunged ahead and U.S. land

Crops, Local news, Weather

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report: No. 2

Conditions as of May 9, 2016

By Manitoba Agriculture Food and Rural Development May 10, 2016

Seeding progress in Manitoba is estimated at 48 per cent complete. Seeding is 45 per cent complete in the Southwest Region, 35 per cent complete in the Northwest Region, 40 to 75 per cent complete in the Central Region, 45 per cent complete in the Eastern Region and 40 per cent complete in the Interlake

Livestock

Foreign worker break for seafood sector a ‘one-time’ deal

By GFM Network News, Rod Nickel March 17, 2016

Winnipeg | Reuters –– Canada’s move to loosen restrictions on hiring foreign workers for East Coast seafood plants was a one-time decision, and the government is not convinced other sectors need similar measures, the country’s employment minister said Thursday. The Liberal government eased restrictions under its foreign worker program recently for Atlantic seafood processors, allowing

Crops, News

What’s hot and what’s not for 2016 crops

Margins are expected to be a lot tighter in the coming year, but the major crops are still showing a potential for profit

By Laura Rance-Unger January 8, 2016

Manitoba farmers are facing some tough choices when it comes to squeezing a profit out of the crops they grow in 2016. But the Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development annual crop production guidelines indicate there are still profits to be made in both conventional and organic production systems. These estimates serve as useful reference

Daily Network News

Spain reports first swine fever case in three decades, jeopardizing exports to China

Feed Grains Weekly: Good export demand pushing up domestic prices

Beef DNA testing now available in Canada

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