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In Zambia, investing in farmers keeps kids in school

Families who see improved yields under conservation agriculture use the extra income to pay school fees

By Laura Rance-Unger March 6, 2015

Juliette, the eldest daughter of Olipa Tembo and her husband Dickson Nkata, came home from school early one day. She was crying. The child, who would have been about eight at the time, had walked the four kilometres to the local school, only to have the teacher promptly send her home again. The family had

Crops, International news

Mulch, mice and ‘the man problem’ hold up CA adoption

Women are interested in producing food while men are more interested in growing cash crops using conventional methods

By Laura Rance-Unger March 5, 2015

After three years of producing maize using conservation agriculture, Nkasauka Nthala is a convert. The yields from her tiny .16-hectare plot of maize grown using direct seeding instead of hoeing were 166 per cent above the yields of maize grown under conventional practices. Yet only a small portion of the farm she shares with her

Crops, Oilseeds

Sunflowers aim for 100,000 acres in 2015

More tools may be available for sunflower growers, but a smaller crop makes bringing in new products more difficult

By Shannon VanRaes March 4, 2015

While the 2014 Manitoba sunflower crop fell short of expected acres, a drier spring could bring the 2015 crop closer to pre-flooding levels. “April is really going to tell the tale,” said Gregg Fotheringham, president of the National Sunflower Association of Canada. “If we see spring come in April when it’s supposed to come, I

Cereals, Crops

Everything you ever wanted to know about shipping grain to the U.S.

Online publication includes info on weight restrictions, phytosanitary certificates and more

By Allan Dawson February 17, 2015

Canadian and American grain companies have a new resource to assist them when buying or transhipping grain to or through each other’s countries. The goal is to expedite grain trading between the two nations and beyond following the elimination of the Canadian Wheat Board’s single desk. “We’ve seen all sorts of border challenges in other

Root cyst nematode infection on soybeans

Crops, Oilseeds

Soybeans — it might be OK to go easy on the inoculant

MPGA tests also show little or no benefit in using fungicides

By John Morriss February 17, 2015

Plant your soybeans on wheat or corn stubble and aim for 140,000 to 150,000 plants per acre. Those were two of the recommendations from research results delivered by Manitoba Pulse Growers production specialist Kristen Podolsky to a meeting of the Brokenhead River Agricultural Conference here last week. Podolsky also said you might not need to

Our History

Ag Canada seeds officer concerned of blackleg spread in canola

Our History: February 1981

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff February 17, 2015

This ad from Feb. 5, 1981 reminds us that canola is no longer called rapeseed, Furadan is no longer registered and Chemagro no longer exists — it later became part of Bayer. That week we reported that an Agriculture Canada seeds officer was concerned that Manitoba farmers purchasing rapeseed from Saskatchewan risked spreading “a sclerotinia-type

Crops, Local news

VIDEO: V-Wing ditcher has multiple uses

Manitoba Ag Days Inventor's Showcase: Hi-Tec Ag invention designed to help reduce soil erosion

By Greg Berg February 4, 2015

Described as a “landscaping machine,” the V-Wing can profile your land to help improve water flow. By making a wider channel that is less deep than conventional methods, it promotes a slower water flow rate to help reduce soil erosion. The V-Wing can also be used to move snow and for rural road maintenance. Hi-Tec Ag is located

Crops

‘Pyramid’ approach to bug control may be too optimistic

Selection for resistance to one Bt toxin often causes cross-resistance to another

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff February 4, 2015

University of Arizona scientists say developers of transgenic insect-resistant crops may be a bit too optimistic about their success. Since 1996, more than a cumulative total of a billion acres worldwide have been planted with crops incorporating the Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) toxin to control rootworm and other pests. Writing in the journal Nature Biotechnology, the

man standing on crop research project field

Crops

Will it be chess or checkers?

A researcher explores different ways of sustainably playing the farming game

By Julienne Isaacs February 4, 2015

It was standing room only in the University of Manitoba’s Carolyn Sifton Lecture Theatre Jan. 21 for a seminar entitled “Conservation agriculture, organic farming and agro-ecology: the three musketeers of a sustainable food system.” “I try to do this every year because I want to give the graduate students permission to ask tough questions and

Crops, Forages

Field trials continue on grass seed growth regulator

Work is underway to expand the availability of Syngenta’s Parlay

By Shannon VanRaes January 26, 2015

It’s been years in the making, but the Manitoba Forage Seed Association is one step closer to expanding the label of a much-requested plant growth regulator. “We’ve done small-plot work up until now, and this coming season we’re still going to be doing small-plot work, but also we are looking to do some field-scale trials,”

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Chicago cattle futures climb on post-Thanksgiving trade

U.S. grains: Corn futures set June high on US export demand

California researchers create nitrogen-fixing wheat

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