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Burrows MLA Diljeet Brar, shown here outside Winnipeg’s Seven Oaks General Hospital in a campaign video screengrab, is the Manitoba NDP’s new critic for agriculture. (Facebook)
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Ag extension staffer named Manitoba NDP ag critic

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A former Manitoba provincial ag extension co-ordinator will be the new critic for agriculture on the opposition New Democrats’ bench. Manitoba NDP leader Wab Kinew on Friday announced a new shadow cabinet, appointing Diljeet Brar as his critic for agriculture and for sport, culture and heritage. Brar, a rookie MLA elected Sept. 10 in the
Competitors in the Heartland Rodeo Association Finals in Carman September 13 and 14 wore blue shirts in honour of their friend and mentor Terry Marshall. 
They dubbed the theme of the 2015 events, which also mark the HRA’s 20th year, ‘20 Shades of Blue.’
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Heartland Rodeo Association ‘blue rodeo’ remembers founder

HRA themed its 20th year of finals in honour of friend and founder Terry Marshall who died suddenly last year

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He’d be very proud and very honoured. That’s how Strathclair cowgirl Lacey Marshall says her late father, Terry Marshall, would feel to see the events unfolding at Heartland Rodeo Association 20th annual finals here last weekend. “This rodeo meant so much to him. And it’s amazing to think of all the lives he’s touched.” HRA
A group of Filipinos who arrived to work at the Springhill Farms hog-processing plant in Neepawa last January. Immigrants now make up almost a quarter of Neepawa’s population.
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Prairie towns lack settlement services for immigrants

Rural Development Institute study surveyed 29 towns across Prairies and B.C.

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Rural towns exist because of immigration, but they aren’t easy places for immigrants to move into nowadays. Lack of employment or foreign credentials going unrecognized are only part of the problem, according to a new report released by the Brandon-based Rural Development Insti­tute. Newcomers go wherever language training, affordable housing, child care, public transportation, and
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Youth award goes to Russell siblings

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Two Russell youth who started a fundraiser to help reunite immigrant families in their hometown are the 2012 winners of the Rural Youth Achievement Award presented last week in Brandon at Capturing Opportunities. Ayla Hamilton, 13 and her brother Van Hamilton, eight, were recognized for their extraordinary effort to start a “Kids Helping Kids” initiative
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Monsanto Awards University Scholarships To Farm Kids

Nine Manitoba high school students are among 51 from farm families across Canada who have secured $1,500 entrance scholarships to pursue studies in agriculture thanks to the Monsanto Opportunity Scholarship program. The program received almost 200 applications this year. The winners were selected by a panel of judges based on their academic performance, leadership capabilities
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What’s Up – for Nov. 18, 2010

——— Please forward your agricultural events to [email protected] or call 204-944-5762. Nov. 18:Farm and Cattle Management for Women seminar, Eriksdale Recreation Centre. For more info call Judy Gleich, Lundar GO Office, 204- 762-5649, or Thelma Blahey, Arborg GO Office, 204-641-4133. Nov. 19:Cattle Production Workshop for Women, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Vita Arena. For more
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Value Adding Important Part Of The Package

erard and Marie DeRuyck decided it was time to find a different way to farm in 2000 after spending buckets of money to seed, spray and harvest – only to have yields decimated by fusarium. The following year Gerard broke up 25 acres of pasture and sowed oats, sans synthetic inputs. Their son Dan and
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Feed-Rite Closes Two Mills In Manitoba

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“It’s definitely going to impact us.” – JAKE GOERTZEN, MANITOU MAYOR Alarge Canadian livestock feed company is closing two of its five operations in Manitoba, partly because of the downturn in the hog industry. Feed-Rite will shut down feed mills in Manitou and Arborg at the end of July, throwing approximately 30 employees out of
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What’s Up – for Apr. 1, 2010

Please forward your agricultural events to [email protected] call 204-944-5762 April 6 – Verified Beef Production meeting, Provincial Building boardroom, 317 River Rd., Arborg. For more info call MAFRI at 204-376-3300 or email [email protected]. April 8 – Manitoba Agricultural Hall of Fame annual general meeting, 1:30 p. m., Salon A, Keystone Centre, Brandon. For more info

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