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Lynne and John Hogg welcome customers at C & J Wood Works.
Country Crossroads, Local news, Other

Shoal Lake woodworking business going strong for nine years

C & J Wood Works can create something new, refinish something old, or do some repair work

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It’s been nine years since John and Lynne Hogg set up a woodworking business in Shoal Lake, and while many things remain the same, there have been some interesting changes along the way. Although the mainstay of C & J Wood Works has been just that — whether it’s creating something new, refinishing a treasure
Government, college staff and companies like Maple Leaf Foods were in attendance as the province announced $300,000 for Assiniboine Community College’s new animal protein-processing training centre April 26.
Livestock, Local news

Making the cut at ACC

The college’s new animal-processing centre will train students for the meat sector, ACC says

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There’s about to be a new stream of locally trained labour for the province’s meat sector. Brandon’s Assiniboine Community College (ACC) is preparing for the first crop of students at its new animal protein-processing training centre. The college is expecting about 40 graduates annually out of the centre’s first program. The 11-month class will greet
Dr. Poonam Singh, (r), discusses how good bugs can fight bad bugs with (from left): Assiniboine 
student Gopin Patel, Shelmerdine employee Stephanie Walker and Assiniboine research intern 
Tiffany Nykolyshyn.
Country Crossroads, Local news

It’s a bug-eat-bug world, says Assiniboine faculty member

Researcher uses $25,000 NSERC grant to reduce pesticide use

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Bugs that eat bugs fascinate Dr. Poonam Singh. The instructor and researcher at Assiniboine Community College is studying the effectiveness of using “good bugs” to control pests that injure and sometimes kill plants. Singh is the first instructor at Assiniboine to receive a grant from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
The Stepplers’ bull sales have been boosted by live streaming on social media.
Local news, News, Other

Selling the farm life, byte by byte

Producers are turning to the internet to market their farms and their practices

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It’s not hard to keep track of what’s happening on Steppler Farms, west of Miami. A quick scroll through their blogs, YouTube, Facebook and Twitter feeds shows pictures taken in the field, videos of feeding cattle, links to articles and posts on everything from beehive management to family birthdays. On screen, Ian Steppler appears in
Local farmers, nutritionists, researchers and industry representatives tackle the GMO debate at the Brandon screening of “Food Evolution” April 10.
Country Crossroads, Local news, Other

Documentary takes off the gloves on GMO debate

GMOs have been a lightning rod for controversy, but documentary 
‘Food Evolution’ argues that science has been the underdog in the debate

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Agriculture recently had a red-carpet moment, with twin screening of the documentary “Food Evolution” in Brandon and Winnipeg. Organized by the Manitoba Canola Growers, Canola Eat Well, the Manitoba Farm Writers and Broadcasters Association, Canadian Agri-Marketing Association and Assiniboine Community College, screening and panel discussion on April 10 aimed to educate the public about the
New solutions are needed to address the labour shortages plaguing the agricultural sector across Canada.
Local news, Other

KAP exploring apprenticeship program for farm staff

The farm group has begun early discussions with Apprenticeship Manitoba about the need for training those employed on farms and how training could be offered

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With spring seeding around the corner, do you have the people you need on the payroll? Many farmers don’t and know chances of finding someone are next to nil. With the farm labour shortage intensifying, Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) this spring is sitting down with Apprenticeship Manitoba to look further afield for workers. They’re in
Local news

Ag Days charitable giving deadline nears

Application deadline is Nov. 15

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Ag Days is reminding eligible organizations and individuals the application deadline for its annual giving program is drawing near. Non-profit groups and Assiniboine Community College agribusiness students have until Nov. 15 to apply for the 2018 Manitoba Ag Days Gives Back community giving program and an annual scholarship program. Up to $27,000 is awarded each
Grant Carlson, industrial development leader with Manitoba Agriculture, speaks on the role of economic development organizations in drawing business to communities June 1.
Local news, Other

EDAM makes its mark on Melita with forum

The Town of Melita hosted the 2017 Economic Development Association of Manitoba (EDAM) 
spring forum from May 31 to June 2

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The Town of Melita is looking for some constructive feedback following an economic development meeting held there. About 40 economic development officers from across Manitoba descended on the town May 31 to June 2 for the 2017 Economic Development Association of Manitoba (EDAM) spring forum. A community assessment was part of the three-day event. Participants
Matthew Johnson, founder of M3 Aerial Productions, poses with his fixed-wing drone, one of several his company uses to provide drone services to farmers since the agricultural branch of his company launched last year.
Crops, News

Tighter drone regs affect agricultural use

Restrictions to within nine kilometres of an ‘aerodrome’ affect much of agricultural Manitoba

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Assiniboine Community College’s agribusiness program has grounded most drone flights while professors sort through new regulations around their operation. The new Transport Canada rules released March 16 limit recreational drones between 250 grams and 35 kilograms to within 90 metres of the ground, at least 75 metres away from structures, people or vehicles, to daylight
Beneficial and nuisance insects were on display during a presentation by Manitoba Agriculture entomologist, John Gavloski, March 16.
Crops, Oilseeds

CanoLAB workshop makes Dauphin debut

There was a broad cross-section of canola issues and topics at a recent CanoLAB workshop

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The annual CanoLAB canola management workshop series continues to extend its Manitoba footprint with a first-time event in Dauphin March 15 and 16. Topics ranged from combine settings and herbicide management to crop damage and beneficial insects. It is the fifth year the event has been held in Manitoba, after initially being introduced in Alberta

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