Faculty member Danielle Tichit leads a class on oilseed handling and marketing 
at Assiniboine Community College, part of the ACC agribusiness program.

The other ag college: ACC’s growing agribusiness program

ACC’s agribusiness program is so successful that 26 years later there’s a waiting list to get in

Amanda Boland’s parents don’t farm, but that didn’t stop agriculture from being a part of her childhood. The daughter of two ag retailers in Melfort, Sask., Boland was exposed early to the industry, eventually joining the workforce at Paragon Ag Services, the same company that employs her parents. She loaded and unloaded fertilizer trucks and

Manitobans participate in first-ever national agriculture day

Manitobans participate in first-ever national agriculture day

February 16 marks the countrywide launch of Canada’s Agriculture Day, 
which aims to be an annual national celebration

Dauphin Co-op planned to share drawings and photos about farmers created by local school students this week. Some of those students would be meeting real farmers and learning about how they produce food too. The youngsters are taking part in a special event organized by staff at Dauphin Co-op to mark Canada’s Agriculture Day February


[L to R] Haley, summer horticulture technician; Tammy Johannsen, president of ACC Foundation; Danielle Tichit, ACC Agribusiness instructor; Greg Esplin, board member of MZTRA; Rick Grey, chair of ACC Agriculture and Environment; and Natasha, ACC Agribusiness student cut the ribbon for the opening of the MZTRA-ACC Weed Identification Garden.

A new resource to hone weed-identification skills

Funds remaining from former zero-till research farm will support a spot to see 
more than 80 of the province’s weed species

It’s been said a weed is but an unloved flower, but now weeds have a garden of their own in WestMan. That’s important because sometimes it can be hard to tell some weed species apart, and control methods can be vexingly target-specific. That makes it important to know just what you’re dealing with, and is

Laura Sytnyk (l to r), Charlee McLaughlin-Ventnor and Donovan Hickson earned first place in this year’s agribusiness plan challenge at Assiniboine Community College.

ACC students propose new learning program

In an annual competition, business students propose a certificate program for essential hands-on farm training

A plan to provide more agricultural training in western Manitoba has won first prize in a competition among second-year agribusiness students at Assiniboine Community College. Charlee McLaughlin-Ventnor of Shoal Lake along with Donovan Hickson from Forrest and Laura Sytnyk of Rivers developed a fictional company called the Agricultural Training Farm of Manitoba — an extended


Assiniboine Community College (ACC) will be establishing a weed identification garden after a donation  from the Manitoba Zero Tillage Research Association (MZTRA) — MZTRA board chair, Brad Lewis (l),  ACC agribusiness instructor, Danielle Tichit.

College to build weed identification garden

Assiniboine Community College looks to establish a weed identification garden to 
house more than 80 of Manitoba’s most common annual and perennial weeds

Southwestern Manitoba will soon be crawling with more weeds but these weeds are for a good cause. Assiniboine Community College is creating a weed identification garden with financial assistance from the defunct Manitoba Zero Tillage Research Association (MZTRA). “The garden will provide students in multiple programs with tangible and real learning opportunities and has the



two students with award

Grain-shipping focus of students’ winning business plan

Assiniboine Community College students focus on grain transportation woes to earn top spot in provincial competition

Two second-year agribusiness students from Assiniboine Community College were recently awarded first place in an annual provincial business competition after focusing in on producer car shipping. Matt Tolton and Will Turner were awarded the top spot in the Manitoba New Venture Championship on April 11 at the University of Manitoba. Both Tolton and Turner grew

Assiniboine Community College’s Len Evans Centre

ACC and Mazergroup partner to offer New Holland technician program

The newly initialled technician program will be held at ACC’s Len Evans Centre for Trades and Technology and will complement the existing agricultural equipment technician apprenticeship program

Brandon’s Assiniboine Community College announced a new partnership with agriculture equipment giant, Mazergroup, to bring new skills training for technicians of New Holland equipment. “Training and education that meets the unique needs of our partners in industry are critical to the success of the college,” said ACC president, Mark Frison. “This program not only benefits


The Manitoba Canola Growers Association hosted the third annual CanoLAB at Brandon Assiniboine Community College last week. Area producers and agronomists worked through a number of hands-on workshops to sharpen their canola production proficiencies.  
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Exploring canola diagnostics, diseases and deficiencies

CanoLAB participants get a hands-on demonstration 
of the most recent production practices

Canola and crop production experts provided area producers and agronomists with a one-day, hands-on workshop last week, providing an opportunity to sharpen their production practices for the coming growing season. “We hope that workshops like this will assist the province’s producers and agronomists as they look for ways to innovate and meet market demands. A

Mosaic to mine phosphate in Saudi Arabia

reuters / U.S. fertilizer producer Mosaic plans to invest up to $1 billion in a joint venture to produce phosphate in Saudi Arabia, giving the Minnesota-based company a road into India and other growing Asian markets. Mosaic will own one-quarter of the $7-billion project, with the remainder held by two Saudi companies. Phosphate production has