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Brandon Research Centre Celebrates 125th

Back in 1886, farmers around here were suffering from drought, Prairie fires were a problem and frost had damaged wheat the fall before. But there was good news too: Brandon was getting an experimental farm – one of five to be built across the country after the Experimental Farm Station Act received Royal Assent June
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Manitoba Pork Says Hog Deaths Were An Anomaly

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A highly publicized judge’s rebuke of hog industry transportation practices after an isolated incident in 2008 had pork industry officials on the defensive last week. The death of 22 pigs from heat stroke on the way to slaughter in 2008 was an anomaly, says Manitoba Pork’s general manager Andrew Dickson. Dickson said that while he
Crops

Instructors Hired For New Horticultural Program

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Assiniboine Community College (ACC) welcomes two new instructors to the college’s new horticultural production program that starts this fall. Lord Abbey and Sajjad Rao have strong credentials that will open the doors to applied research in horticultural production. ACC’s current research project is funded by the Canada-Manitoba Growing Forward Strategic Innovation Fund Advancing Agri- Innovation
Beef cattle, Forages, News

Food Fight Top Prize Goes To Hemp Cookies

Hemp’s growing popul arity got another boost last week with the grand prize at the Great Manitoba Food Fight going to a rural Manitoba woman who has created a cookie with it. New Bothwell’s Natalie Dueck took home $15,000 and the gold medal for her product she calls her “chocolate hemp snackers.” She was one
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Pencils And Green Thumbs: Learning Horticulture On The Prairies

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The horticulture industry in Canada is thriving. In 2008 it represented $5.78 billion in agricultural cash receipts – 14 per cent of the total – and $3.85 billion in exports, according to Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. On the Prairies, horticulturalists work in greenhouses and nurseries, help to improve fruit and vegetable production, and tackle landscaping
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ACC Moves Forward In Applied Research

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Assiniboine Community College (ACC) has launched an appl ied research program in horticultural production. The project is funded through the Canada- Manitoba Growing Forward Strategic Innovation Fund Advancing Agri-Innovation Program. The funding of $318,000 over three years will be used to establish a Manitoba-based applied research program that will focus primarily on fruit and vegetables.
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Photography Just One Of Various Talents

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Alyssa Krahn, a young woman who has grown up on the family farm near Rivers, Manitoba has a unique eye for capturing life with her camera. At the Annual Art and Photography Show at Prairie Crocus Regional Library in Rivers, she had her photography on display and it brought many comments from attendees saying that
Cereals, News, Oilseeds

In Brief… – for Jan. 20, 2011

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Vet fined:A Manitoba veterinarian has been fined $10,000 for certifying uninspected cattle for export. Dr. Earl Van Assen pleaded guilty in a Winnipeg court to two counts of contravening the federal Health of Animals Act. Court was told Van Assen submitted certification documents in Feb. 2009 for 42 cows shipped to the United States, stating
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Food Fight Changes Course

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Big changes are coming to the 2011 Great Manitoba Food Fight, including a new venue, earlier deadlines and more rigorous application procedures. The food fight – where competitors enter a food product they’ve developed – is being moved next spring to Assiniboine Community College’s campus Manitoba Institute of Culinary Arts faculty. Until now, the event
Country Crossroads

Ideas Sought For The “Great Manitoba Food Fight”

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Manitobans with a great new food or beverage idea are invited to enter the “Great Manitoba Food Fight” scheduled in April as part of the 2011 Capturing Opportunities event. Competitors pitch their product ideas and provide a product sample to a panel of judges. First-, second-and third-place finalists receive product development awards valued at $15,000,

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