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Editorial: The buzz around bees, neonics and the ‘big picture’

By Laura Rance-Unger June 15, 2015

In our business, getting the facts right and keeping them in context is a constant challenge. Such is the case with the materials circulated as part of the Buzzing Gardens campaign rolled out last week by Bees Matter, an industry group formed to present information on bee health. It offers free flower seeds to gardeners

Did you know?, Local news

Public rallies around loose sow

Within hours the sow had been named and a rescue fundraiser started

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff June 15, 2015

Pigs were in the Winnipeg headlines last week over the fate of a sow that had fallen off a livestock truck and was found roaming near Winnipeg’s south perimeter. Manitoba Pork says staff, representatives from the Office of the Chief Veterinarian of Manitoba, and the Winnipeg Police Service contained the animal and loaded it onto

Local news, Oilseeds

More clubroot confirmed in Manitoba, but mostly low levels

The good news — farmers can still prevent this potentially destructive canola disease from getting out of control

By Allan Dawson June 12, 2015

Forty-eight Manitoba fields are confirmed to have clubroot spores, a soil-borne, potentially destructive canola disease, up from 13, according to the latest clubroot survey update from Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development (MAFRD). The results were expected and officials predict they’ll find even more with additional sampling. The good news is the number of clubroot

Crops, Local news

Manitoba crop insect and disease update – June 9, 2015

Flea beetles in canola and cutworms are the insects of most concern

By Manitoba Agriculture Food and Rural Development June 10, 2015

Summary Flea beetles in canola and cutworms continue to be the insects of greatest concern. Insecticide applications and some reseeding have occurred because of feeding by these insects. Monitor emerging crops for seedling disease. So far populations of disease vectors have been low. Aphid vectors of barley yellow dwarf have not been seen or reported, and only small populations of

Comment, Crops

Politics and the revenge of the food consumer

The USDA has decided to act on growing pressure and establish a voluntary program  to label food products with non-GMO content

By Sylvain Charlebois June 9, 2015

What was unthinkable a few years ago is now happening. In an unprecedented move, the United States Department of Agriculture has established a voluntary program to label food products with non-GMO content. Non-GMOs already exist in the marketplace, but none of them are sanctioned by the government. At the request of a global food company,

Recipe Swap

The many advantages of strength training exercises

Prairie Fare: Rock and Roll Beef Wraps

By Julie Garden-Robinson May 29, 2015

Did you notice the amount of weight on the machine?” my husband asked. I was trying to push the handles on the weight machine forward. I would have had equal success moving a wall. I had plopped myself onto the seat of the weight machine without looking at the settings. I knew better. Starting with

farm family standing in a pasture with cattle

Beef cattle, Local news

Cattle producers seek protection from residential neighbours

Manitoba municipality ignores its own bylaw in the  endeavour to develop rural residential property

By Jennifer Paige May 28, 2015

Area livestock operators say they fear being squeezed out by a proposed residential development their municipality has approved based on false information and in contravention of local bylaws. Residents opposed to the project say the developer behind a proposed 96-acre housing development east of Carberry failed to disclose in his rezoning application that there are

Beef cattle, Livestock

Beef 911: How can you improve your calf processing?

There are always ways to improve and it’s worthwhile reviewing how things went this year

By Roy Lewis May 25, 2015

Since the traditional time for getting calves ready for grass is close to over, it is good to review your protocols, methods, and any issues you had this year and introduce ways to improve next year. There are two main ways ranchers process calves. The first is the traditional way we call ‘branding,’ where calves

Did you know?

Why do some songbirds warm eggs longer than others?

Birds with a short lifespan put more effort into incubating their young

By University Of Montana Release May 25, 2015

The amount of care parents provide their young varies greatly across the animal kingdom, particularly among songbird species, who spend anywhere from 20 per cent to nearly 100 per cent of daylight hours warming eggs in their nests. A team of researchers led by Thomas Martin, senior scientist and professor at UM’s Montana Cooperative Wildlife

Local news

Harvesting rhubarb after recent cold temps on the Prairies poses a health risk

University of Illinois warns of the dangers of oxalic acid descending into the stalk when the mercury takes a dive

By University Of Illinois Release May 21, 2015

University of Illinois Extension – After a spring frost University of Illinois Extension often gets questions about rhubarb and asparagus – are they safe to eat. Growing rhubarb is fairly easy as long as Mother Nature keeps temperatures above freezing once the leaves have emerged. Rhubarb should not be harvested when the leaves are wilted

Daily Network News

U.S. grains: Soybeans regain ground on slowed South American harvest

Agriculture Canada expects farmers to plant more canola, less pulses in 2026/27

ICE Canada Weekly: Canola premium required

Tag Archives Biology

Editorial: The buzz around bees, neonics and the ‘big picture’

More clubroot confirmed in Manitoba, but mostly low levels

Manitoba crop insect and disease update – June 9, 2015

The many advantages of strength training exercises

Cattle producers seek protection from residential neighbours

Beef 911: How can you improve your calf processing?

Why do some songbirds warm eggs longer than others?

Harvesting rhubarb after recent cold temps on the Prairies poses a health risk

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