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Crops, Oilseeds

Bayer And DuPont Sign Cross-Licence Deal

Seed giant Pioneer Hi-Bred will begin using LibertyLink herbicide-tolerance traits in its canola hybrids, in a deal which will see Bayer CropScience try its hand at juncea oilseeds. Germany’s Bayer and DuPontowned, U.S.-based Pioneer have announced a global licensing agreement in which Bayer will license its LibertyLink technology to Pioneer, while Bayer will get access
Livestock, Other livestock

Sheep &Goat Sales – for Apr. 28, 2011

The local buyers had a great opportunity with the last-minute Easter bidding for sheep and goats at the Winnipeg Livestock Auction April 21. The producers provided a balanced selection of most classifications – no heavyweight or market weight lambs. There were 181 animals at this sale. Some evidence of culling with the ewes was present;
Country Crossroads

Start Fresh This Spring, Says Vegetable Expert

After last year’s late blight apocalypse, many home gardeners have spent a dreary winter opening tin cans instead of jars of their own delicious preserved tomatoes. Added to that disheartening experience, was the sinking feeling one gets when reaching into the potato bin and pulling out the odd stinky, mushy tuber. There are no guarantees
Country Crossroads

Be Good To Your Heart

Your beating heart is a fist-sized pumping system with four valves and four chambers. Various blood vessels carry blood to and from the heart. It circulates blood to every cell in your body as it pumps an average of 100,000 times per day. The pumping action carries oxygen and nutrients that we need to stay
Country Crossroads

Forsythia — Blooms In Early Spring

After enduring a long Prairie winter, we gardeners eagerly anticipate those very first blooms in our outdoor gardens. There is great joy in finally seeing flowering plants in our landscapes. The forsythia shrub is one of the first plants to provide bloom to brighten the early-spring garden. Vibrant-yellow, bell-shaped flowers appear before the shrubs leaf
Crops

What’s Up – for Apr. 21, 2011

——— Please forward your agricultural events to [email protected] or call 204-944-5762. April 26:Environmentally Sustainable Food Production: What is the Role for Animal Agriculture? Session with AAFC research scientist Dr. Henry Janzen and a farmer panel, 9:30 a.m. to noon, Carolyn Sifton Lecture Theatre, 130 Agriculture Building, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg. For more info or to
Country Crossroads

The Promise Of Spring

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One of the very first signs that spring is coming is the appearance of soft, fuzzy pussy willows on willow bushes in the ditches along the highways and byways. These delightful “blooms” are a welcome sight to those who are eagerly looking forward to spring and many of us “older folk” can remember doing artwork
Crops, Pulses

Rumoured Monsanto Sale Denied

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Germany’s BASF has no plans to buy global biotech seed company Monsanto Co., sources with knowledge of the situation said April 12. Rumours that a buyout was imminent sent Monsanto’s shares up as much as four per cent while shares of BASF, the world’s largest chemical maker, fell 2.8 per cent. The two companies are
Hogs, Livestock

Kansas State Research Results Provide Practical Guidance

Bernie Peet is president of Pork Chain Consulting Ltd. of Lacombe, Alberta, and editor of Western Hog Journal. His columns will run every second week in the Manitoba Co-operator. Ialways look forward to the publication of the Kansas State University Swine Day proceedings detailing the results of a range of trials carried out over the
Beef cattle, Forages, Livestock, News

Cold Weather Makes Cattle “Greener”

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Cattle emit less methane in the winter than in summer, a recent study has discovered. And now that the results have been sent to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, scientists will use it to develop a more accurate picture of the true contribution of ruminants to global warming. Previously, the IPCC had not taken

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