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Make An Outdoor Swag

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Many fellow gardeners enjoy a “natural” Chr istmas and endeavour to use plant material as opposed to decorations made from man-made materials. We are also always looking for ideas to create Christmas décor using plant material, and one idea that I have tried successfully is making a Christmas swag out of evergreen boughs to hang
Hogs, Opinion

Letters – for Oct. 29, 2009

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Consumer and producer disconnect growing While I appreciate and share Laura Rance’s concern for the world’s needy “Stuffed and starved,” Manitoba Co-operator Oct. 15, 2009, I can’t help but feel her editorial is, in itself, a prime example of the growing consumer/ producer disconnect that Rance refers to and which many fellow producers wish to
Country Crossroads

Light Shines On Food Champions

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Betty Kehler didn’t mince words when granted the opportunity to address the audience after she and her partner Bob Pizey received their Golden Carrot Award last week. She sang them instead, breaking into a rendition of “This little light of mine, I’m going to let it shine,…” to the delight of the 100 or so
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Not Having An Expensive Barn Helps, But Low Prices Are Still A Killer

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“We looked at the total picture of the diversified farm, and I think it was a pretty good system, but you just can’t survive these kinds of prices.” – ROBERT MCLEAN Even the operations designed to finish hogs without huge capital costs haven’t been spared from the slump in industry profitability. Biotech housing operations made
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Keeping Insects Out Of Your Bins

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While excess moisture frequently causes spoilage in stored grain, damage from insects can also account for significant losses. But with preplanning and monitoring, insect damage can easily be reduced, or even eliminated. According to the Canadian Grain Commission, clean bins and cool grain are the key. Thoroughly cleaning storage bins between seasons is the first
Livestock

There’s Gold In Them Thar Heaps

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What is composted manure worth? On one end of the scale, an urban gardener tossing it into the trunk of the car might pay $2.59 retail for a 20-kg bag and think nothing of it. At the other end, a beef producer or feedlot operator cleaning out pens full of the raw materials for making
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New Report Promotes Food Security For Manitoba

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“I do think there is an unmet consumer demand for local food.” – KREESTA DOUCETTE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF MANITOBA FOOD CHARTER Anew report released in Manitoba this week could help this province set a national example in improved food security, say proponents. Those who helped create the Manitoba Food Charter in 2006 have now released
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Funding Flows To Help Reduce GHGs

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Wiser use of water, more recycling and less idling are all activities Virden’s mayor hopes local residents will adopt in coming months. Theirs is one of 14 rural and urban centres chosen to take part in the Community Led Emissions Reduction pilot program, an initiative aimed at helping more Manitobans contribute to a 20 per
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Cleanup For Bird Flu Done On B. C. Farm

Cleaning and disinfection work on an Abbotsford, B. C. turkey farm has been completed to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s approval after the farm’s stock was culled for avian flu. About 60,000 birds were gassed and composted in the farm’s barns after some birds in the flock were confirmed Jan. 24 to have what turned
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UN Agency Promotes Organic For Africa

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“Even in this current economic crisis, where demand for most products is dropping fast, demand for organic products continues to grow.” Demand for organic foods will keep growing despite the world economic crisis, creating an opportunity for farmers in poor countries, the United Nations’ trade and development agency said Feb 9. In a research note,

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