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A speaker at the 2019 Manitoba Farm Women’s Conference.
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Last days to register for farm women’s conference

The event is set for Nov. 21-23, but registration closes Nov. 8

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It’s the final countdown for anyone wanting to take in this year’s Manitoba Farm Women’s Conference. Registration for the conference, which is to be held in Winkler from Nov. 21-23 this year, closes Nov. 8. The event’s mission statement seeks to connect “multiple generations and agricultural backgrounds through education, encouragement, and empowerment,” according to its
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau shakes hands following his address to the Canadian Federation of Agriculture general meeting in early March.
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Federal leaders vie for farmer support at CFA

Ottawa seems to be sitting up and taking notice of agriculture

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The meeting hall was buzzing the afternoon of March 6 as the Canadian Federation of Agriculture’s annual meeting awaited the arrival of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. A last-minute addition to the agenda, the prime minister’s participation had been quietly rumoured for several days, but only confirmed on the opening morning of the event. A long-time member of the Parliamentary
Manitoba Agronomists Conference co-chair, Tammy Jones speaking at Manitoba Agriculture’s Crop Diagnostic School in 2019.
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Agronomist conference aims to find the tools that work

Manitoba Agronomists Conference looks to demystify agricultural climate policy

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After two years of meeting virtually, the Manitoba Agronomists Conference is back in person and ready to tackle climate change. “It’s very exciting for us to be able to have that ability to interact in person,” says conference co-chair Tammy Jones, an agronomist with Corteva Agriscience who is co-chairing with Marla Riekman, a soil specialist
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Does that dust mask fit? Are you sure?

Registrations are still open for two free Manitoba Farm Safety Program conferences on Nov. 26 and Nov. 28

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If you’re not sure you’ve got the right size of dust mask on, it might be worth an expert opinion. Disposable respiratory masks are omnipresent on most farms, one of the most basic pieces of personal protective equipment and, along with earplugs, likely make up at least some of the clutter in the average machinery
Motivational speaker and North Dakota farmer Katie Dilse leads one of several sessions on life balance during the 
2017 Manitoba Farm Women’s Conference Nov. 19-21 in Brandon.
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The changing face of the farm-her

Female farmers, agriculture industry workers and others gathered for Manitoba Farm Women’s Conference

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The Manitoba Farm Women’s Conference wants female farmers to start thinking about the next century-and-a-half. The 31st incarnation of the event landed in Brandon Nov. 19-21, taking on the theme, “Advancing Farm Women for the Next 150 years.” Conference chair Donna Lee Brown said the theme is a play on Canada 150, marking changes in agriculture and
The eighth annual Take the Leap rural entrepreneurship conference was held in Dauphin on October 17.
Country Crossroads, Local news

The rural Manitoba advantage

Take the Leap provides valuable business development tools for rural entrepreneurs

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Rural Manitobans have big entrepreneurial dreams. The sizable turnout at this year’s Take the Leap conference in Dauphin Oct. 17 is just the latest sign of this, according to event organizers. Take the Leap, hosted by the Dauphin and District Chamber of Commerce, aims to provide insight into the resources available to these budding business
Bailey Gitzel, 17, was a speaker at the ‘From the Ground Up’ themed Manitoba Farm Women’s Conference in Winkler last week. She lives on a farm near Graysville with her parents, Robyn and Glennis Gitzel, and her two younger brothers.
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World conference an eye-opener for Graysville teen

Seeing the big picture has changed Bailey Gitzel’s path in life

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You learn a lot growing up on a farm. Graysville farm girl Bailey Gitzel jokes she’s already starting to look back to when she was “a kid with too many chickens.” “I’ve had some life-changing experiences between then and now,” says the 17-year-old Grade 12 student in Carman Collegiate. Her foray into poultry just after
"There were a lot of good things about it, but I just didn't want to do it anymore." – John Duvenaud
Crops, Local news

GrainWorld outlook conference dead unless a new organizer steps up

Wild Oats publisher John Duvenaud, who put on the meetings the last four years, doesn’t want to do them anymore

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Wild Oats GrainWorld, one of Western Canada’s main annual grain outlook conferences, will no longer be held unless someone new wants to take on the job, says conference organizer John Duvenaud. “I’ve run four,” Duvenaud, who owns and publishes the Wild Oats grain-marketing newsletter, said in an interview Oct. 21. “They’ve all made money. It’s

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