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Facts alone are unconvincing when it comes to our food
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Facts alone are unconvincing when it comes to our food

Science offers farmers a great many things, but ethical justification isn’t one of them

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It gets used to defend GMOs, livestock production and food additives. But when speaking to consumers, experts say it is time to retire the phrase “science based” and focus on shared values instead. “You cannot abandon science, you absolutely have to have that to prove the claims you’re making, but at the end of the
Manitoba Wheat and Barley Growers Association director Dean Harder explained proposed new voting options at the association’s annual meeting during Crop Connect in Winnipeg Feb. 11. The changes, which would allow for advance voting, were part of a bylaw change members approved.
Crops, Local news

Manitoba Wheat and Barley Growers Association introducing hybrid voting

Farmers will have the option to cast their votes in advance through a 
mail-in or electronic ballot or in person at the association’s annual meeting

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There will be three options for voting in Manitoba Wheat and Barley Growers Association (MWBGA) director elections: an advance mail-in ballot, an advance electronic ballot or voting at the association’s annual meeting. Members voted in favour of a bylaw containing the changes Feb. 11 at the MWBGA’s annual meeting in Winnipeg during Crop Connect. “This
harvesting silhouette
Crops

Mix it up for phosphorus’s sake

Some producers have found innovative ways to balance phosphorus levels, including land swapping

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It’s time for producers to mix things up. Speaking at the annual Crop Connect conference in Winnipeg last week, Don Flaten said that mixed farming can help balance phosphorus levels in the province. “But I’m not saying everyone should have some cows, some pigs, a few chickens, forage and crops,” he said. “What I mean
Leander Campbell, speaking at Crop Connect in Winnipeg.
Crops, Local news

Crop data assists in tracking crops and disease

It’s not a bird and it’s not a plane, those are satellites up 
there and farmers can access the data they produce for free


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Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada is aiming to bring satellite technology down to earth for Prairie producers. “Typically in agriculture you’re thinking biology, maybe chemistry, well this is physics in agriculture,” said Leander Campbell, speaking at the recent Crop Connect in Winnipeg. Campbell, a remote sensing specialist with the earth observation team at Agriculture Canada, said
VIDEO: Three things farmers should know about grain grading
Crops, Local news

VIDEO: Three things farmers should know about grain grading

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For nearly two decades, Judy Elias has worked for the Canadian Grain Commission specializing in grain inspection. At the recent CropConnect conference in Winnipeg, she spoke about how producers can get a proper grain sample ready for grading and what options they have if a dispute occurs at the elevator over grain quality.
Skaters make their way to river trails near the historic site of The Forks, the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers in Winnipeg.
Local news

Cities have nutrient recycling role too, soil scientist says

Winnipeg continues to be the province's largest generator of nutrients such as phosphorous

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It’s time to begin recycling nutrients from the province’s largest confined feeding operation — Winnipeg, a University of Manitoba soil scientist says. “If you look at Manitoba’s largest confined feeding operation, it is Winnipeg,” said Don Flaten, speaking at Crop Connect in Winnipeg last week. “And to just be putting the waste water nutrients into
men receiving award for growing corn
Crops, Local news

Baker Colony wins 2015 corn yield competition with 241 bushels an acre

Annual contest is organized by the Manitoba Corn Growers Association

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Baker Colony near MacGregor won the 2015 Manitoba Corn Growers Association’s corn competition with a yield of 241.05 bushels per acre. That beat the late Lorne Loeppky’s winning yield of 226.16 in 2014, but it’s still under the record 271.69 bushels an acre set by Baker Colony in 2013. Coincidently average Manitoba corn yields set
Drew Lerner, meteorologist
Crops, Local news, Weather

Forecaster sees a ‘drier bias’ this season

But Lerner cautions that he predicted the same last year

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While much can still change, parts of Manitoba may be en route to a drier spring and summer. Speaking to producers during CropConnect in Winnipeg, Drew Lerner of World Weather Inc. said “what we’re going to be looking at this year is probably a little bit higher potential for a drier bias.” After years of
aeration fans at the base of grain bins
Cereals, Crops

Is continuous aeration a waste of money, or worse?

Natural aeration might not use hot air in the bin, but it generated some at CropConnect

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After years of studying the effects of natural aeration on wheat, barley and peas, Ron Palmer of the Indian Head Agricultural Research Foundation says that leaving fans running during the day isn’t just ineffective, it may actually damage the grain in your bin. “Not only are we spinning our fans for nothing, but it leaves
awards ceremony at CropConnect
Crops

Lorne Loeppky’s 226-bushel corn wins 2014 yield contest

The secret: paying attention to detail, good soil and hog manure

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How does Lorne Loeppky grow such big corn crops? “I have a simple answer for you on that: Pay attention to detail — that’s everything from (plant) population, to seeding depth, to how the land is prepared,” the winner of the 2014 Manitoba Corn Growers Association’s yield competition said in an interview Feb. 18 on

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