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Cereals, Crops

Winter Wheat Research Financed

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Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) is providing just over $1.25 million to Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC), three Prairie province winter wheat producer commissions and its funding partners to increase winter wheat acres across Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. “Improved varieties and good management by producers have made winter wheat one of the most profitable crops over
Country Crossroads

Farmers Putting In A Plug For Potholes

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Sloughs and potholes are popping up across the landscape near Minnedosa as more wetlands are restored. Landowners who are concerned about wildlife and willing to cash in on a new habitat incentive program are responsible. “In my instance, I have been a grain farmer and now I am in cattle so I am trying to
Cereals, Crops

Start Planning For Your Winter Wheat Spring Assessment

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Aproper spring assessment is an important part of successful winter wheat production. And as the weather heats up, now’s the time to start putting your assessment plans into motion. Assessing the crop condition early is difficult as brown leaves do not necessarily denote winterkill and green leaves are not a guarantee of winter survival. The
News, Oilseeds

In Brief… – for Apr. 15, 2010

Canola crush plant eyed: The R. M. of Woodlands’ community development corporation (CDC) has confirmed ongoing discussions with an unnamed company interested in crushing canola at its new industrial park, just outside Warren. All that’s publicly known so far is that planned infrastructure for the park is meant to “immediately serve a canola-crushing plant and
Livestock, News

Strategy The Topic At EG&S Panel Discussion

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Adecade ago, the notion of paying landowners for the services they provide in maintaining wetlands and critical habitats was so radical that few thought it would ever gain traction among the public or politicians. Now, with the concept firmly established, the only obstacle going forward is funding. “Ten years ago we could barely get people
News, Oilseeds

Veteran Farm Communicator Jack Giles Passes

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Veteran farm writer and communicator Jack Giles, 72, died Jan. 31 in Winnipeg. Giles worked 19 years for Manitoba Agriculture’s communications section. He left to head up communications for the Canola Council of Canada and later Ducks Unlimited Canada. Giles also worked overseas with CUSO. “He was a newsman first and a government worker second,”
Country Crossroads, Livestock

Restoration Program Generates Interest

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Anew program is looking at righting old wrongs while putting some cash into landowners’ pockets. The new Wetland Restoration Incentive Program (WRIP) will help local landowners to restore drained wetlands while also compensating their efforts. “For me it was a fit for pasture land,” said Gord Beddome, a Shilo-area cattle producer. Beddome recently restored the
Livestock

Rancher Locks In Land For Wildlife Habitat

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“Cattle need water and grass and so do ducks.” – RICK ANDREWS Ducks and cattle can get along famously, it seems. When the Kliever family decided to pack in their 1,600-acre grain-farming operation in 2003 and sow all their land down to grass instead, they had an inkling that Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC) might be

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