The new digital agriculture fundamentals program has kicked off at Assiniboine College in Brandon.
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VIDEO: Assiniboine College program sows digital farm skills
The new digital agriculture fundamentals program has kicked off at Assiniboine College in Brandon
Finish in sight for Assiniboine College agriculture hub
Assiniboine College can start tendering for the long-awaited Prairie Innovation Centre for Sustainable Agriculture after provincial funds and financing announced
Assiniboine College can start tendering for the long-awaited Prairie Innovation Centre for Sustainable Agriculture following announcement of provincial funds and financing.
Keeping soil health improvement flexible
Assiniboine College initiative designed to give farmers the tools to pick their own path
Assiniboine College soil health initiative designed to give farmers the tools to pick their own path when improving their farmland.
More greenhouse space coming for Assiniboine College
Western Manitoba college to receive $2 million for facility expansion
Assiniboine College's latest ag expansion announcement will see greenhouse facilities grow on the Brandon campus.
Mechatronics program a go at Assiniboine College
The anticipated technical skills program in Brandon is almost ready to welcome its first cohort
Assiniboine College is now accepting applications for a new three-year mechatronics program covering mechanical and electronics engineering skills that agricultural employers increasingly say they want.
‘Mobile skills lab’ to promote careers in ag
Saskatchewan equipment manufacturers receive government funding aimed at finding more workers
A new high-tech “Careers in Ag Mobile Skills Lab” will begin a summer tour of Saskatchewan at Ag in Motion July 16 to 18 to help develop a “talent pipeline” for ag and ag equipment manufacturing.
Ag resources for teachers released
New online resources will help Canadian teachers educate students in grades 10 and 11 about what it takes to grow the food they eat.
In the shadow of the ’80s
HISTORY | Did the ‘80s sabotage efforts to keep rural areas vibrant?
Editor’s note: This is part four of a series on the Rural STEP program and the ongoing conundrum of rural depopulation. Read part one, part two and part three. It’s 1984. The trial of an 18-year-old farm boy from Minnesota makes the pages of the New York Times. Steven Todd Jenkins is accused of working
Canola Growers fund ag education efforts
MCGA has made a multi-year funding commitment to Ag In the Classroom-Manitoba
The Manitoba Canola Growers Association (MCGA) has made a three year funding commitment to Agriculture in the Classroom – Manitioba (AITC-M). The group will be putting up $120,000 to expand and enrich agriculture education programs for public school students across Manitoba. The aim is to continue to expand students’ understanding of agriculture, the origin of
CAHRC puts out funding call for Indigenous training initiatives
Funds to be accessed Feb. to March., with deadline to apply at end of January
The Canadian Agricultural Human Resource Council (CAHRC) is looking to fund agriculture training programs for Indigenous participants this winter, it announced today.
Cyber-Savvy Farmer
