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Helping reduce water use

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Manitobans could save at least 80 million litres of water annually and households would collectively cut their water bills by $2 million under the new WaterSmart Manitoba program, Water Stewardship Minister Christine Melnick has announced. “We want to leave a legacy of abundant, clean water to the next generation,” Melnick said in a release. “Our
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Funds increased for habitat preservation

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A program that helps preserve the Prairie landscape that is home to Manitoba wildlife will be provided a 20 per cent increase in provincial support, Conservation Minister Stan Struthers has announced. “New support for the Critical Wildlife Habitat Program (CWHP) will help conserve grassland habitat that is home to threatened and endangered Prairie wildlife,” Struthers
Cereals, Crops, News

GM urgency eases

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The push to promote genetically modified (GM) wheat to combat global food shortages could slow as global commodity prices ease, a top industry executive said Nov. 16. “Now that prices have fallen off their peak, I don’t think it will be a priority,” said Vijay Iyengar, managing director of the Singapore-based grains trader Agrocorp International
Livestock, Opinion

Whole-systems analysis needed

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Laura Rance’s column “Publicity stunt or junk science?” in the Oct. 30 Manitoba Co-operator raises a point about catchy headlines versus the central message. The National Centre for Livestock and the Environment (NCLE) is a team of research scientists dedicated to strengthening the environmental sustainability of animal production systems. Through sound and thorough scientific investigations,
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Wetland loss linked to lake pollution

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New research by Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC) has identifi ed that the continued loss of wetlands in Manitoba is increasing phosphorus loads into Lake Winnipeg equivalent to dumping 10 semi-loads of commercial agricultural fertilizer or 544,000 bags of lawn fertilizer directly into the lake every year. “Never before has DUC’s push to stop the loss
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Pilot program entices new farmers

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“Studies show the consumer grocery dollar that’s being spent on organics increases by between 15 to 20 per cent every year and in recent years it has been as high as up to 26 per cent of grocery sales is organic.” – Sharon Taylor A pilot program is being launched for wanna-be farmers to get
Beef cattle, International news, Poultry

U. S. farm sector cautiously welcomes Obama win

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America’s farm sector has cautiously welcomed Democrat Barack Obama’s historic White House win as good news for a raft of industry priorities like crop subsidies, ethanol expansion and agricultural trade. “He knows agriculture and he has been a real supporter of agriculture,” said Rick Tolman, CEO of the National Corn Growers Association, a powerful lobbying
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Leave agriculture out of emissions trading

Australia’s $29 billion-a-year agricultural industry should be charged for polluting rather than included in a carbon emissions trading scheme planned by the Australian government, an independent public policy research group said Nov. 3. The Australia Institute said it was too hard to measure carbon emissions in the agriculture sector, making it difficult to include it
Beef cattle, Livestock, Opinion

Publicity stunt or junk science?

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The press release from the University of Manitoba’s National Centre for Livestock and the Environment last week spoke volumes. Unfortunately, it said very little about science. It said a lot about sensationalism and just how politicized science has become. “WHEN IT COMES TO FEEDING COWS, GRASS IS NOT GREENER – GRAIN IS,” the boldface, capitalized
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U. S. brings in new rules for livestock manure

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Large U. S. livestock operations that discharge manure laced with phosphorus, nitrogen and other chemicals that seeps into waterways must apply for a federal permit, the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency said Oct. 31. The EPA said farmers will have the decision whether to obtain a permit under the Clean Water Act if they expect

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