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A blend of cover crop species is a tasty blend for cattle, but make sure they aren’t yours.

Mixed farmers need not apply for cover crop funding

The province says cover crop funding under Ag Action Manitoba only allows grazing on ‘stockless farms’

By Alexis Stockford August 8, 2019

You can graze cattle on cover crops planted with help from Ag Action Manitoba — as long as they’re not your cattle, that is. Ag Action Manitoba is the province’s vehicle for funding under the Canadian Agricultural Partnership (CAP) program. Cover crops are among the beneficial management practices (BMPs) it promotes to improve the environment.

Michael Bighetty (l to r), Ethan Hunter, Dylan Stebeleski and Orin McKay, were among the students testing the water quality of the Oak River.

Country Crossroads, Other

Shoal Lake students learn to be river scientists

School program to test Oak River water brings positive results

By Darrell Nesbitt July 12, 2019

Issues stemming from the health and level of the lake, have been as concerning to a group of students and their teacher at the Shoal Lake School, as they are to landowners and recreational users. While the Grade 7/8 students let municipal and provincial officials settle the course of action on the level of Shoal

Farm abandonment, like these remnants of a Soviet-era collective farm seen here in the Kursk region of Russia, led to greenhouse gas emissions reductions.

Did you know?, News

Communist collapse had green lining

Post-Soviet food system changes led to greenhouse gas reductions 

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff July 10, 2019

Changes in agriculture, trade, food production and consumption after the collapse of the Soviet Union led to a large reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, a new study has found. From 1991 to 2011, there was a net emissions reduction of 7.61 gigatons (Gt) of carbon dioxide equivalents — the same as one-quarter of the CO2

Observation towers near Oak Lake will track shorebirds living in and passing through the area.

Country Crossroads, Other

New towers to track shorebirds

Southwestern Manitoba a key stopping point in birds' annual migration

By Nature Conservancy Canada July 3, 2019

New tracking towers in southwestern Manitoba aim to aid the tracking of shorebirds passing through the area, which is considered a Prairie hot spot for the creatures. The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) has installed three towers near Oak Lake, and another near Whitewater Lake. Antennae atop the towers collect signals from radio transmitters that

Editorial, Opinion

Editorial: Wild things roaming

By Gord Gilmour May 30, 2019

A few years back, an acquaintance returned to school at mid-career and studied natural resource management. He was lucky enough to land a job with the province that first summer, checking boats at a stop on the Trans-Canada Highway at the Manitoba-Ontario border, to prevent the spread of zebra mussels. I mentioned that this sounded

Comment, Opinion, Other

Comment: Bring back the PFRA

Soil conservation in Canada has been losing ground despite a general feeling erosion is a problem of the past

By John Morriss May 26, 2019

Some say it saved Western Canada. But the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration, perhaps the most respected government agency in Canada’s history, was dissolved in 2003. It’s time to bring it back. Scientific principles are one thing. Encouraging farmers to use them are another — that requires expertise in ‘extension,’ a word which has unfortunately fallen

A map shows the distribution of manure-rich cultivated areas. The green spots demonstrate the areas with the most potential for phosphorus recycling.

Did you know?, News, Other

Manure map raises recycling hopes

A study shows potential for farmers to reclaim phosphorus fertilizer

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff May 14, 2019

A New Jersey university is mapping the world’s manure in an effort to jump-start a movement to recycle phosphorus. In the April 2019 issue of Earth’s Future, a research team from Stevens Institute of Technology mapped the journey of phosphorus from soil to crops, to livestock and humans, and eventually into sewers and landfills. This

Local news, News, Other

Mound Wildlife Association recognized for efforts

The revitalized group received the PVCD 2019 conservation award

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff May 8, 2019

A revitalized wildlife group is the recipient of the 2019 Pembina Valley Conservation District conservation award. The Mound Wildlife Association (MWA) ceased operation in 2000 after a 15-year run but was revived in 2015, with an emphasis on youth involvement. An inaugural free Kids Fishing Derby in 2015 attracted 24 participants to Goudney Reservoir for

Biofuel or Corn Syrup, gasoline, energy, environmentalist

Comment, Opinion

Comment: Ethanol’s tightening tough spot

Ethanol is facing a shrinking gasoline market

By Alan Guebert May 6, 2019

Ethanol is in a tight spot, according to Scott Irwin, an agricultural economist at the University of Illinois. On April 12, Irwin published an analysis of today’s ethanol market on the university’s farmdocDAILY website under the workmanlike title of “Implications of Recent Trends in U.S. Gasoline Consumption for Ethanol.” In it Irwin calculated that a

Albedo, the percentage of available sunlight reflected back into space, varies from surface to surface.

Other, Weather

Reflections on albedo and spring melt

If there’s still a lot of snow around, really warm temperatures are hard to come by

By Daniel Bezte March 27, 2019

As we begin the transition into spring, one topic that often comes up is, “When will it really get warm?” Most of us know that if there is snow on the ground, it can be difficult to experience really warm temperatures. This is a result of two different factors: the natural cooling effect of snow

Daily Network News

U.S. grains: Soy futures hit June 2024 high as China ramps up buying

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures rebound after tariff reduction news

Canadian food, agriculture coalition to underscore CUSMA importance in Washington

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