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Brian Amiro and Karin Wittenberg look over their presentation at Crop Connect in Winnipeg.

Prairies to play pivotal role in future food production

Climate change will provide both challenges and opportunities for Prairie producers by the year 2050

By Shannon VanRaes March 4, 2016

What will Prairie agriculture look like in the year 2050? That’s something a diverse group of experts and researchers set out to determine in a Green Paper presented at the Alberta Institute of Agrologists, titled Moving Toward Prairie Agriculture 2050. “Our future includes change from a number of perspectives, we understand some better than others,

News

Agriculture Canada launches emergency management consultation

Agriculture faces evolving and increasingly complex risks in a more volatile climate

By Alex Binkley March 1, 2016

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada is looking for industry input into the question of how to respond to the special changes faced by agriculture in natural disasters or emergency disease outbreaks. In partnership with the provinces, a draft Strategic Emergency Management Framework for Agriculture in Canada has been prepared on ways the existing system could be

Environment Canada senior climatologist David Phillips says weather has become increasingly erratic across the globe.

Crops, Local news

Get ready for more ‘weather whiplash’

Unlike other regions, Manitoba may be able to benefit from climate change

By Jennifer Paige February 23, 2016

As climate change warms the globe, Manitoba may be well poised to become an agriculture superpower because of its proven ability to adapt, says the senior climatologist with Environment Canada. “I am optimistic about the future of agriculture in the Prairies because I have always been fascinated and intrigued with the ingenuity, resourcefulness and survivability

Dairy cattle, Did you know?

A little Italian seasoning cuts greenhouse gases

Oregano is believed to reduce methane levels in cow burps

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff February 22, 2016

Scientists with Aarhus University in Denmark have launched a four-year study studying the effects of adding oregano to dairy rations as a means of reducing the amount of methane they burp. If their theory that methane emissions from dairy cows can be reduced by up to 25 per cent is confirmed, the tactic would become

Crops, News

Study defines role of organic ag in feeding the world

Numerous studies point to the environmental benefits

By Lorraine Stevenson February 16, 2016

Organic agriculture can play an important role in feeding the world, according to a new study comparing conventional and organic farming systems’ ability to produce yields, benefit farmers’ bottom line, and sustain the environment. That’s the conclusion drawn by Washington State University (WSU) researchers after a review of 40 years of science-based evidence comparing organic

"I think there has to be a whole new generation of tillage equipment developed in the next five years." – David Lobb.

Crops

High-disturbance seeding can be as erosive as a plow

Conservation tillage isn’t conserving as much soil as you thought. That’s why  University of Manitoba soil scientist David Lobb says new tillage equipment is needed

By Allan Dawson February 12, 2016

The era of black summerfallow is over, and direct seeding and zero tillage have pretty much solved problems of soil erosion on the Prairies. Or so goes conventional wisdom. Not so, says David Lobb, a professor in the University of Manitoba’s department of soil science and senior research chair for the Watershed Systems Research Program

Crops, Local news

VIDEO: Tillage erosion and how you can avoid it

Soil science professor says it can be the most damaging type of soil erosion

By Allan Dawson February 12, 2016

You’ve heard of wind and water erosion, but how about tillage erosion? It’s often the worse of the three, says University of Manitoba soil science professor David Lobb, who spoke to Manitoba Co-operator reporter Allan Dawson Feb. 4 at the Manitoba Soil Science Society’s 59th annual meeting in Winnipeg.

Crops, Weather

Agro-climate data is a ‘mismatch’ with overall trends

Farmers need improved data on agro-climate to make sense of climate change, says U of M soil scientist

By Lorraine Stevenson January 26, 2016

Numbers don’t lie but they’re presently a real puzzle when it comes to making sense of climate change and what’s happening on the farm, says a University of Manitoba professor. Despite warming trends of recent years and forecasts of a continued increase, analysis of agro-climate data shows the last spring frosts are only marginally earlier,

Crops

Survey to gauge changes in crop rotation

Data needed to measure climate benefit from changes farmers already made

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff January 26, 2016

Rather than wait for new rules on Canadian farms to cut greenhouse gas and carbon emissions, a crop researcher hopes to show how growers may have already helped to do so. Stuart Smyth, a professor in the University of Saskatchewan’s department of bioresources policy, business and economics, on Jan. 15 launched a national online farmer

We can expect 2015 will beat 2014 as the warmest year since reliable records began in1880.

Weather

Record warmth top weather story of 2015

El Niño’s leftovers and global warming may make 2016 yet another record-warm year

By Daniel Bezte January 25, 2016

I figured I would start our look back at 2015’s weather from a world perspective, then zoom into North America, Canada and Western Canada in particular in an upcoming article. I have to pretty much agree with the top two 2015 global weather stories chosen on nearly every website: 2015 saw earth’s hottest year in

Daily Network News

Huge crops in South America says analyst

U.S. livestock: ‘Cattle on feed’ report supports prices

U.S. grains: Wheat trades near contract lows under ample global supply

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