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Farm buildings: Pieces of the puzzle

July 20, 2012

Doug Gaudry says the days of traffic backups behind the huge barn being transported down the highway are pretty much a thing of the past. These days, most new large buildings or workshops destined for agricultural and rural properties are transported to the site in pieces. “These structures are not traditional in the ready to

News

Drivers need warning: KAP

By Lorraine Stevenson March 29, 2012

Impatient drivers on Manitoba highways are giving members of Keystone Agricultural Producers the willies. After several close calls, members of Manitoba’s main general farm group have called on Manitoba Public Insurance and the provincial Highways Department to do more to warn drivers of the risks of travelling too close and too fast past slow-moving farm

News

Permits required for moving tall farm equipment beneath power lines

By Lorraine Stevenson March 5, 2012

Manitoba’s largest farm organization fears not enough farmers know about a Hydro regulation meant to ensure they navigate tall equipment safely under power lines. Farmers moving equipment that exceeds 4.8 metres (15 feet, nine inches) are supposed to apply for a Manitoba Hydro Agricultural Move Permit at their local Manitoba Hydro office. “It certainly seems

Crops, News, Oilseeds

On the lookout for blackleg and clubroot

By Laura Kunzelman January 24, 2012

Most Manitoba canola producers weren’t tallying up the list of production problems they faced last year, but Canola Council of Canada regional agronomist Kristen Phillips did. There were 23 to be exact, everything from excess moisture, late seeding, drought, frost, stressed plants, disease and insects. The cool, wet spring and a hot, dry summer led

News

New Big Iron is more efficient and environmentally friendly

By Angela Lovell January 24, 2012

Ag Days is a signature venue for agricultural equipment manufacturers and is the place where Prairie farmers often get a first peek at new products. A lot of the Big Iron on display for 2012 will be showcasing not just equipment, but some new, factory-installed technology to help make farmers more efficient and environmentally friendly.

Opinion

A Dose Of Buhler Logic

By Laura Rance-Unger October 27, 2011

It must have felt particularly sweet for John Buhler, founder of Buhler Industries Ltd. to be honoured with a degree for distinguished achievement during the University of Manitoba s fall convocation Oct. 19. The self-made multimillionaire and noted philanthropist was a high school flunkie. As he described it while addressing the Harvest Gala banquet in

Crops

PAMI Puts Biodiesel To Work On Farms

July 14, 2011

The Prairie Agricultural Machinery Inst i tute (PAMI) has released a compilation of several studies that showed biofuels perform well in Prairie farm equipment. Western Canadian farmers are major consumers of diesel fuel which is used in most types of farm equipment. “For both environmental and cost reasons, some producers have been looking for alternatives

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

U.S. Corn Farmers At Crunch Time On Planting

By Christine Stebbins June 9, 2011

U.S. farmers who lag planting corn due to a soggy spring will still opt to seed corn rather than take an insurance payout or plant soy if their farms usually run high yields, a University of Illinois economist said June 3. “Farms with higher expected yields will find planting corn more attractive than taking the

Crops

New Fungicide

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff May 26, 2011

Presidio Fungicide, from Valent Canada, Inc., is now registered for use in Canada on brassicas, brassica root vegetables, cucurbits such as pumpkins and cucumbers, tomatoes, peppers, grapes, leafy vegetables and potatoes. Presidio is a targeted chemistry for growers with crops threatened by downy mildews. In vegetables, including potatoes, Presidio also controls late blight (Phytophthora infestans),

Opinion

Bipole III Route Must Change

By Doug Chorney May 19, 2011

Farmers will be directly affected by the construction of the Bipole III power transmission line and Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) continues to lobby the Government of Manitoba to abandon the plan to develop the west-side route. KAP is opposed to the west-side route because it is not the right way to proceed for farmers and

Daily Network News

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Pulse Weekly: StatCan projects fewer pea and lentil acres

Tag Archives farm equipment

Farm buildings: Pieces of the puzzle

Drivers need warning: KAP

Permits required for moving tall farm equipment beneath power lines

On the lookout for blackleg and clubroot

New Big Iron is more efficient and environmentally friendly

A Dose Of Buhler Logic

PAMI Puts Biodiesel To Work On Farms

U.S. Corn Farmers At Crunch Time On Planting

New Fungicide

Bipole III Route Must Change

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