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Martin Scanlon, dean of the faculty of agriculture and food science, Delaney Ross Burtnack, professor emeritus Don Flaten on May 29, 2024.
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Pumpkin promoter, ag communicator recognized at U of M

Delaney Ross Burtnack and Arthur Cameron receive certificates of merit

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A long-time agriculture communicator and leader and one of Roland’s premier pumpkin promoters have been recognized for their contribution to agriculture. Delaney Ross Burtnack and Arthur Cameron received certificates of merit from the University of Manitoba’s faculty of agriculture and food sciences and school of agriculture May 29. The university hands out the award in
Manitoba Food History Project researchers invited people aboard their converted food truck to cook and talk about food in their family.
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Adobo, manomin and the illegal perogy lady

Local food history book tells the stories of many cultures that call Manitoba home

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Many small-town Manitobans have had a “perogy lady” in their lives. For me, it was a perogy couple. They were older, of Ukrainian heritage, and had a deal with my dad. He would trade half a deer’s worth of venison for butchering services. Sometimes the meat would come back with perogies, and those were the
The Marginal Areas Program typically offers $135 to $150 per acre, depending on location.
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Incentives boosted for marginal acre conversion

DUC, FCC and PespiCo team up to help producers get the most from unproductive cropland

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Ducks Unlimited Canada and Farm Credit Canada have a new partner for their sustainability initiatives. DUC announced in late May that multinational food company PepsiCo will help support FCC’s Sustainability Incentive Program. It links with DUC’s efforts to encourage producers to convert low productivity farmland into perennial cover. DUC’s Marginal Areas Program helps producers absorb
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Manitoba pork applauds TFW extension

Extended permits give workers two more years

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Manitoba’s pork producer group is applauding a federal decision that will see a two-year permit extension for some 6,700 temporary foreign workers.  “It was a good move,” said Cam Dahl, general manager for the Manitoba Pork Council.  The decision, announced May 8, affects mainly post-graduation work permit holders who are working in the Manitoba Skilled
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New website against weeds launched

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Glacier FarmMedia – Producers have a new website to bookmark if they’re looking for weed information on the Prairies. The Western Grains Research Foundation has announced the official launch of a weed monitoring hub, prairieweeds.com. The website will be the new digital host for resources, data, weed maps and research under the Prairie Weed Monitoring
Visitors learn the process of making wool at Green Pastures Farm.
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Eastern Manitoba farm wins tourism award

Food and fibre farm visits earn tourism nod for eastern Manitoba producers

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Leah and Guy Bouchard of Green Pastures Farm didn’t expect that opening their operation to visitors would net them provincial recognition as an environmentally friendly day-trip destination, but that’s exactly what happened when Tourism Awards Winnipeg announced this year’s picks in the sustainable tourism category. “I just wasn’t expecting that,” Leah Bouchard said. “We just
wheat, corn, flax, and sunflower plants
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Manitoba Crop Alliance sets new course

The organization is ready to look forward and ‘move the needle,’ CEO says

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Five years post-amalgamation, the Manitoba Crop Alliance is well established, according to chief executive officer Pam de Rocquigny. Now, the multi-commodity farm group’s new strategic plan is looking to future opportunities. Why it matters: Commodity groups representing wheat, winter wheat, barley, corn, flax and sunflower growers merged in 2020 to form the Manitoba Crop Alliance.

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