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A panel of experienced farmers recently shared with Manitoba Young Farmers about what they did right, and wrong.
Farmit Manitoba, Other

‘Old farmers’ share their wisdom

A panel of experienced farmers tell Manitoba Young Farmers about what they did right and wrong

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The panel included: Harold Froese, director with the Manitoba Egg Farmers and a grain, poultry and egg farmer from Oak Bluff; Reg Dyck, an instructor with the University of Manitoba ag diploma program, and former grain and oilseed farmer near Starbuck; Ed Remple, a retired grain farmer from Starbuck; and Barry Routledge, who runs a
Michelle Gaudry has been named this year’s Bill Lenton Memorial Award winner.
Faces of ag, Farmit Manitoba

Bring on the bison

Faces of Ag: Michelle Gaudry may not be a bison producer, but her support of the industry earned her this year’s Bill Lenton Memorial Award, the Manitoba Bison Association’s largest annual award

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If you’re a bison rancher in Manitoba, chances are you know Michelle Gaudry. She has spent the last five years promoting the sector’s growth as an industry development specialist with the province. Bison ranchers will have seen her at Manitoba Bison Association (MBA) meetings or hosted her on a visit to their farm. They likely
Value-added worth it for those who commit
Farmit Manitoba

Value-added worth it for those who commit

Owners of a Prairie craft meadery shared the ins and outs of value-added production

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For Vickie Doerksen, who owns Prairie Bee Meadery with husband Dennis, value added was what kept their struggling fruit and veggie farm afloat. “If we had only stayed a U-pick, we would probably not be in business today,” Doerksen said. Doerksen, a former educator, spoke at the Direct Farm Marketing Conference in Brandon, February 29.
Cannabis plants about two weeks after transplant into their growing pod.
Farmit Manitoba, News

The gram tour: Cannabis grower Delta 9 opens its doors

Delta 9 has made recreational cannabis production high tech and highly efficient

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It smells great. Not skunky or sour, but floral, citrusy — in some corridors, a little spicy. The walls are blazing white. A few employees, nearing the end of their shift, slip past in colour-coded scrubs. Delta 9 CEO John Arbuthnot swipes a key card and opens the door to a shipping container room where
“We don’t even know what the potential is when we let people do what they’re good at and what they enjoy.” – Teresa Vallotton.
Farmit Manitoba, News, Other

Ag tech needs farm kids

Our younger generation needs to know its skills are needed in more areas than just a combine cab. This is where Teresa Vallotton’s coding camps come in

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In a room overlooking a bustling trade show, 20 kids huddle over laptops. They’re trying to catch a thief. Teresa Vallotton flashes pictures across the screen at the front of the room and asks them — is this the person who’s been stealing fuel from the tank on her yard? The kids run facial recognition
The canola calamity
Farmit Manitoba, Oilseeds

The canola calamity

A hard harvest and tough storage season underline the need for a plan

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Last fall’s “harvest from hell” was like a laundry list of what could go wrong. First there was a drought for much of the growing season reducing yields. Then as harvest approached, Mother Nature turned on the taps at just the wrong time and kept them on. Throw in a Thanksgiving snowstorm and you’ve got
Thomas and Felicity Hagan and family pose on their cow-calf and grass-fed beef operation near Oak Lake.
Faces of ag, Farmit Manitoba, Livestock

Grazing on display as Hagans take 2020 TESA award

Faces of Ag: Thomas and Felicity Hagan of Oak Lake have been named to this year’s provincial TESA award, given every year by the Manitoba Beef Producers to an operation that spotlights environmental farm practices

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Thomas and Felicity Hagan of Oak Lake are the latest beef producers in the spotlight for their focus on the environment. The Hagans have been named to The Environmental Stewardship Award (TESA) for Manitoba this year. The award, offered locally through the Manitoba Beef Producers, recognizes a beef operation that goes, “above and beyond standard
Stefanie (left) and Cassandra (right) Lepp embrace the seeming dichotomy between fashion and farming in this photo, posted to Instagram.
Farmit Manitoba, Other

Two Lepps, one farm

Cassandra and Stefanie Lepp 
turned fashion sense into a platform to talk 
farming sense and to inspire women 
in agriculture

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To some, fashion and farming may seem at the opposite ends of the spectrum. For one pair of farming sisters, the two work hand in hand. Cassandra and Stefanie Lepp farm together near Rivers, Manitoba. They use a mix of fashion photography and gritty farm shots to paint a picture of their life, and to speak out on Instagram about
The farm sector isn’t yet well positioned to fix its labour shortage problem — and it’s not entirely clear large parts of it can be.
Editorial, Farmit Manitoba, Op/Ed, Other

Editor’s Take: Farm labour in short supply

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Ordinarily, when there’s a shortage of something in the marketplace, classic economic theory tells us prices will rise along with demand, until producers create more of whatever is in short supply. It works for manufacturing, mining and even farming, where the old saying is that “nothing solves high prices like high prices,” alluding to the

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