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FarmIt Manitoba goes online

FarmIt Manitoba has become the home of analysis pieces and local Manitoba ag stories, now, those stories will be told online in a more visual and interactive way

By Alexis Stockford January 24, 2020

Readers have noticed a change in the pages of the Manitoba Co-operator recently. Now, that change has hit the web. You can now find our crisp and clean new layout for your reading enjoyment as always at manitobacooperator.ca. But don’t stop there, there’s also our new FarmIt Manitoba section, which is getting its own unique

Anthony Wilcox, along with his dad and grandpa, raise purebred Simmental and Speckle Park cattle near Treherne.

Faces of ag, Farmit Manitoba

Their ‘Speckles’ are showing

Faces of Ag: For Anthony Wilcox, cattle shows have always been a family affair

By Geralyn Wichers January 21, 2020

Anthony Wilcox bought his first Speckle Park cow for a simple reason: his wife liked them. “I thought that they were really good looking,” said Ariel Wilcox. Speckle Park, a breed developed in Saskatchewan, is known for its black and white, dotted pattern. The smaller-framed animals are generally hardy, good mothers and produce quality carcasses,

Guy Ash demonstrates how weather station data is used to help inform production decisions.

Farmit Manitoba, News, Other

Evolving technology creating new role for agronomists

New products and new information are changing how agronomists help the family farm

By Spencer Myers January 21, 2020

The technology explosion and changes to agricultural systems are altering the view of the average Canadian farm. New technology could mean different things to different people. To some farmers it could be bigger or smaller fields, buying some new equipment, or maybe some more advanced data utilization and management techniques. However, these changes don’t only

Farmit Manitoba, News, Other

Trial and no errors

Planning ahead can make on-farm trials run smoothly

By Angela Lovell January 21, 2020

A successful on-farm trial doesn’t just appear out of thin air. It takes communication, collaboration and commitment. Those are the lessons a local farm equipment dealer and global life science giant have learned over the past few years as they’ve teamed up and begun taking research to commercial fields in Manitoba. Representatives of BASF and

Farmit Manitoba, Other, Weather

Like it or not, climate change will change your farm, say two experts

The growing season is already longer and extremes more common, say climatologist and crop specialist

By Jennifer Blair January 10, 2020

Canada’s best-known climatologist always knows when he’s lost a crowd of producers he’s presenting to. It’s usually right around the time he starts talking about climate change. But he gets it. “Farmers have been beat up a lot — they’ve been accused of causing climate change,” said David Phillips, Environment and Climate Change Canada’s senior

Carol Boonstoppel says she’s already seen European cheese displacing Canadian products as loss leaders at supermarkets.

Dairy cattle, Farmit Manitoba

Canadians want their own dairy farmers

Shoppers are seeking out the Blue Cow logo in a show of support

By Don Norman January 8, 2020

Manitoba’s dairy farmers are beginning to find their footing in a new world that, for the first time in decades, includes significant dairy product imports. That was the message a three-producer panel shared with the Manitoba Co-operator, at the recent Dairy Farmers of Manitoba (DFM) annual convention. A year ago those same producers spoke to

The Manitoba government’s proposed changes to Crown land leases could financially hobble young producers looking to enter the cattle business.

Farmit Manitoba, Letters

Letters: Crown land changes ‘abhorrent’

By Shelley Dyck January 7, 2020

My husband and I moved to the Ste. Rose area from Alberta in May of 2019. We have been caught up in the Crown land modernization fiasco. The fact that there was a Conservative government in the province, along with reasonable land prices, made it an attractive place for us to grow our cattle business.

Farmit Manitoba, Letters

Letters: Crown land leases – then and now

By Jon Crowson January 7, 2020

Way back in 1976 my very first job with Manitoba Agriculture was a three-month contract, to do a review of the province’s Crown land leasing program. It was a steep learning curve for me at the end of which I concluded that the then existing system was: a) Expensive to administer; b) Undervalued the province’s

Terri Decock and Devon Woodward attempt to pose with sow Dacotah, who is more interested in the camera.

Faces of ag, Farmit Manitoba, Livestock

From city slicker to pig whisperer

Faces of Ag: After the roly-poly porkers captured Terri Decock’s heart, she went from hobby farmer to Canada’s second-largest KuneKune breeder

By Geralyn Wichers December 23, 2019

“Babies!” Terri Decock calls. “Come see!” The blanket door to the red barn lifts. Fifteen ginger and spotted pigs dash into the snowy yard to mill around Terri’s feet and nudge a giggling reporter with their upturned snouts. They are KuneKune weanlings. The medium-size, roly-poly breed was originally raised by the Maori people in New

Dean Harder of Lowe Farm is the third generation of his family to be an active member of the National Farmers Union.

Farmit Manitoba, Local news

‘Union farmers’ a family affair at Lowe Farm

The Harder family says the NFU is a necessary, and often ahead  of its time, voice in farm policy debates as the organization turns 50

By Allan Dawson December 6, 2019

Lowe Farm seed grower Wilf (Butch) Harder used one of his characteristic quick-witted comebacks last week in answer to a friend’s observation that he doesn’t fit the stereotype of a National Farmers Union member. “Just because you’re a socialist doesn’t mean you have to be poor,” quipped Harder, as he celebrated the farm organization’s 50th

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