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Frost-touched rhubarb can be poisonous

Wait for the plant to produce new stalks, says fruit specialist. Frost-touched  rhubarb can have the toxic oxalic acid in its stalks as well as leaves

By Lorraine Stevenson May 28, 2015

The dismal weather of the May long weekend is now a bad memory, but the two very cold days may have dealt your backyard rhubarb patch a lasting blow. Rhubarb stalks can become poisonous when Mother Nature decides to drop her temperatures below freezing after their leaves have emerged. Any stalks with wilted leaves after

Forages, Livestock

Manitoba Forage Council adds grasslands to name

By Daniel Winters June 6, 2013

The Manitoba Forage Council is planning to change its name to reflect the group’s broader focus on those who make their living from all kinds of grass. By calling itself the Manitoba Forage and Grassland Association, the group hopes to become better aligned with the goals of the recently formed Canadian Forage & Grassland Association.

Country Crossroads, Forages

Grasses in the landscape

By Lillian Deedman March 8, 2013

Grasses are invaluable in a wide diversity of designs for the garden landscape, putting on an extended winter show of various-shaped blades, once vibrant with many summer colours. Now is an ideal time to plan garden and landscaping ideas. I use graft paper to design how the garden could look in reality, as it’s much

News, Weather

Climate change brings far-reaching changes in northern climes

By Alister Doyle October 26, 2012

Reuters / On a windswept Swedish mountain, a 10,000-year-old spruce with a claim to be the world’s oldest tree is getting a new lease on life thanks to global warming, even as many plants are struggling. Scientists are finding the drift of growing areas for many plants out toward the poles is moving not in

Opinion

Looking for that amazing tree

By Red River Basin Commission July 12, 2012

In these first days and weeks of summer here in the Red River corridor, our basin’s trees are fully decked out in their leafy finery. Not only do they protect living areas, fragile lands and riverbanks, but they provide glorious scenes for our winter-weary eyes. But how often do we take these grand living structures

Crops, News, Oilseeds

Entomologist warns sunflower growers to take a close look before spraying

By Shannon VanRaes March 5, 2012

Something bugging your sunflower crop? Or just bugging you? Separate sunflower friend from foe before spraying, a provincial government entomologist reminded producers at the annual Special Crops Symposium. “Ground beetles can destroy as much as 40 per cent of the sunflower beetles’ larvae over the winter, they’re important … and significant,” said John Gavloski. “It’s

Crops, Oilseeds

Small Sunflower Crop Faces Competition

By Phil Franz-Warkentin September 22, 2011

The size and quality of Manitoba s sunflower crop is still very much up in the air, but the sheer lack of acres planted this spring will keep supplies on the tight side and should underpin the domestic market. Manitoba accounts for nearly all of Canada s sunflower production, and the provincial crop is currently

Country Crossroads

Mountain Ash Tree

By Albert Parsons September 15, 2011

If someone were to ask what my favourite deciduous tree is, my answer would have to be the mountain ash. Its display begins with the tree leafing out in May, and shortly after that its blooms appear clusters of white flowers that have a sweet, musky smell that wafts throughout the yard. Bees are irresistibly

Crops, Oilseeds

Sunflower Acres Look To Rebound In 2012

By Allan Dawson September 1, 2011

Manitoba sunflower crops are looking good, the problem is there just aren’t that many this year. More than half of the province’s sunflowers are grown in southwestern Manitoba National Sunflower Association of Canada (NSAC) president Kelly Dobson said Aug. 19, during a tour of the Manitoba Crop Evaluation Trials’ (MCVET) sunflower plots. A wet spring

Crops, Oilseeds

Tips For Late-Seeded Sunflowers

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff June 2, 2011

The U.S. National Sunflower Association has these tips for farmers on the Northern Plains hoping to overcome a late spring and cash in with a good crop of sunnies. Sunflower is one of the last crops that can be planted in the northern region. Once established, the crop grows quickly. Common strategies agronomists and farmers

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Entomologist tests trap crops and marigolds to repel flea beetles at an Ag in Motion

Daily Network News

U.S. grains: Corn rebounds from contract lows on short covering, bargain buying

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures come down from highs

Entomologist tests trap crops and marigolds to repel flea beetles at an Ag in Motion

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Frost-touched rhubarb can be poisonous

Manitoba Forage Council adds grasslands to name

Grasses in the landscape

Climate change brings far-reaching changes in northern climes

Looking for that amazing tree

Entomologist warns sunflower growers to take a close look before spraying

Small Sunflower Crop Faces Competition

Mountain Ash Tree

Sunflower Acres Look To Rebound In 2012

Tips For Late-Seeded Sunflowers

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