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George Heide (l) and son Ben started growing soybeans three years ago.

Soybean acreage increase in southwest Manitoba

More and more farmers turning to soybeans for their ability to withstand excess moisture

By Meghan Mast August 13, 2014

Boissevain-area farmer Ben Heide was looking for an alternative to peas when he tried growing soybeans for the first time three years ago. His field peas were struggling with root rot. As well, his family was trying to grow less canola and wanted to spread out their labour. Soybeans seemed like an obvious choice as

Cereals, Crops, News

Cereal research programs set back a season from summer flooding

2014’s flooding is the latest along in the growing season  anyone can remember, say BRC staff

By Lorraine Stevenson August 12, 2014

Flood waters that lapped close to the doorsteps of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Brandon Research Centre last month also submerged the plot sites of cereal research programs, and that means no data for researchers this year. All three programs have been set back a season due to data lost after their plots were inundated by

Country Crossroads, Recipe Swap

You can’t eat your lawn but…

Recipe Swap: Tomato and Zucchini Gratin and Waldorf Berry Salad

By Lorraine Stevenson August 7, 2014

Is a lawn “beautiful?” Is a vegetable garden “ugly?” Or is it the other way around? It depends who you ask. A press release plinked into my mailbox from the folks with Food Matters Manitoba last week announcing their second annual Manitoba Garden Makeover Competition. It’s urging Manitobans to convert their lawns into an “edible

News

No pressed apple juice this year

Jean-Guy Cote says his family still deciding whether to rebuild after April 22 fire destroyed their apple press at Landmark

By Lorraine Stevenson August 6, 2014

A fire that destroyed Manitoba’s only government-permitted apple press this spring means customers with bags of backyard apples will be hard pressed to find anywhere to process them later this summer. Apple Junction, owned by John Boy Farms at Landmark, along with Mom’s Country Pantry at the same site burned to the ground April 22

Martin Entz (centre) leads group on Glenlea tour. photos: meghan mast

Crops, Forages

Manure improves organic forage-grain crop production

‘Experimental lakes of agriculture’ find organic crops can produce on par with conventional crops

By Meghan Mast August 6, 2014

Organic crop producers can match the productivity of their conventional farming neighbours with a little help from some four-legged friends. Composted beef and dairy manure restores important nutrients that can be mined from the soil under organic management systems, Martin Entz, an agronomy professor with the University of Manitoba’s Glenlea research station told participants in

Country Crossroads, Oilseeds, Pulses, Recipe Swap

Food Day in Canada

RecipeSwap: Lentils and Barley Salad with Roasted Tomatoes, Spinach and Goat Cheese, Barbecue Sauce, Wild Cranberry Vinaigrette, Prairie Spice Cake

By Lorraine Stevenson July 31, 2014

Ever wondered why we get to spend next Monday sleeping in, watching parades, and setting off fireworks? We have Toronto City Hall — no, not the current installation — to thank. Way back in 1869, the council of the day decided everybody needed “a day of recreation” and declared the first Monday of August a

Beef cattle, Country Crossroads

The flat iron steak

RecipeSwap: Marinated Grilled Steak with Melted Onions, Beef Round Steak Done Right, and Laura's steak marinade

By Lorraine Stevenson July 24, 2014

Summer-starved Manitobans are firing up their barbecues as the searing temperatures arrive. Anything grilled makes a fantastic hot-weather meal, of course, but beef and the barbecue were made for each other. Usually the higher end the cut of steak, the happier red-meat eaters are, but I recently sampled an excellent steak I’d overlooked until now.

Most North Americans use velvet antler as dried powder in capsules, for recovery from injury or exercise, to boost testosterone, and improve circulation.

Livestock, Oilseeds, Opinion, Other livestock

Regaining access to China markets

Tainted food scandals have convinced Chinese buyers that imports are safer

By Ian Thorleifson July 22, 2014

Cervid (elk and other deer) products have been used and prized in China for at least 2,700 years. That makes China a very valuable marketplace for cervid products. Indeed, it was a good market until Canada and the U.S. took action to contain and eradicate BSE in early 2003. China immediately closed its markets to

Opinion, Poultry

The rooster’s wake-up call

By Laura Rance-Unger July 22, 2014

Anyone who has lived on or near a farmyard with chickens is well aware of the rooster’s ability to trumpet the arrival of morning long before the sun peeks over the horizon. But roosters have been delivering a wake-up call of a different sort lately — sounding the alarm over the risks inherent with the

Country Crossroads

Pie season’s high season

RecipeSwap: Saskatoon Meringue Pie, Tart Cherry Pie, and Strawberry-Rhubarb Pie

By Lorraine Stevenson July 17, 2014

Everyone born on the Prairies has their favourite pie. Make that favourite pies. Do you linger over the pie table at the summer fair not sure which to choose? I do. Especially if strawberry-rhubarb is an option when there’s also saskatoon, various cream types and cherry to choose from. Oh, what to do? “Strawbarb” is

Daily Network News

FCC raises inflation forecast on surging commodity prices

U.S. urges WTO members to rethink core tariff rule in face of China threat

Speculators add to bullish bets in canola

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