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Golden Carrot Awards

By Lorraine Stevenson October 20, 2011

Brandonites who planted small-plot gardens around their city this summer probably didn t expect to reap a golden carrot for their efforts. That s the award presented to their umbrella organization, the Brandon Community Garden Network, representing more than 500 community gardeners in the wheat city, Oct. 14 at the Manitoba legislature. The Golden Carrot

Crops

A Fresh Look At Our Organic Roots

By Shannon VanRaes October 20, 2011

Janine Gibson isn t surprised when she hears about studies that find organic farming to be as productive as conventional production methods. To think that it couldn t be, well that s just garbage, said the organic inspector and cofounder of the Organic Food Council of Manitoba. According to an American study released this year,

Crops

Chasing High Corn Prices, U.S. Farmers Skip Rotations

By Michael Hirtzer October 6, 2011

Farmer Brian Schaumburg has planted corn for five straight years in some of the thousands of acres he tends in central Illinois. Farmers who eschew crop rotations that help to replenish the soil with nutrients take a risk that yields will decline. But corn prices soared to a record earlier this year, making so-called corn-on-corn

Cereals, Hogs, Livestock, Opinion

Moving Beyond Invisible

By Laura Rance-Unger September 29, 2011

Some are saying it s been a ho-hum campaign so far as Manitoba politicians head into the final stretch of their race to the polls Oct. 4. But from this desk, one of the outstanding features of the 2011 election has been the farm and rural communities collective efforts to move beyond invisible. For far

Livestock

Using Anti-Inlammatory Drugs To Reduce Pain In Cattle

By Roy Lewis September 22, 2011

With the advent of the increasing consciousness in animal welfare, any products which can relieve pain, decrease inflammation and reduce fever are a welcome addition to the repertoire of veterinarians. They also may have a place in controlling post-surgical pain or inflammation such as with castration or dehorning. With pain/inflammation/fever controlled, there is less stress,

News

Grain Growers Offers Budget Wish List

By Alex Binkley September 1, 2011

Modest changes in government policy could reap major benefits for farmers, the Grain Growers of Canada says in a pre-budget consultation paper for the Commons Finance Committee. Making agriculture research a key priority and rewarding producers for good environmental farm practices are among the suggestions GGC has for the committee, which holds hearings this fall

Country Crossroads, Livestock

New Centre Brings Farming To The Table

August 25, 2011

Having difficulty explaining where piglets come from? Or struggling to get a city cousin to appreciate the origin of whole wheat bread? A new facility located at the National Centre for Livestock and the Environment, at the University of Manitoba’s Glenlea Research Station has the answers to those questions and more. The Bruce D. Campbell

News

Effect Of Climate Change Hard To Predict

By Christine Stebbins August 11, 2011

Climate and food production is a subject that needs more study in coming years but for now even the U.S. Agriculture Department finds it almost impossible to estimate the effects of one on the other. “They are very elaborate models,” said USDA’s chief economist Joseph Glauber. “Take into account all the fundamentals on crops and

News, Oilseeds

Canada Looking Good To American Farm Expert

By Allan Dawson August 4, 2011

A leading American scholar came north bearing good news for Canadian farmers – expect a levelling of the farm-subsidy playing field and new opportunities to profitably feed a hungry planet. The Canola Council of Canada brought Robert L. Thompson to its annual meeting here and the scholar from Johns Hopkins University delivered a hopeful message

Opinion

Taking Climate Change Seriously

By John Morriss July 28, 2011

While there is no such thing as an “average” farmer, there seems to be a certain proportion of the species with a somewhat selective attitude toward science-based research. When it comes to crop chemicals or genetically modified organisms, they are quite prepared to accept the vast majority of scientific opinion that they are perfectly safe,

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures rise on first WASDE since September

U.S. export sales include only small soybean business to China

U.S. corn and soybean yields revised down by USDA

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