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National 4-H museum comes home to Roland

The national 4-H Museum in Roland will soon have significantly more artifacts

By Lorraine Stevenson June 5, 2013

4-H capped off its celebration of 100 years in Canada this past weekend by coming home. Like a good old-fashioned rally, dignitaries, clubs and alumni joined with local residents here May 31 to celebrate. If how the venerable organization honours its past is any indication, 4-H has no worries about its future. It was on

Cereals, News

John Morriss awarded Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal

By Allan Dawson January 4, 2013

Veteran farm journalist John Morriss has been awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for his contribution to Canada’s agricultural industry. Morriss, who began his journalism career in 1975 with Grainews, is associate publisher and editorial director of Farm Business Communications, which publishes the Manitoba Co-operator as well as other respected journals including Grainews,

Country Crossroads, News

New food products head to school

By Lorraine Stevenson September 17, 2012

New food products head to school NuEats brand part of Manitoba Agri-Health Research Network’s effort to promote functional foods made from Manitoba-grown ingredients Barley waffles and tortilla chips, a yogurt-granola bar, and sundaes topped with saskatoons and oatmeal are some of the made-in-Manitoba foods headed to university this month — for a taste test. If

News

Agriculture Hall of Fame

August 21, 2012

Five Manitobans were honoured for their contribution to agriculture and their community at an induction ceremony for the Manitoba Agricultural Hall of Fame July 12. The Co-operator is featuring each in consecutive weekly editions

Ed Tyrchniewicz was born on January 20, 1941, and grew up on a farm at Prairie Grove, just outside of Winnipeg. He attended a one-room, one-teacher school up to Grade 8. Following high school at Provencher Collegiate in St. Boniface, Ed attended the University of Manitoba from which he obtained a degree in agricultural economics

Beef cattle, Livestock, News

MBP bursary winners for 2012

July 20, 2012

Manitoba Beef Producers (MBP) has announced bursaries of $500 each for children of Manitoba beef producers pursuing post-secondary studies related to agriculture and the rural economy. “MBP is proud to invest in these students and the future of agriculture in Manitoba,” said Ray Armbruster, MBP president. “We congratulate all of the winners and we wish

News

New Scholarship Supports Budding Grains And Oilseeds Researchers

By Western Grains Research Foundation August 11, 2011

The Western Grains Research Foundation (WGRF) Endowment Fund is pleased to announce that a graduate scholarship has been established. Starting in June of 2011 WGRF will be providing $100,000 a year towards graduate scholarships at the three Prairie universities. This scholarship will help and encourage top students to further their studies in crop research. WGRF

Livestock

Tick That Can Cause Lyme Disease Making A Home In Manitoba

By Lorraine Stevenson June 23, 2011

The odds of picking up a blacklegged deer tick – and contracting Lyme disease – are on the rise in Manitoba. The southeast corner of Manitoba and an area around the Stanley Trail in south-central Manitoba now have established blacklegged tick populations. Surveillance findings suggest they now occupy an area that may stretch from the

Crops

Rural Schools Pursue New Way Of Teaching Agriculture

By Lorraine Stevenson June 23, 2011

They caught and identified bugs, walked the banks of the Boyne River looking for evidence of riverbank erosion, spoke to weed and soil specialists about biodiversity, ecosystems and farm production systems. And while that might sound like any other end-of-school-year field trip, for about 100 Grade 10 students in south-central Manitoba, the visit to the

News

Past Grads Honoured By University Of Manitoba

By University of Manitoba June 2, 2011

Two past graduates of the University of Manitoba’s faculty of agricultural and food sciences were recognized recently for their outstanding contributions to Manitoba’s agricultural community. Harold Froese, egg producer and industry leader, and Herm Martens, community leader and dedicated volunteer, received Certificates of Merit from the faculty of agricultural and food sciences at the University

Beef cattle, Forages, News

Food Fight Top Prize Goes To Hemp Cookies

April 28, 2011

Hemp’s growing popul arity got another boost last week with the grand prize at the Great Manitoba Food Fight going to a rural Manitoba woman who has created a cookie with it. New Bothwell’s Natalie Dueck took home $15,000 and the gold medal for her product she calls her “chocolate hemp snackers.” She was one

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Tag Archives food sciences

National 4-H museum comes home to Roland

John Morriss awarded Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal

New food products head to school

Agriculture Hall of Fame

MBP bursary winners for 2012

New Scholarship Supports Budding Grains And Oilseeds Researchers

Tick That Can Cause Lyme Disease Making A Home In Manitoba

Rural Schools Pursue New Way Of Teaching Agriculture

Past Grads Honoured By University Of Manitoba

Food Fight Top Prize Goes To Hemp Cookies

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