Payments Or Prosecutions Wanted

“We’ve noticed as grain companies have gotten bigger and head offices have been elsewhere it has been tougher for us to get the checkoffs from them.” – KAP PRESIDENT IAN WISHART Keys tone Agr icul tural Producers (KAP) wants grain companies that don’t col lect the general farm organization’s checkoff prosecuted. KAP relies on a



In Brief… – for Sep. 10, 2009

Trader benched from ICE: An ex-manager at Refco’s Winnipeg office has been fined $35,000 and suspended as a participant in trading at ICE Futures Canada for 12 years. The Winnipeg exchange said Aug. 27 it penalized Paul Erickson for violations of ICE rules and the Commodity Futures Act in 2005 and 2006, such as engaging

New Venues For Student Ag Program

Agriculture in the Classroom-MB Inc. is celebrating its 10th year with the Amazing Agriculture Adventure, a program designed to give Grade 4 and 5 students a hands-on interactive experience with all aspects of agriculture. The 10-year celebration in Winnipeg will be all that more amazing with the event being held between two new venues: Richardson’s


Pork Industry Awards

Manitoba Pork Council (MPC) has announced the winners of its 2009 Pork Industry Awards recognizing excellence in Manitoba’s hog industry. The awards are presented to individuals, groups and organizations that have made significant contributions to the industry. Karin Wittenberg, of the University of Manitoba faculty of agricultural and food sciences, received the council’s Education award

New twists on growing nitrogen, building soil organic matter

It is well known that alfalfa and other legumes in a crop rotation fix nitrogen from the atmosphere into the soil. What may be less widely understood, however, is the extra boost that more diverse crop rotations offer to long-term yields in the form of increased organic matter. This phenomenon is described by soil scientists