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Country Crossroads

Farmers’ Market Season Lifts Off

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Those hungry to visit farmers’ markets again got their first taste for the 2011 season with a special kickoff last weekend at St. Norbert Farmers’ Market MAFRI staff were on hand to launch a special GPS challenge that jointly promotes visiting more farmers’ markets this summer as well as a second Open Farm Day scheduled
Crops

Fertigation Gaining In Popularity

Manitoba potato producers are growing a high-value horticulture crop with a hefty appetite for nutrients, particularly nitrogen. But they must also consider infield conditions that can have a huge impact on what happens to that nitrogen. An untimely rain event could wash it through the root zone, making it unavailable. Soaked soils and warm temperatures
Country Crossroads

Two-Day Nature Conservancy Event

A beautiful and ecologically significant parcel of land was the educational site for a group of 16 students from Rossburn High School last month. They were there to further their knowledge in both the Outdoor Education and Land Management and Water Resources courses in which they are registered. The Nature Conservancy of Canada-owned land is
Opinion

My Budget Plan: Annex Canada

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Sure, Rep. Paul Ryan, the chairman of the House Budget Committee, has a 10-year plan to take this country back from the poor, the uninsured, the elderly, the hungry and all the unemployed who threaten to make America a warmer Iceland. But, I ask, does Mr. Ryan’s plan go far enough in reining in this
Crops, Forages, Oilseeds

KAP Opposes Roundup Ready Alfalfa’s Release In Canada

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The Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) has added its voice to groups opposed to the release of Roundup Ready alfalfa. “It’s a superweed,” Paul Gregory, a Fisher Branch farmer and alfalfa seed exporter said during debate on his resolution for KAP to support the Manitoba Forage Seed Association’s efforts to block Roundup Ready alfalfa’s release. “Once
Crops

U.S. “Coalition To Save Our Gps”

The U.S. Farm Equipment Manufacturers Assn. (FEMA) has joined a wide variety of industries and companies supporting the efforts of the “Coalition to Save Our GPS” in an effort to resolve what it says is a serious threat to Global Positioning Systems (GPS). FEMA says the threat stems from a recent U.S. Federal Communications Commission
News

Rogers/MTS Shared Tower Goes Live March 31

Rural residents frustrated with turtle-slow dial-up Internet service may have some new options by March 31. That’s because Netco, a new joint venture between competing telecom giants Rogers and MTS, will flip the switch province-wide on a new service called HSPA+, which stands for High Speed Packet Access. Months in the making, the tower-shar ing
Crops

What Are Field Ruts Doing To Your Corn Yield?

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Three of the past five falls have been wet enough to cause field equipment to create significant ruts across the fields. Growers are asking, “What is the carry-over effect of ruts on crop growth and yield?” To find the answer, I performed GPS analysis on seven pairs of ruts and neighbouring non-rutted area in four
Forages, Livestock, Other livestock

Big White Dogs Keep Elk Away From Hay Bales

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Ranchers stockpile hay to feed their livestock, not roving wild ruminants. Freeloading deer and elk can cart off large amounts of feed in their bellies, and leave behind bovine tuberculosis-infected snot, saliva and feces on the fodder. Tall fences keep them out of bale yards, but are expensive and won’t help with bale-grazing sites –
Crops

Crop Advisers — Only You Know If You Need One

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More complex decisions, more chemicals with tighter scheduling requirements, and more paperwork are driving many farmers to work with crop advisers. But at least one researcher isn’t convinced farmers need all the advice they are buying. “I think many farmers don’t really need an agronomist,” says Alberta Agriculture agronomy research scientist, Ross McKenzie. “You need

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