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Forages, Livestock

Manitoba Forage Seed Grower Joins Anti-Monsanto Legal Action

In the age of patent protection, there’s lots of precedent for corporate giants suing farmers – but few farmers willing to take on the corporations. Well, meet Paul Gregory. He is among 60 farmers, producer groups and seed companies suing Monsanto Co. by challenging its patents on genetically modified seed. Gregory, who owns Interlake Forage
Forages, News

Compensation Sought For Artificial Flooding

Manitoba farmers should be compensated when flood prevention infrastructure causes their land to flood resulting in lost income, says the Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP). “The farmers aren’t getting properly compensated for damage from holding the water on their lands,” Starbuck-area farmer Doug Livingston said during a debate at KAP’s General Council meeting here April 14.
Crops, Forages

Watch For Cutworms, Wireworms

Cutworms generally don’t like wet soils, but entomologist John Gavloski says farmers should be on the lookout early in the crop-growing season anyway. Scouting can start before seeding. Farmers should look for feeding notches on weed and volunteer seedlings, Gavloski, who is based in Carman with Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives, told webinar participants
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Rivers To Crest This Week

Rural Manitobans remained on high alert this week as rising flood waters continued to spread across the province, forcing people from their homes, washing out roads and inundating farmland. With crests on the province’s two major rivers, the Red and Assiniboine, expected by early next week, flooding also remained general along most of the smaller
Cereals, Livestock, News

In Brief… – for Apr. 21, 2011

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Food safety chair:Is our food safe to eat? A new Chair in Food Safety the first of its kind in Canada puts McGill University at the head of the table in seeking answers to that question. The chair will undertake collaborative research, offer undergraduate and graduate teaching programs, and provide the independent, third-party expertise on
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Wet, wet and wetter.” That’s how Mintoarea farmer Bill Campbell summed up conditions in his area of western Manitoba while speaking at the Keystone Agr icul tural Producers’ General Council meeting here April 14. It also describes conditions in KAP’s other 11 districts across agro-Manitoba – from the normally parched southwest to the waterlogged Interlake
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Canadians Join Patent Lawsuit

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Aclutch of Canadian organic producers has signed on with a long list of mostly U.S. farm plaintiffs to “pre-emptively” sue Monsanto against any chance that the company could sue them over patent infringement. Ottawa-based Canadian Organic Growers (COG), along with 20 other farm groups, 12 seed businesses, including Interlake Forage Seeds of Manitoba, and 26
News, Weather

Flood Risk General Throughout Manitoba

Seldom in recent memory has Manitoba faced the possibility of a spring flood on so many fronts. The flood potential is high on most of the province’s major rivers and tributaries, Manitoba Water Stewardship warns. The main concern is the Red River, where officials expect a flood slightly above 2009 levels with favourable weather. Unfavourable
Cereals, News

Flood Fears Prompt Grain Movement

Farmers are taking advantage of a Canadian Wheat Board program to move stored grain out of areas at risk of flooding this spring. As of March 18, 100 Manitoba producers had signed up to move 24,000 tonnes of grain, mostly wheat, off flood-prone farms and into elevators, the CWB said. Most of the signup is
Livestock

Bred Heifers In Demand As Prices Continue Strong

Values for the cattle marketed in Manitoba during the week ended March 25 held up pretty well and in some instances managed to firm. Strong demand for slaughter cows and bulls was also evident. There continued to be strong demand for bred heifers as producers across the province maintained their efforts to rebuild herds. Most

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