A day with the public continues to reap hands-on learning, farm product sales, and positive feedback from visitors and participating farm owners
Cars lined driveways and filled up farmyards last Sunday as Manitobans ventured out for another Open Farm Day. This is the third year the province has hosted the day to encourage ordinary Manitobans to get out and visit participating working farms and agritourism ventures. Fifty-one locations were listed in the 2012 guide, including many playingKeri Hudson-Reykdal is fighting to keep her job and already has over 500 signatures in petition of support
The Ashern & Area Veterinary Board’s decision not to renew a popular local veterinarian’s annual contract has triggered an outpouring of support and calls for the decision to be rescinded. Dr. Keri Hudson-Reykdal — who has provided her services to the local community for 12 years, married a local third-generation rancher, and put down rootsBirdsfoot trefoil is a challenge to grow and harvest, but the perennial can prevent bloating in grazers
From a distance it might just seem like another field of yellow canola, but get up close and you will see something that looks quite different. Birdsfoot trefoil, although not widely grown for seed in Manitoba, is a yellow-flowered legume offering benefits to pasture-grazed animals. A new field of the picturesque seed crop was one
