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Wetlands Policy Needs Incentives: McPa

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Policies to protect wetlands in Manitoba should not be a financial burden on farmers, a public consultation hearing was told last week. Producers should receive financial incentives to preserve wetlands. They should not be forced to do so by expensive environmental rules, according to the Manitoba Cattle Producers Association. Art Jonasson, an MCPA director, told
Country Crossroads

Farmers Putting In A Plug For Potholes

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Sloughs and potholes are popping up across the landscape near Minnedosa as more wetlands are restored. Landowners who are concerned about wildlife and willing to cash in on a new habitat incentive program are responsible. “In my instance, I have been a grain farmer and now I am in cattle so I am trying to
Cereals, News

Food Stats Show Some Positive Trends

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Canadians are eating more fresh fruits and vegetables and less red meat, but that doesn’t necessarily mean the nation’s overall diet is improving. The average Canadian also consumes more sugar, coffee and cheese and nearly as much fat and oil as before, says a new Statistics Canada food consumption report for 2009. The average caloric
Country Crossroads

Holidaying In The North, The Economical Way

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Are the fireweed-covered slopes of the Yukon calling you? Do the glaciers and mountains of Alaska beckon? Has the lure of the North taken hold? If you are eager to visit the Yukon and Alaska but hesitate because of the cost, here’s some suggestions that might make it affordable. Last summer my husband and I
News

Better Bang For The Buck Seen In Wetlands

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“It’s also 10 times more cost effective potentially than the amount of money we’re investing in Winnipeg’s waste water treatment facility to remove phosphorus.” – GREG BRUCE, DUCKS UNLIMITED In a time of tight budgets and cutbacks, who will pay for preserving wetlands, natural landscapes, water quality and sequestering carbon? Greg Bruce, head of industry
Crops

Wetlands A Stew Of Unique Genetics

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Every schoolkid has done the hay-infusion-in-a-jar experiment. As it turns out, the myriad critters that appear in water in which hay has been soaked for a few days are just the tip of the iceberg. Rhonda McDougall, director of planning and coordination for Manitoba Water Stewardship, who has spent many summers in hip boots wading
News

Monsanto Announces Scholarships

Monsanto Canada’s 2010 Opportunity Scholarship Program offers graduating Grade 12 high school students a $1,500 entrance scholarship to help fund their post-secondary education. “Our scholarship program is one of the most rewarding programs we administer on a yearly basis and we are pleased to be able to support kids from farm families who have chosen
Opinion

Are You Rational?

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Ever wonder why those herbicide ads portray weeds as the silent killer of your yields? Or why farmers cling to the bin keys while markets are rising, only to sweep them clean and race for town after the peak has passed? Or why some farmers will do just about anything to avoid paying taxes –
Beef cattle, News

Beef-Grading Agency Ready For Technology Leap

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We have the technology, but now the question becomes how to put it to its best use. In the spring of 2008 the board of directors of the Canadian Beef Grading Agency (CBGA) set an admirable goal to have technology and objective measurement in place of today’s human and subjective graders by the year 2013.
Country Crossroads, Livestock

Restoration Program Generates Interest

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Anew program is looking at righting old wrongs while putting some cash into landowners’ pockets. The new Wetland Restoration Incentive Program (WRIP) will help local landowners to restore drained wetlands while also compensating their efforts. “For me it was a fit for pasture land,” said Gord Beddome, a Shilo-area cattle producer. Beddome recently restored the

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