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Magic-bullet solutions only last so long

By Les Mcewan February 15, 2012

We’ve all done it. Pushed our crop rotations, that is. You know that field had canola on it two years ago, but the seed you have already purchased, the fertilizer you applied last fall, or the delivery contract you already signed all make us do things that we know are not in our best agronomic

Forages, Livestock, News

Project aims to make the case for more shelterbelts

By Daniel Winters February 15, 2012

Everywhere you look around the Manitoba countryside, shelterbelts and bush can be seen lying in big, ugly bulldozed piles. Farmers just can’t seem to get rid of it fast enough, it seems. A two-part, four-year project sponsored by the Upper Assiniboine Conservation District (UACD), Brandon University’s Rural Development Institute (RDI), and a handful of other

News

Survey shows good help really is hard to find in farm sector

By Shannon VanRaes February 15, 2012

Good help is hard to find. As the number of farms in Canada decrease and remaining farms grow larger, producers need to look at new methods of recruiting employees, Debra Hauer of the Canadian Agricultural Human Resource Council told attendees at Keystone Agricultural Producers annual general meeting. A survey done by the organization found farm

Forages, News, Opinion, Our History

Anderson barn, RM of Elton

By Ed Ledohowski February 16, 2012

The Anderson barn is a rare and superbly preserved example of a classic southern Ontario-style bank barn, scores of which were constructed across southwestern Manitoba during the late 19th century by settlers from Ontario. Telltale design features include tall, rectangular massing with a steep gable roof; post-and-beam framing; vertical board-and-batten siding; diamond-shaped loft windows; fieldstone

Local news, Opinion

Cosmetic pesticide dilemma

By John Morriss February 16, 2012

While working from a home office a few years ago, I looked out the window and saw a young guy holding a wand and spraying liquid on the front lawn. He was at the wrong address — a neighbour across the lane had ordered his lawn-care service, and I was able to direct him before

Crops, News

The real dirt on variable-rate technology

By Alexis Kienlen February 15, 2012

Variable-rate technology is based on a simple premise. “Basically, we’re aiming for the right rate at the right place in the field,” Ross McKenzie, a soil scientist with Alberta Agriculture, told attendees at the Agronomy Update event in Red Deer. That starts with knowing your soil, but that’s a lot harder than most people think,

Hogs, News

Farm succession connections

By Shannon VanRaes February 14, 2012

Good farm succession planning and environmental stewardship may not seem joined at the hip, but Jeremy Funk of the Asper School of Business at the University of Manitoba is examining a possible connection. The fifth-year PhD student is in the process of surveying farmers about their succession plans in an effort to explore the relationship

Beef cattle, Livestock, Livestock Markets, News

Five-year decline in U.S. cattle herd may be ending

By Theopolis Waters February 14, 2012

(Reuters) — Garrett Dwyer, a former U.S. marine and veteran of tours of duty in Iraq and Japan, is on a mission that could test his mettle as much as the warfare he has seen — to rebuild his family’s ranch in Nebraska. The 25-year-old has found it a “culture shock” to be back in

Country Crossroads

Non-farm home grounds award

By Albert Parsons January 24, 2012

A Minnedosa, Manitoba gardener won the Fort Distributors Ltd. Shield for Best Country Non-Farm Home Grounds — District Four in the Manitoba Good Roads 2011 Home Grounds Competition. The award will be presented to Erna Stemmer at the association’s annual awards banquet in Brandon in April. Erna’s garden is located just south of town in

International news, News

New FAO chief says food prices may ease in 2012

January 24, 2012

Jose Graziano da Silva, the Brazilian who replaced Senegal’s Jacques Diouf at the helm of the FAO at the start of 2012, said volatility in food markets was likely to continue and that, “Prices will not be going up as in the sense of the last two to three years but will also not drop

Daily Network News

U.S. Supreme Court to hear Bayer’s bid to curb Roundup cases

Canada-China roundup: Producer groups applaud tariff relief; pork left out; mix of criticism and praise from Trump administration

Opinion: Is a closer trade relationship with China a security risk?

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