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The 2018 best new product at Ag Days was CropPro Consulting’s variable-rate seed and fertilizer prescription service for western Canadian farmers.
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Keep an eye out for new products

There are new innovations sprinkled throughout the 2019 show

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Patrons taking in the many agriculture displays and booths at Manitoba Ag Days should keep an eye out for new products throughout all the display areas of the Keystone Centre. “The Manitoba Ag Days New Product competition has 19 entries with everything from new genetics to new fertilizers to new concaves,” said Andrea Guthrie, Manitoba
The 2018 Inventors’ Showcase winner was Arnold Innovations with its combine cylinder reverser.
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Inventors’ Showcase is innovation in action

Farmers and others in the sector are always trying to build a better mousetrap

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It’s going to be the annual round of ‘How did they think of that?’ during this year’s Inventors’ Showcase at Manitoba Ag Days. “The Inventors’ Showcase features 14 new inventions with everything from drop pans to robotics to safety harnesses,” said Andrea Guthrie, Manitoba Ag Days media co-ordinator. “The Inventors’ Showcase is located in Barn
Volunteers are the lifeblood of any show 
like Ag Days.
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Ag Days fuelled by volunteers

The ‘all about ag’ focus of the show has translated into a lot of support

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An event as large and as well regarded as Mani­toba Ag Days needs the support of many people behind the scenes to make it as special as can be. In the case of 2019 Manitoba Ag Days, a 100 per cent commitment to a 100 per cent agricultural show goes a long way with volunteers
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Speaker lineup underlines advocacy pitch

More than 60 presenters educate, entertain and inspire at this year’s event

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If your show’s theme is to tell the world about agriculture, it sure doesn’t hurt to assemble 60 world-class speakers to help get the agriculture message across, which is exactly what Manitoba Ag Days has done. “It takes a lot of time, preparation and planning to bring in a speaker lineup like we have for
The crowds that flock to Ag Days every year could be a powerful voice advocating for agriculture, show organizers say.
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Ag Days organizers urge farmers to speak up

Only the people of the industry can tell their own story

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The organizers of Manitoba’s Ag Days are throwing down the gauntlet to the thousands who will be attending the show this year — it’s time for them to start telling their own stories. While recently unveiling yet another ‘bigger than ever’ 42nd annual show, with more than 550 exhibitors, to run Jan. 22 to 24
Is a soybean-canola rotation worth rolling the dice?
Crops, Local news

Is a soybean-canola rotation worth rolling the dice?

Most farmers aren’t jumping on a soybean-canola rotation, but explosive growth of soybean acres and their westward spread into canola country have some asking the question

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Farmers better study up on the hurdles of a soybean-canola rotation before trying it in the field, Manitoba Agriculture specialists say. Soybeans have been a growing story in Manitoba, rising over the last decade to become one of the province’s main crops with almost 2.3 million acres planted in 2017. Combined with canola, another high-value
canola field
Crops, Local news

Speaker urges a change of pace when chasing maximum yield

Don’t think about what to add, Ag Days speaker says — think about what’s possible and subtract from there

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Single changes won’t cut it if producers really want their best possible yield. Jarrett Chambers, president of ATP Nutrition, wants producers to be radical when it comes to testing management tools. “We have to figure out in a grower, what is their maximum yield for their farm and figure out, what is the potential? Where
ACC student Brodie Hunter leads his group through agriculture and trade facts during Agriculture in the Classroom’s Manitoba Ag Days Adventure 2018.
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Agriculture in the Classroom gives students a taste of Ag Days

Over 400 Grade 7/8 students joined the Ag Days crowds Jan. 16-18 through 
Agriculture in the Classroom (AITC) and its Manitoba Ag Days Adventure

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Even for some of the farm kids, it was their first time at Ag Days. Canada’s largest indoor trade show bolstered its attendance by 415 Grade 7/8 students this year with Agriculture in the Classroom’s Manitoba Ag Days Adventure. Sue Clayton, executive director of AITC Manitoba, called the Ag Days tie-in one of its “flagship
Tips on growing 70-bushel-an-acre canola
Crops, Oilseeds

Tips on growing 70-bushel-an-acre canola

Good agronomy, higher input costs and more work, including split fertilizer applications, are the key, says farmer Florian Hagmann

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When growing a 70-bushel-an-acre canola crop it’s the “little things that matter.” That’s advice Florian Hagmann, who farms at Birch Hills, in north-central Saskatchewan, offered farmers attending Ag Days here Jan. 16. Hagmann, whose 2017 canola averaged 70 bushels on 5,000 acres, emphasized good agronomy is more important than new equipment. So is hard work
Kim Keller speaks at Ag Days 2018. The trade show dedicated an afternoon to mental health in agriculture.
Country Crossroads, Other

Bringing farm mental health issues out into the open, one tweet at a time

Mental health and agriculture has exploded in the last year, and a lineup 
of this year’s Ag Days speakers have been leading the charge

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Lesley Kelly can tell you all about how mental health affects the farm. She can tell you about watching the self-destructive spiral as anxiety and negative thoughts build on to each other. She has intimate knowledge on the weight of life crashing down around harvest. She knows how it feels to suddenly burst into tears.

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