Tag Archives Manitoba Ag Days
Ag Days fuelled by volunteers
The ‘all about ag’ focus of the show has translated into a lot of support
Speaker lineup underlines advocacy pitch
More than 60 presenters educate, entertain and inspire at this year’s event
Ag Days organizers urge farmers to speak up
Only the people of the industry can tell their own story
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
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
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
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
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
Management practices go head to head in Soybean Challenge
The AAFC station in Portage la Prairie was home to a little friendly competition between soybean management systems last year
Lower premiums for crop insurance in 2018
The unpopular pre-harvest deductible on corn and soybeans is gone, there’s coverage for novel crops and hail coverage options have been raised