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Cattle industry cycle to trend lower through 2018
Livestock, Local news

Cattle industry cycle to trend lower through 2018

A livestock market expert predicts 2016 to be the third best year for cow-calf producers, 
but sees vulnerability in summer stocker programs

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Cattle prices will continue to decline until 2018, but will remain profitable, says a livestock marketing expert. “2016-17 will not be the same as last year and our long-term forecast is that we are in a cyclical decline,” said Jim Robb, director of the Livestock Marketing Information Centre, who spoke on the current price situation
VIDEO: Keeping track of your “in-field” basis
Crops, Local news

VIDEO: Keeping track of your “in-field” basis

Manitoba Ag Days 2016 Inventors' Showcase

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Ever wanted to know half way through a season what your cost per acre is? Field Values keep track of your in-field basis to help give you an idea of how much of an investment you should – or shouldn’t – be making for your crop inputs. By entering a variety of data, Field Values
VIDEO: Changing Times wants to change how you treat seed
Crops, Local news

VIDEO: Changing Times wants to change how you treat seed

Manitoba Ag Days 2016 Inventors' Showcase

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Many farmers can purchase seed that’s pre-treated, but what if you wanted to go the DIY route and do it yourself? Changing Times is a manufacturer that makes both dry and liquid applicators so farmers can treat their seed on-site before heading out to go planting. How does it work? The dry applicator uses a sifting
Shereese Qually, labour and employment lawyer with Taylor McCaffrey LLP presented at Ag Days in Brandon on January 19, discussing the importance of implementing employee contracts.
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Protecting the farm from labour-related grief

The most important thing employers can do to protect themselves from labour-related headaches is to have employment contracts in place, says lawyer

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Employment contracts are a farmer’s best insurance against costly and stressful disputes with workers hired to help out on the farm, a labour and employment lawyer told an Ag Days crowd recently. Taking the time to understand your obligations to workers is an investment that can protect your wallet in the long run, Shereese Qually,
VIDEO: Hydraulic wrench takes the strain off your back
Local news

VIDEO: Hydraulic wrench takes the strain off your back

Manitoba Ag Days 2016 Inventors' Showcase

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If you’ve ever had a lump in the cylinder of your combine while harvesting, you know the difficulty involved in trying to clear it. Enter the reversing wrench from Arnold Innovations designed to make your life a whole lot easier. Built for New Holland CX series combines, the hydraulic piston in the reverser wrench does the heavy
Mike Annetts’ colleague Garry Smith explains how the Lift and Go operates to visitors at Inventors’ Showcase.
Livestock, Local news

Remote-controlled livestock gate featured at Inventors’ Showcase

The livestock gate pivots upwards and can be remotely opened and shut without leaving the tractor

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Mike Annetts doesn’t spend his days opening and shutting farm gates, but farmers he knows do. When they told the industrial arts teacher at McCreary High School that all that repetitive mounting and dismounting from a tractor or any other vehicle just to open gates was basically “a pain in the butt,” Annetts set to
MAFRD farm management specialist Roy Arnott spoke to a seminar on organic cost of production at Ag Days.
Crops, Markets

Organic producers could see net profit levels range from $100 to $300 per acre

Know your cost per bushel, not just per acre, says farm management specialist

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Organic production is one way for small farmers to improve their viability, an analyst told a seminar at Manitoba Ag Days in Brandon. Roy Arnott, who does annual cost-of-production budgets for MAFRD, said the gross revenue over operating costs in conventional agriculture leaves a margin of 20 to 40 per cent. That margin is what
Cory Dalzell
Livestock, Local news

VIDEO: Calf Cage captures attention at Ag Days

Manitoba Ag Days 2016 Inventors' Showcase

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The job of processing calves in the field is often made more difficult by over-protective mother cows. To help reduce stress and keep producers safe, Cory Dalzell invented the Calf Cage. An Inventors’ Showcase exhibitor at the recent Manitoba Ag Days in Brandon, Dalzell had his invention on display for visitors. Here he talks about
VIDEO: Remote control lift gate a smooth operator for livestock producers
Livestock, Local news

VIDEO: Remote control lift gate a smooth operator for livestock producers

MJ Endeavors takes second prize in Manitoba Ag Days Inventors' Showcase

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Weather on the Prairies can make things uncomfortable, so anything that can make a livestock producers’ day easier deserves applause. Enter the Lift & Go remote control livestock gate from MJ Endeavors out of McCreary, Manitoba. Its inventor Mike Annetts – an industrial arts teacher at the local high school – built the system shown in the video
Matthew Reimer, president of Reimer Robotics and first prize winner in the Inventors' Showcase at Manitoba Ag Days.
Local news

VIDEO: Driverless tractors and open-source software

Reimer Robotics takes first prize in Manitoba Ag Days Inventors' Showcase

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Matthew Reimer was as surprised as anyone today when he was awarded first prize for his driverless tractor system at Manitoba Ag Days in Brandon, but his invention is worthy of the title. The Inventors’ Showcase winner, and president of Reimer Robotics, has built a system to move tractors – driverless no less, with grain cart

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