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barn chickens in cages
Local news, Poultry

Avian flu on Manitoba’s doorstep

The best line of defence is at the farm gate and barn door

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Manitoba’s egg and poultry producers are on high alert as avian influenza spreads to neighbouring jurisdictions. More than 75,000 birds have already been euthanized at two farms in Ontario and farms in the American Midwest have seen more than seven million birds destroyed this year, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Now cases have
clubroot in canola
Crops, Oilseeds

Systematic survey aims to track clubroot in Manitoba before it gets out of hand

Farmers in untested areas can inquire about getting their land test for free

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Some Manitoba fields are infected with clubroot, a serious canola disease, but how many and where? To find out one soil sample is being collected from each of the province’s 900 or so agro-townships, Anastasia Kubinec, Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development’s (MAFRD) oilseed specialist, said in an interview April 23. While the location of
tractor seeding in a field
Cereals

How does this year’s seeding progress compare to normal?

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Last week, MAFRD cereal crop specialist Pam de Rocquigny posted a table on Crop Chatter showing average seeding progress from 2009-2013, based on crop insurance data. The publication is now discontinued, but until 2009 the provincial agriculture department published an annual statistical review which contained a table showing various weather-related dates (see below). It shows
wetland marsh
Local news

Wetland count begins in southwestern Manitoba

Project will reveal distribution and interaction of wetlands in agro-Manitoba

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Water and land managers will soon have a precise picture of the state of wetlands in southwestern Manitoba as staff with the Manitoba Habitat Heritage Corp. begin a mapping and classification project this spring. Wetlands as small as a quarter of an acre will be included in the study designed to help farmers and drainage
a room of schoolchildren
Local news

Breakfast an important meal: survey

Many favour offering school breakfast programs funded by parents

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Most Manitobans start their day with a morning meal, and most favour schools offering students the same option. Those observations come from the latest summary reports released this month by the Manitoba Consumer Monitor Food Panel (MCMFP), an ongoing study of consumer opinion and behaviour in Manitoba. The MCMFP began in February 2011, posing questions
people making sausage
Local news

The meat of the matter in making sausage

Workshop at Food Development Centre helps both professionals 
and amateurs learn the craft of sausage making

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Otto Von Bismarck famously once said, “Laws are like sausages; it is better not to see them being made.” But the Prussian statesman wasn’t in the sausage-making business. Those who are, or simply experimenting at home with new methods, ingredients or recipes, need to know — and seeing is believing. That’s what drew 15 participants
man making a presentation on stage
Crops

What’s killing your potatoes and what precautions should you be taking?

Surveillance, seed knowledge and proper pre-season cleaning tactics are essential in avoiding the sector’s most prevalent pests

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Producer surveillance is the first line of defence against pests that can have major impacts on Manitoba potato producers’ yields, a plant pathologist with Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development says. “Surveillance is the key for all of these disease concerns. The process of collecting and recording the presence or absence of the diseases in
man at a speaking event
Local news

Farmer seeks clarity on Bipole III

It may be close to the 11th hour for farmers faced with Bipole III expropriations, 
but some still believe negotiation is an option

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Farmers along the established route for the new Bipole III transmission line are asking Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development Minister Ron Kostyshyn to advocate on their behalf. While the massive high-voltage transmission project wasn’t included in Kostyshyn’s prepared remarks at Ag Days last week, it was raised following a speech Jan. 21. “We’re just
Soybean cyst nematode and egg.
News, Oilseeds

Scout for silent soybean killer

The soybean cyst nematode is all over the map in North Dakota, so it’s only a matter of time 
before it arrives in Manitoba

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While the soybean cyst nematode, Heterodera glycines, has yet to be found in Manitoba, producers are being urged to begin scouting now for what is sometimes called the “silent killer.” “They call it the silent killer in areas where it’s been a problem for longer, because yield loss occurs long before symptoms are visible,” Holly
man speaking at microphone
Local news

Innovative food processors get funding kick-starts

Growing Forward 2 funding aims to help this province’s unique processors 
and agribusinesses grow, says provincial agriculture minister

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A small on-farm processor hoping to start selling milk in old-fashioned recyclable glass bottles is one of seven companies to receive Growing Forward 2 funding supporting investments in made-in-Manitoba food products. Dairy farmers Jim and Angie Appleby, who farm with Jim’s family near Steinbach are developing an on-farm micro-creamery to pasteurize and bottle milk and

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