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Seed Companies Pull Out Of Variety Trials

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APrairie-wide program of canola variety trials has been cancelled this year after most of the participating seed companies unexpectedly pulled out. Canola seed developers did not enter enough canola varieties in the 2010 Prairie Canola Variety Trials for it to go ahead, the Canola Council of Canada, which administers the trials, said last week. Dissatisfaction
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Oilseed Sector Research Gets Government Boost

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The federal government is offering up to $19 million for the Canola Council of Canada to lead research in partnership with the Flax Council of Canada, industry scientists and universities, a federal release says. “The oilseed industry is an important driver of Canada’s economy and that’s why our government is making strategic investments to keep
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MCGA Executive Wants To Focus On Research

Rob Pettinger, the newly re-elected president of the Manitoba Canola Growers Association says its main priority is research. “As we move forward my goal is to try and develop canola markets and help farmers with (canola) research,” Pettinger said. “That’s what the checkoff (money) should be doing. My goal is to focus more on those
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MCGA Members Reject Proposed Bylaw Changes

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Term limits for directors with the Manitoba Canola Growers Association (MCGA) were rejected at its 2008-09 annual meeting in Brandon Feb. 11. It’s not that members attending oppose the idea. “My feeling was the reason the membership turned that down was because those term limits would’ve been grandfathered so all current directors would start at
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KAP Refuses To Sanction Ag Ministers

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Discontent with federal and provincial agriculture ministers failed to translate into policy at Keystone Agricultural Producers annual meeting last week. Delegates defeated two separate resolutions criticizing federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz and Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives Minister Stan Struthers. The first accused Ritz of behaving “in a manner, which is less than mature,
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In Briefs continued from page 2 – for Jan. 28, 2010

Field trip: Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz is back from an agricultural trade mission to Mexico, Colombia, Guatemala and the United States. In Mexico he announced a $5-million investment under the Canada Brand Initiative to boost the Mexican appetite and raise consumer awareness of Canadian foods. “This initiative will further connect the Canadian maple leaf and
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Ballots In The Mail For MCGA Election

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“The best thing I could hope for is that as soon as a person gets a ballot they mark it and send it back.” – BILL ROSS Six farmers – four incumbents and two others – are running to fill four directors’ seats around the Manitoba Canola Growers Association’s (MCGA) board table. The incumbents seeking
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Biodiesel Mandate In Effect For Manitoba

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Manitoba has become the first province in Canada to require biodiesel in diesel fuel. Fuel suppliers are now legally required to include a blend of two per cent biodiesel in their overall sales of on-road and off-road diesel. Manitoba is expected to use at least 20 million litres of biodiesel a year as a result
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Manitobans Earn Monsanto Scholarships

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Fourteen students from rural Manitoba are among 70 heading into post-secondary agriculture or forestry studies this fall with scholarships worth $1,500 each from Monsanto Canada. The Winnipeg-based Canadian arm of the U. S. seed and chemical company posted a record year for applications to its annual Opportunity Scholarship program, with “over 172” applying for postsecondary

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