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The Manitoba Organic Alliance announced the working group Oct. 23 during its annual meeting in Brandon.
Crops, Local news

Organic Alliance says crop insurance needs an update on organic production

Organic growers argue that insurance excludes critical production practices, but change may come with some real logistical problems, according to MASC

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Organic farmers in Manitoba hope a new working group will help solve long-standing crop insurance issues. The body will have members from both the Manitoba Organic Alliance (MOA) and Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation (MASC). “There’s definite improvements that need to be made, so we want to know what the timeline on that is,” MOA president
Katherine Stanley (l) has been named as the Manitoba Organic Alliance’s first agronomist.
Crops, Local news

Manitoba Organic Alliance names agronomist

Katherine Stanley will take on the term position over the next year

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Manitoba’s organic farmers now have an agronomist to call their own — even if it’s only for a year. The farmer organization the Manitoba Organic Alliance has teamed up with the University of Manitoba and the provincial Agriculture Department to create a one-year term position for an organic agronomist and Katherine Stanley has been named
Don Rourke fields equipment questions during a field tour near Minto.
Crops, Local news

Rourke Farms explores organic equipment options

Rourke Farms near Minto put equipment options to the test this year as the farm started 
the process of becoming certified organic

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When Rourke Farms decided to go organic, it went all in, both in terms of acres and equipment. Over 4,000 acres of cropped land started the transition this year, while another third of that has been put to green manure and the farm’s fleet of tractors, seeders, cultivators and harrows has expanded as owners make
Tour attendees kneel to get a better look at the mix during the Aug. 4 tour focusing on green manure at Carnegie Farms north of Brandon.
Crops, Local news

The making of a green manure mix

Grain-only operation one of several tours organized by the Manitoba Organic Alliance

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For organic grain farmers without livestock such as Carnegie Farms north of Brandon, green manure has become a mainstay for nutrient management. Visitors to the fully organic operation’s field day Aug. 4 took in two green manure mixes, ranging from peas, beans, oats and buckwheat to a field with all of the above, plus kale,
Dan and Fran DeRuyck stand in front of their recently reopened organic cleaning plant south of Treherne.
Cereals, Crops

DeRuycks keep rolling with organic cleaning and milling

Dan and Fran DeRuyck hope to expand their customer base with their upgraded organic grain-cleaning plant, reopened earlier this year

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Dan and Fran DeRuyck’s organic grain-cleaning plant is one of the first things a visitor sees when they arrive at Top of the Hill Farm, south of Treherne, Man. The large shed dominates the west side of the yard, bordered by bins which, on any given week, might be filled with anything from wheat, oats,
organic food logo
Crops, News

Federal government pledges $1.2 million to help expand organic farming

Western Economic Diversification funds will help western organic growers compete in lucrative global organic food market

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A new program aimed at expanding the number of organic farmers in Western Canada has received $1.2 million from the federal Western Diversification Program (WDP). The cash will be put towards the Prairie Organic Grain Initiative (POGI), a four-year $2.2-million program being rolled out this spring by western Canadian organic associations that also have pledged
Organic wheat
Cereals, News

Prairie-wide innovation fund for organic grains soon underway

Demand for organic grains increasing while maintaining the supply poses problems

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A new development fund sponsored by organic food companies will soon support associations in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta trying to expand the number of organic farmers. The Prairie Organic Development Fund (PODF) is a multi-year fund that organic food companies have pledged to support, while the Prairie Organic Grain Initiative (POGI) will be its first funded project,
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Organic pesticide reports to boost local purchases

Canadian growers produce in a cleaner environment and to a higher standard, 
says Manitoba Organic Alliance president

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Recent reports of pesticides found on organic produce will prompt buyers of organic food to pay more attention to its source, says the head of Manitoba Organic Alliance (MOA). “I don’t see this as turning anyone off organics. I see this as a benefit to organics and to the buy-local movement,” said Kate Storey, a
A municipal worker points to where unusually fast water flows washed out a culvert upstream from the Von Bargen farmyard.
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Ranchers hit by wall of water demand post-flood answers

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 Sitting as it does on a kind of plateau north of the highlands of Riding Mountain National Park, it’s hard to believe that this area could be flooded at all. But a flash flood did sweep through the century-old farmyard of cattle producers Karen and Craig Von Bargen on April 28 — causing six-figure losses
Crops, Forages, News

Group says GM alfalfa a nightmare scenario

Genetically modified alfalfa threatens Canada’s entire organic grain sector, says Manitoba Organic Alliance. Organic farmers won’t be able to shield their farms from pollen because insects can spread it as far as three miles, says the group. Contamination will then create a trade barrier for any Canadian crop exported to GM-free countries, said Ken Sabatier

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