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Soybean planting protocols still under investigation

By Gord Gilmour February 23, 2013

Soybean acreage is soaring in Manitoba, but some basic agronomy — such as how, when, and with what to plant the crop — is still being hammered out. Seeding dates and rates, row spacing, and post-seeding rolling practices are the focus of trials being conducted by Brent VanKoughnet of Agri Skills for the Manitoba Pulse

Cereals, Crops, News, Oilseeds, Pulses

A new wheat and barley association another step closer

By Allan Dawson February 23, 2013

Manitoba farmers are a step closer to establishing a new spring wheat and barley association to collect voluntary checkoffs for wheat and barley research and marketing. An interim seven-member board of directors met Feb. 15 in Winnipeg and Dauphin-area farmer Don Dewar, a former president of the Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP), was selected as chair.

Crops, Forages, Pulses

Put these crop pests on your radar

By Allan Dawson February 13, 2013

Which pest is going to strike where next and how hard ranks right up there with weather forecasting for jobs that are difficult to get right. But extension agronomists say these are some of the yield robbers on their watch list. Soybean cyst nematode This pest hasn’t been found in Manitoba yet, but it could

Crops, Oilseeds, Pulses

Scientists work to reduce bean diseases

By Allan Dawson August 21, 2012

Some of their work was displayed during the Manitoba Pulse Growers Association’s recent annual tour

Can the same technology that warms up leftover pizza control seed-borne diseases in beans? A University of Guelph master’s student is hoping to find out. Allison Friesen is testing microwaves on seed-borne diseases such as halo blight and common bacterial blight, two diseases that can cut into yields and quality. “She spent the winter with

Dairy cattle, Forages, Hogs, News, Oilseeds, Pulses

Letter Draws Support

August 25, 2011

Concerned about increasing regulation, several of the province’s commodity organizations have joined the Manitoba Pork Council’s public campaign to defend its nutrient management practices. In a full-page ad in theWinnipeg Winnipeg Free Press,the council says hog producers are already subject to more environmental regulation than any other agricultural industry. It says a province-wide ban on

News, Pulses

What’s Up – for Jul. 28, 2011

July 28, 2011

Please forward your agricultural events to [email protected] or call 204-944-5762. July 29-31:Manitoba Youth Beef Roundup and National Young Canadian Simmental Weekend, Neepawa Fairgrounds, Neepawa. Entry deadline June 30. For more info visit mbangus.ca or call 204- 728-3058. Aug. 3:Manitoba Pulse Growers Association pulse tour, 8:45 a.m., AAFC Research Station, Morden. For more info visit www.manitobapulse.ca

News, Pulses

What’s Up – for Jul. 21, 2011

July 21, 2011

Please forward your agricultural events to [email protected] or call 204-944-5762. July 23:Workshop: Exploring the Nature of the Forest, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Boreal Woods Nature Centre, Hwy. 59 and Rd. 100 N., near Beaconia. Fee $20 per person. For more info call Ken Fosty at 204-340-5013 or email [email protected]. July 24-27:International Symposium on Pre-Harvest

Forages, News, Other livestock, Pulses

What’s Up – for Jul. 14, 2011

July 14, 2011

Please forward your agricultural events to [email protected] or call 204-944-5762. July 15-17:Canadian Bison Association field days, Elk Island National Park, Fort Saskatchewan, Alta. For more info visit www.bisoncentre.com or call 780-955- 1995. July 16:National Farmers Union region 5 (Manitoba) convention, 1 p.m., Onanole and District Drop-In Centre. July 20:University of Manitoba annual plant science crop

News, Other livestock, Pulses

What’s Up – for Jul. 7, 2011

July 7, 2011

——— Please forward your agricultural events to [email protected] or call 204-944-5762. July 6-8:Canadian Seed Growers’ Association annual general meeting, Sheraton Hamilton Hotel, 116 King St. W., Hamilton. For more info visit www.seedgrowers.ca/meetingsandevents or call 613- 236-0497. July 10-13:Canadian Special Crops Association silver jubilee convention, Westin Bayshore, Vancouver. For more info call 204-925-3780 or visit www.specialcrops.mb.ca.

News, Oilseeds, Other livestock, Pulses

What’s Up – for Jun. 16, 2011

June 16, 2011

Please forward your agricultural events to [email protected] or call 204-944-5762. July 6-8:Canadian Seed Growers’ Association annual general meeting, Sheraton Hamilton Hotel, 116 King St. W., Hamilton. For more info visit www.seedgrowers.ca/meetingsandevents or call 613- 236-0497. July 10-13:Canadian Special Crops Association silver jubilee convention, Westin Bayshore, Vancouver. For more info call 204-925-3780 or visit www.specialcrops.mb.ca. July

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Good weather pushes Alberta harvest along

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