Up – for Jul. 29, 2010

Please forward your agricultural events to [email protected] or call 204-944-5762. Aug. 4 – Manitoba Pulse Growers Association summer tour,8:00 a. m. to noon, AAFC Morden Research Station. Carman tour available after lunch. For more info call 204-745-6488 or visit www.manitobapulse.ca. Aug. 5 – Manitoba Pulse Growers Association soybean tour,8 a. m. to noon, Richardson Kelburn

What’s Up – for Jul. 15, 2010

Please forward your agricultural events to [email protected] call 204-944-5762. July 21: Manitoba Provincial Grazing Tour in the North Parkland (Dauphin) area of the province. For more information call 622-2006 or email: pamela. [email protected]. July 21: University of Manitoba organic field tours, 1:30 p. m. and 6:30 p. m., Ian N. Morrison Research Farm, Carman. Contact


What’s Up – for Jul. 8, 2010

Please forward your agricultural events to [email protected] call 204-944-5762 July 6-9: Crop Diagnostic School, Ian N. Morrison (University of Manitoba) Research Farm, Carman. Enrolment limited to 60 people per day, cost $160 per person. For more info or to register call 204-745-5663. July 9-10: “Trees Without Borders” woodlot program charter bus tour to Peace Gardens,

What’s Up – for Jul. 1, 2010

Please forward your agricultural events to [email protected] call 204-944-5762 July 10-11 – Gardenton Ukrainian Annual Festival, Ukrainian Museum and Village, Gardenton. Contact Linda at 204-425-3501. July 11-14 – Canadian Special Crops Association annual convention and trade show, Sheraton Cavalier, 612 Spadina Cres. E., Saskatoon. For more info visit www.specialcrops.mb.ca. July 21 – Manitoba Provincial Grazing


What’s Up – for Jun. 24, 2010

Please forward your agricultural events to [email protected] call 204-944-5762. July 6-9– Crop Diagnostic School, Ian N. Morrison (University of Manitoba) Research Farm, Carman. Enrolment limited to 60 people per day, cost $160 per person. For more info or to register call 204-745-5663. July 11-14 – Canadian Special Crops Association annual convention and trade show, Sheraton

What’s Up – for Jun. 17, 2010

Please forward your agricultural events to [email protected] call 204-944-5762. June 16-18 – Western Canada Farm Progress Show, Evraz Place (formerly Regina Exhibition Park), Regina. For more info visit www.myfarmshow.com. June 21 – One-day chainsaw safety, handling and maintenance seminar, Pine Falls. Registration $75 per person, certificates awarded. For more info or to pre-register call Winnipeg


Brandon Researchers On The Hunt For Root Rot Pathogens

Studies at the Brandon Research Centre have not yet turned up fusarium graminearum in root rot pathogens affecting local peas and dry beans. Last year, researchers began looking at the possibility that the fungus responsible for fusarium head blight in wheat could infect those crops after a recent report from North Dakota discovered that the

Puratone Study To Look At Whole Farm Nutrient Balance

Hog producers are under pressure from all sides these days, from feed costs to new provincial environmental regulat ions on spreading manure that are due by 2013. With an eye on potentially reducing those burdens, Carole Furedi, a researcher at Niverville-based Puratone, will be testing the effects of including zero-tannin fababeans and dried distillers grains


Which Is Better, Solid-Seeded Soybeans Or Row Crop?

“I think farmers can do a real good job with what they’ve got – a 30-inch corn planter or their air seeder. They just need to look and decide how they can tweak it.” – BRUCE BROLLEY, MAFRI Planting soybeans in 15-inch rows instead of solid seeding will cut farmers’ seed costs and boost yields,

Dry Bean Acreage Looking Up In 2010

“It’s time to make some money in the bean industry.” – TODD STEWART, MPGA Expect an increase in Manitoba’s edible bean acreage this year. Stable prices and steady demand should result in a “fairly decent bump in acres” for dry beans in 2010, says Jonathon Driedger, a marketing analyst with FarmLink Marketing Solutions. Speaking at