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What’s Up – for Feb. 17, 2011

Please forward your agricultural events to [email protected] or call 204-944-5762. Feb. 22:“Record Keeping for Organic Growers, Part 2,” a Canadian Organic Growers webinar. For more info visit www.cog.ca/shop, click on “Events,” then click on “Webinars.” Feb. 23:Managing your Woodlot: Seminars, Baldur Memorial Hall. For more info call MAFRI at 204-741-0490. Feb. 24:“Crop Planning for Organic
News, Oilseeds

What’s Up – for Feb. 10, 2011

Please forward your agricultural events to [email protected] or call 204-944-5762. Feb. 15:“Organic Livestock Transition,” a Canadian Organic Growers webinar. For more info visit www.cog.ca/shop, click on “Events,” then click on “Webinars.” Feb. 22:“Record Keeping for Organic Growers, Part 2,” a Canadian Organic Growers webinar. For more info visit www.cog.ca/shop, click on “Events,” then click on
News, Oilseeds, Pulses

What’s Up – for Feb. 3, 2011

Please forward your agricultural events to [email protected] or call 204-944-5762. Feb. 4:Low-stress pig-handling workshop, Mennonite Heritage Museum, Steinbach. For more info call Ron Bazylo at 204-572-5282 or Robyn Harte at 204-945-5402. Feb. 8:“Record Keeping for Organic Growers, Part 1,” a Canadian Organic Growers webinar. For more info visit www.cog.ca/shop, click on “Events,” then click on
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Boreal Bounty Entrepreneur Plans Winery

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Could Flin Flon be the Napa Valley of the North? An entrepreneur from the rugged Manitoba mining town is planning to launch the region’s first – and likely the world’s only – birch winery. After several years of planning, Doug Eryou says he’s ready to build his winery in nearby Bakers Narrows and bottle his
News, Oilseeds

In Brief… – for Oct. 28, 2010

Honoured:Solanyl Biopolymers Inc. of Carberry was awarded Emerging Life Science Company of the Year Agribusiness by the Life Science Association of Manitoba (LSAM) at its annual dinner on Oct. 4. Solanyl manufactures starch-based biodegradable plastic resin. Founders Derek and Earl McLaren formed the company in 2005 to further process the byproduct streams of local Manitoba
Cereals, Crops

WFGD Co-Op Back From The Brink – for Aug. 5, 2010

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After threatening to fold last year, the Western Feed Grains Development Co-op is back on a firm footing. With $275,000 in funding from the Manitoba Rural Adaptation Council (MRAC), the 90-member co-op has been able to resolve its funding crunch and hire a new plant breeder in order to continue its efforts to develop member-owned
Grain Markets

Non-Wood Pulp And Paper Funded

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The federal and provincial government’s have invested $400,000 to Manitoba-based Prairie Pulp and Paper to support research and development of high-quality, eco-friendly paper made from agricultural crop byproducts. “We just finished testing the first round of prototype paper (3,000 sheets) with commercial paper buyers across North America and they were very well received. It’s tree-free,
Livestock

Selecting More Efficient Cattle Focus Of New Study

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“The calves from more efficient sires ate less, grew the same amount, and had no adverse effects on carcass traits. ” – JOHN BASARAB Astudy into getting more bang for the feed cost buck is in the works. Based on prior work done by Alberta Agriculture researchers, the Manitoba Rural Adaptation Council (MRAC)-funded study partnered
Crops, Livestock, Oilseeds, Pulses

Puratone Study To Look At Whole Farm Nutrient Balance

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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
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Bring Down Barriers For Young Farmers, Ag Committee Told

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“If there was profitability in the industry, it wouldn’t be a problem bringing people into the industry.” – WAYNE EASTER, MP Gwen Donohoe wants to return to the family farm near The Pas after she finishes her University of Manitoba masters degree in soil science later this year. But people keep saying she shouldn’t. That’s

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