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These non-native weeds are big problems in Manitoba

Keep an eye out for these noxious weeds in the coming growing season

By Manitoba Weed Supervisors Association April 26, 2021

The Province of Manitoba has declared the last full week of April as Invasive Species Awareness Week. The Manitoba Weed Supervisors Association (MWSA) recognizes this week by highlighting just a few of the invasive plants considered to be a significant threat to the landscape of our province. Many of these invasive species are mistaken for

[L to R] Haley, summer horticulture technician; Tammy Johannsen, president of ACC Foundation; Danielle Tichit, ACC Agribusiness instructor; Greg Esplin, board member of MZTRA; Rick Grey, chair of ACC Agriculture and Environment; and Natasha, ACC Agribusiness student cut the ribbon for the opening of the MZTRA-ACC Weed Identification Garden.

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A new resource to hone weed-identification skills

Funds remaining from former zero-till research farm will support a spot to see  more than 80 of the province’s weed species

By Jennifer Paige July 18, 2016

It’s been said a weed is but an unloved flower, but now weeds have a garden of their own in WestMan. That’s important because sometimes it can be hard to tell some weed species apart, and control methods can be vexingly target-specific. That makes it important to know just what you’re dealing with, and is

Assiniboine Community College (ACC) will be establishing a weed identification garden after a donation from the Manitoba Zero Tillage Research Association (MZTRA) — MZTRA board chair, Brad Lewis (l), ACC agribusiness instructor, Danielle Tichit.

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College to build weed identification garden

Assiniboine Community College looks to establish a weed identification garden to  house more than 80 of Manitoba’s most common annual and perennial weeds

By Jennifer Paige September 14, 2015

Southwestern Manitoba will soon be crawling with more weeds but these weeds are for a good cause. Assiniboine Community College is creating a weed identification garden with financial assistance from the defunct Manitoba Zero Tillage Research Association (MZTRA). “The garden will provide students in multiple programs with tangible and real learning opportunities and has the

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Manitoba overhauling Noxious Weeds Act

Noxious weeds will be listed in three tiers with control action  based on the threat to agriculture and natural areas

By Allan Dawson June 23, 2015

The Manitoba government is overhauling one of the oldest laws on its books — the Noxious Weeds Act — to bring it into line with current weed threats in the province. If passed, Bill 32, the Noxious Weeds Amendment Act, will put into statute much of what is already common practice — controlling weeds commiserate

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Manitoba municipalities prepare for cosmetic pesticide ban

Regulations still allow ditches, boulevards and sidewalks to be sprayed for weeds

By Lorraine Stevenson April 9, 2015

If the grass on a boulevard or a ditch is mowed, does that make it a lawn? Municipalities have been asking the province that question as the ban on cosmetic pesticides for lawns comes into effect, and now they have their answer. Ditches and boulevards are not lawns, nor are the cracks in the sidewalks

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Manitoba government preparing to ban cosmetic pesticides

By Allan Dawson February 14, 2012

Farmers will be allowed to spray their crops if the Manitoba government bans the use of cosmetic “chemical” pesticides. But farmers will still suffer, say CropLife Canada and the Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP). And so will homeowners. Last week Conservation and Water Stewardship Minister Gord Mackintosh confirmed this spring the Manitoba government will consult the

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Beetles Find It Tough Going In Manitoba

By Daniel Winters April 7, 2011

Manitoba has been using biocontrol beetles since 1988 in Spruce Woods Park, but the results haven’t been encouraging. In the 1990s, there were 3,500 beetle releases, mainly the black and brown flea beetle species, said John Johnson, president of the Manitoba Weed Supervisors Association. In 1996, 350,000 were brought in from a capture site in

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Weed Supervisors Discuss Wish List

By Daniel Winters April 1, 2010

“If the act is opened up now, what will it look like in the end? There are a number of special interest groups out there that will insist upon having their issues addressed in the act.” – JOHN JOHNSTON Proposed changes to the Noxious Weeds Act, including hikes in special levies and notices to destroy,

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German Invader Turning Fields Red

By Daniel Winters March 25, 2010

By now everyone is familiar with the yellow peril, leafy spurge. Now, the Manitoba Weed Supervisors Association is asking ranchers and forage growers to also be on the lookout for the “red menace.” “Usually, by the time you notice it, it’s already a big issue,” said Fred Paulson, weed supervisor for the Interlake Weed District,

Second Harvest redirecting surplus food to those in need

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Second Harvest redirecting surplus food to those in need

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Tag Archives Manitoba Weed Supervisors Association

These non-native weeds are big problems in Manitoba

A new resource to hone weed-identification skills

College to build weed identification garden

Manitoba overhauling Noxious Weeds Act

Manitoba municipalities prepare for cosmetic pesticide ban

Manitoba government preparing to ban cosmetic pesticides

Beetles Find It Tough Going In Manitoba

Weed Supervisors Discuss Wish List

German Invader Turning Fields Red

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