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Minimum temperatures on the Prairies for June 2015. (WeatherFarm.com)
Crops, Weather

Manitoba hail, reseed damage claims above average

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CNS Canada –– Farmers have seen more weather-related hardships this year than normal, made evident by an above-average amount of hail and reseed damage claims. Summer hail and frost at the end of June and the beginning of July took a toll on crops, leading to insurance claims above the five-year average. Manitoba Agricultural Service
Elgin resident not impressed he can’t vote in town anymore
Local news

Elgin resident not impressed he can’t vote in town anymore

Rural residents can also vote by mail but post offices are scarcer too

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Residents of Manitoba’s smallest communities should double-check their voter’s card to be sure of where to vote Oct. 19. Elgin resident Bob Miller first only glanced at his when it arrived in the mail recently, irked that his name was spelled wrong. He did a double take when he saw he can’t vote in his
In early September the Warwaruks purchased a 15,000-square-foot building in Neepawa for the future home of the estate brewery.
Country Crossroads, Local news

Encompassing the taste of the Prairies

After a few years of processing Farmery outside of Manitoba’s borders, 
the Warwaruk brothers will soon be completing the entire beer-making process at home

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Chris and Lawrence Warwaruk are one step closer to their goal of bringing the country’s first estate brewery to Manitoba after purchasing a building for the future brewery site earlier this month. The sibling entrepreneurs purchased a 15,000-square-foot building in Neepawa, a few kilometres from the existing Farmery farm in early September. “We have a
Robert G. Roehle
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Local news

Agricultural Hall of Fame: Robert Roehle

The Manitoba Agricultural Hall of Fame inducted eight new members in July 2015.
Here is one of the new inductees

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Robert (Bob) Gilmor Roehle grew up on a grain and dairy farm at Blackdale, Manitoba. Following his education at Irwinton, West St. Paul and Stonewall Collegiate, he attended the University of Manitoba where he earned a B.S.A. in 1968 and an M.Sc. in agricultural economics in 1971. In 1968, he married Judith McKillop, a business
General manager of Brandon’s Keystone Centre, Neil Thomson, says the proposed addition is a matter of when, not if.
Crops, Livestock, Local news

Keystone Centre proposes barn addition

General manager of Brandon’s Keystone Centre says the facility is looking to acquire 
funding for addition of a multi-purpose field house and barn

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Brandon’s Keystone Centre is ready to begin construction on a 130,000-square-foot addition as soon as it lines up enough funds. “Manitoba Ag Days basically takes every square inch of the building that we have now and it also has a waiting list of exhibitors. We would like to be able to accommodate that,” said Keystone
Visitors to Newest Poultry Farms Inc. don protective footwear on Open Farm Day.
Opinion

Opinion: How open is Open Farm Day?

Livestock industry is risking its social licence

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In many ways, Open Farm Day is an oxymoron. As much as it tries to help the public understand modern farming, it often reinforces just how inaccessible it has become. Lured by the promise of a chicken farmer’s barn and broilers, I headed out early on Sept. 20 to see the only poultry operation on
S — Suppress weed growth TG — Top Growth control mainly

Crops

Fall a good time for winter annual, perennial weed control

Whether you apply a desiccant or glyphosate depends on the weed and your harvest plans

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The swather and the combine are good places from which to spot weed problems and autumn can be a good time to control winter annual and perennial weeds, says Jeanette Gaultier, weed specialist with Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development. Pre-harvest control hinges on the type and stage of weeds and harvest goals. If a
Winter Derange (r) and Maeve Partyka (l) show off goats to visitors at Aurora Farm. Nearly 40 farms participated in the annual event, which is in its sixth year.
Local news

Open Farm Day a success

Warm weather and sunny skies drew droves of urbanites to Manitoba farms

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Gravel roads and farm lanes were packed with vehicles last Sunday, as Open Farm Day brought out what might be a record number of visitors in its sixth year. Just south of Winnipeg, Aurora Farm was literally crawling with visitors of all ages, eager for the opportunity to feed a goat, touch a chicken or
XXRays Gang Plow and a combined harvester and thresher
Our History

XXRays Gang Plow and a combined harvester and thresher

Our History: September 1898

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The XXRays Gang Plow advertised in the September 1898 issue of the Nor-West Farmer was said to penetrate “anything plowable, and draws 50 to 75 pounds lighter than other plows doing the same work.” The lifting spring was so powerful that “a 12 years old boy can easily operate it.” Among other machinery mentioned in
Winnipeg-based pumpkin grower 13-year-old Milan Lukes is eagerly awaiting the Great Pumpkin Commonwealth Weigh-Off on October 3 to find out if he’s got a winning entry this year. This is his third year growing giant pumpkins.
Local news

Pumpkin growers ready to vie for 2015 heavyweight title

Self-professed pumpkin-growing addicts will converge on Roland Oct. 3
 to find out who will be this year’s heavyweight champion

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Milan Lukes has crawled inside the pumpkins he grows. He fits in the cavity because he’s only 13 years old. He dug into them last year and in 2013 to collect seed. “There’s room for people my size in them, which is cool,” says the teen from St. Norbert who is growing pumpkins again this

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