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BMP Program Approves 180 Projects

By Manitoba Government Release April 29, 2010

The Manitoba Sustainable Agriculture Practices Program (MSAPP) has completed its first intake of applications for beneficial management practice (BMP) incentive funding for the 2010-11 fiscal year, Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives Minister Stan Struthers has announced. “The MSAPP is a incentive-based program announced by the province in 2008 to encourage producers to adopt and implement

Livestock

Air Pollutants Eyed From Poultry Barns

By Jim Romahn April 22, 2010

The federal government could shut down barns because they emit toxic air pollutants. It hasn’t happened yet, nor is it likely to happen without plenty of warning. But the fact remains that the gases and tiny particles coming from barns include ones that are officially deemed toxic and open to regulation. Dr. Bill Van Heyst,

Livestock, News

Livestock Livestock Equipment

April 22, 2010

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News

Research Sought On Metals In Feed

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff April 8, 2010

The Manitoba Livestock Manure Management Initiative plans to back new research on sources and levels of metals in livestock’s feed, drinking water and manure, plus those metals’ effects on crops and soils. “Research suggests that most metals in manure are present at such low levels that it would take over a century of manure application

Hogs, Livestock

Manure-Processing Projects Approved For Funding

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff March 4, 2010

A hog manure lagoon and a combined hog/ chicken manure lagoon will be used in the project. Test projects to separate useful fertilizer out of liquid manure and to compost solids will get underway this spring with public and producer funding. Hog producer Hytek plans to assess a manure treatment system that separates out crop

Hogs, News

In Brief… – for Feb. 4, 2010

February 4, 2010

Still optimistic: Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan reported a 70 per cent drop in quarterly earnings and issued a profit outlook well below expectations Jan. 28, sending the fertilizer maker’s shares down more than six per cent. However, the world’s largest fertilizer producer said it was optimistic that fertilizer demand in 2010 would be well above

News

China Needs To Cut Use Of Chemical Fertilizers

January 21, 2010

China, the world’s largest grain producer and top consumer of fertilizers, should reduce its reliance on chemical fertilizers by as much as 50 per cent because excessive use has resulted in serious pollution, according to a research report. “Not many people are aware that agriculture is the largest polluter in China, which should be a

Livestock

Phosphorus Balance Not A Province-Wide Problem

By Ron Friesen January 7, 2010

“It is legitimate to be concerned about phosphorus surpluses on a field-by-field, farm-by-farm and community-by-community basis.” – DON FLATEN, U OF M How much livestock can Manitoba handle? Don Flaten has the numbers. Exactly 598,802,395 nursing and weaner pigs. Or 48,780,488 grower and finisher pigs. Or 7,142,857 calves less than a year old. Or 6,060,606

Opinion

Serving Agriculture, The Basic Industry

December 10, 2009

JOHN MORRISS EDITORIAL DIRECTOR The days of the CBC radio “Farm Broadcast” have passed into history, perhaps inevitably with the decline in farm numbers. But many still fondly remember the noon-hour market reports and general agriculture news, including city dwellers who appreciated the link to their farm cousins. (For a recent glimpse back into farm

Livestock, News

Beware Of Dirt Toxicity In Cattle

November 12, 2009

It is nearly impossible to eliminate, or remove, all dirt from the diet. Cows are not birds. They do not have gizzards and they do not need to eat dirt (gravel, sand, or soil) to physically digest the feed offered them. Yet, cattle eat dirt. Why? What happens when they do, and how much is

Daily Network News

Southern California honeybees show resistance to varroa mites

Pulse Weekly: SaskPulse optimistic despite input, crop price concerns

Canadian aquaculture should be classed as agriculture, industry groups say

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