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Hay Foot, Straw Foot Better For Pigs

By Ron Friesen June 25, 2009

Pigs can be healthier and more productive with straw under their feet instead of just bare concrete, research at the University of Manitoba indicates. A three-year study at the University of Manitoba’s National Centre for Livestock and the Environment found that group-housed gestating sows on straw had fewer leg and hoof problems and better productivity.

Livestock

There’s Gold In Them Thar Heaps

By Daniel Winters June 11, 2009

What is composted manure worth? On one end of the scale, an urban gardener tossing it into the trunk of the car might pay $2.59 retail for a 20-kg bag and think nothing of it. At the other end, a beef producer or feedlot operator cleaning out pens full of the raw materials for making

Hogs, News

Non-BRM Agreement May Help With Manure Storages

By Ron Friesen April 9, 2009

Manitoba hog producers required to expand their manure storage facilities could get some financial help from a federal-provincial agreement signed last week. The $117.5 million Growing Forward agreement between Manitoba and Ottawa includes $18.8 million for eligible beneficial management practices (BMPs) involving water and nutrient management. That should include manure storages, although the available money

Crops

Switching The Ratios

By Daniel Winters April 2, 2009

The key to Elaine Ingham’s approach to enhancing soil fertility lies in adjusting the ratio of fungi to bacteria. For grasses, vegetables and brassicas, the optimal fungi to bacteria (F:B) ratio is 0.75:1, compared to 1:1 for row crops, and anywhere from 5:1 to 1,000:1 for old-growth forests, he said. Weeds, as hardier pioneer species,

Hogs, Livestock, News

Winter Manure Spreading To End For Small Hog Farms

By Ron Friesen April 2, 2009

“They’re going out of their way to push the small guys out of business.” – ANDREW DICKSON, MPC A complete ban on spreading livestock manure on fields during the winter in Manitoba will take effect four years from now. The Manitoba government has proposed a regulation to ban winter spreading on all farms by 2013,

Forages, Livestock

Manage Winter Feeding Areas To Reduce Mudholes

By North Dakota State University March 26, 2009

Winter cattle feeding areas are a recipe for mud. These high-traffic areas show the impact of cattle hooves that loosen the topsoil and compact the soil below. When water and manure are added to the loose soil, a mudhole forms. These areas eventually become terrible places to feed cattle. “A solution to mudholes during winter

Crops, Forages

Phosphorus Hard To Manage In Organic Systems

By Lorraine Stevenson March 12, 2009

“The problem is every time we’re removing forage, there goes our phosphorus and we’re never replacing it.” – Joanne Thiessen Martens, Organic Agriculture Centre Of Canada Research And Extension Associate Truly sustainable organic production systems recycle nutrients that are removed from the soil by crops. That is why farmers use legumes as cover crops and

Livestock, News

Stop Recycling Pathogens In Animal Feed

By Ron Friesen March 12, 2009

“Something needs to be done to show reduced levels of these frequencies.” – RICHARD HOLLEY, U OF M Two recent high-profile cases of foodborne illness have once again raised concerns about the safety of North America’s food supply. Last year, 20 Canadians died and 36 more sickened after eating processed meat contaminated by Listeria monocytogenes

Beef cattle, Forages, Livestock

Bale Grazing In Winter Reaps Dividends For Producers

By Ron Friesen February 26, 2009

“It’s a lot less labour intensive.” – REJEAN PICARD, MAFRI Let your cattle graze on pasture all year round. In winter, give them a hay bale buffet. Bale grazing beef cattle during the winter is being promoted as a good way for producers to save time, work and money by letting animals feed themselves. Even

News

A – for Feb. 5, 2009

February 5, 2009

An identifying caption was not included with the photo of a sunflower bud moth larva, shown here and in the article “ Sunflowers average in 2008” (Co- operator, Jan. 15, page15) Regulations under the Canada Transportation Act require railway earnings that exceed the statutory revenue cap on grain freight must be turned over to the

Daily Network News

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