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South-central municipalities, cities fighting to keep water flowing

By Geralyn Wichers September 10, 2021

WORRIES | Struggling dairy farmers not out of water yet, but are being careful, digging new wells, says Dairy Farmers of Manitoba

The water co-op that supplies some water to houses, hospitals, businesses and farms in Morden, Winkler, Altona, Carman and many other south-central communities has been forced to install temporary water intakes in the Red River after water levels fell too low to reliably reach its system. “For us, our life is turned right upside down

Editorial, Op/Ed, Other

Editor’s Take: True leadership on display in Morden

By Gord Gilmour July 2, 2021

Over the past few decades, there’s been a decided decline in leadership throughout the political spectrum. Leadership once meant exactly that — leading. These days however, it’s come to mean watching public opinion polls and blowing with the wind, or triangulating amongst special-interest groups. In both cases, the goal appears to be power for the

Crops, Other

Buhler pulls Farm King manufacturing back to Canada

Work to halt at Minnesota plant early next year

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News November 24, 2020

Winnipeg farm equipment maker Buhler Industries is relocating its Farm King manufacturing work back to Canada from the U.S. this winter. After consolidating its U.S. manufacturing this summer into one plant at Willmar, Minn., about 140 km west of Minneapolis, the company said Thursday it will also halt production at Willmar in early 2021. Buhler,

Cereals, Crops

Syngenta to halt Canadian cereal development operations

By GFM Network News, Gfm Staff November 13, 2019

Seed and ag chem giant Syngenta plans to wrap up a decade of cereal seed research and development work in Canada by the end of the year. The company announced Wednesday it will discontinue its Canadian cereal seed research and development program effective at the end of calendar 2019, affecting five Syngenta Canada staff positions.

Local news, Other

Morden prepares to battle the bug

The city has just unveiled its 10-year strategy to manage for emerald ash borer’s imminent arrival here. Morden officials will speak at a workshop next month on what actions other rural communities can take

By Lorraine Stevenson February 16, 2018

Morden isn’t waiting until it discovers the emerald ash borer (EAB) in its midst to take action to protect its public trees. Starting later this winter the city will begin systematically removing the tree species that would otherwise attract the invasive beetle. One hundred and fifty green ash trees will be taken down in 2018

A view of the 100-year-old Morden Research Station from its southern plots. Although the station is renowned for its horticultural research, it has developed many flax, sunflower, corn, buckwheat and pulse crop cultivars. Last year its mandate expanded to include cereal research after the closing of the Cereal Research Centre in Winnipeg.

Editorial, News & Opinion, Opinion

Editorial: Beauty and the farm

By Laura Rance-Unger August 24, 2015

The shifting sands in agricultural research were apparent last week as the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Morden Research Centre celebrated 100 years of innovation. Anyone who has visited the picture-perfect grounds on the east side of town is familiar with its reputation as one of the most beautiful in AAFC’s network. Not only has it

Did you know?, Local news

MLA attempts to make Bruce the Mosasaur a Manitoba icon

The renowned Manitoba mosasaur species  should become provincial emblem, Cameron Friesen says

By Manitoba Pc Release December 4, 2014

Manitoba’s most famous archeological gem, Bruce the Mosasaur, would become the marine reptile fossil emblem for Manitoba under a private member’s bill brought forward by PC MLA Cameron Friesen. Bill 200, which received first reading in the Manitoba legislature Nov. 26 recognizes the mosasaur Tylosaurus pembinensis as Manitoba’s official marine reptile fossil emblem. The 13-metre

A four-year study will assess the effects of farmland being taken out of production.

News

Farmland loss study to begin in 2014

Study to include a look at subdivisions for growing population in southern Manitoba

By Lorraine Stevenson January 27, 2014

Loss of farmland to subdivisions, strip malls and other non-agricultural uses is the focus of a cross-Canada research project getting underway this spring. The amount of productive farmland being lost is well documented, said Doug Ramsey, a professor in Brandon University’s department of rural development. He will partner with a research team across Canada for

Blayne Wyton is the founder of the Morden-based company, Prairie Barnwood, a new Manitoba company producing high-end design furniture from salvaged Manitoba barns. photo: lorraine stevenson

Country Crossroads

Buildings tomorrow’s heirlooms — with yesterday’s wood

By Lorraine Stevenson September 19, 2013

Many see beauty in something old, faded and worn — but few can find uses for it. Blayne Wyton does both. His four-year-old company, Morden-based Prairie Barnwood, does a brisk business handcrafting fine furniture from boards, beans and posts salvaged from old barns in the Pembina Valley. The idea came to him during a road

Cereals, Crops, News

Cereal Research Centre axed

By Allan Dawson April 20, 2012

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Cereal Research Centre will be shuttered within two years, but a senior department official says much of its work will continue. Industry leaders are less confident in the wake of last week’s announcement to close the facility that earned Western Canada its breadbasket reputation as part of a five to 10

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Live cattle continue higher

U.S. grains: Soybeans retreat after one-month high; corn, wheat sag

CFIA extends CWD control program consultation deadline

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