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Selecting More Efficient Cattle Focus Of New Study

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“The calves from more efficient sires ate less, grew the same amount, and had no adverse effects on carcass traits. ” – JOHN BASARAB Astudy into getting more bang for the feed cost buck is in the works. Based on prior work done by Alberta Agriculture researchers, the Manitoba Rural Adaptation Council (MRAC)-funded study partnered
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In Brief… – for Dec. 3, 2009

Resort rapped: The federal Competition Bureau has sanctioned the Manitoba-based Elkhorn Ranch & Resort Ltd. for how it runs its promotional campaigns. The bureau’s investigation concluded the company had run contests without fair disclosure of accurate odds of winning and without ensuring that winners were selected on a random basis. As well, winners were led
Opinion

Fertilizer Pricing The Last Straw For Farmers

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“Well, if they (farmers) won’t pay our prices, we’ll grow the grain in China or India.” In the late winter of 1975, our family was having lunch in a Brandon, Manitoba restaurant. At the table next to ours, three fertilizer executives (two local and one from the U. S.) were discussing product pricing and bemoaning
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Participate, Or Be Dictated To

JOHN MORRISS EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Two news items you may have missed from the U. S.: Item 1: Carbon dioxide is a pollutant. No, this isn’t some off-the-cuff statement from a tree hugger. It’s the law, according to a ruling in a case that went all the way to the U. S. Supreme Court in 2007.
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Community Wind Plans Move Ahead A Step

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Standing in the breeze just east of Forrest, Dan Mazier watches as a two-man crew prepares to raise a 60-foot tower in a canola field. Atop the tower will be a device for minute-by-minute measuring local wind speed, sending the data wirelessly via cellular phone signal to a computer. At the end of two years,
Livestock

New Filter Removes P From Water

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“It’s affordable to point where we think individual farmers could run it.” – ROBERT GERVAIS When farmer and longtime conservationist Gordon Orchard first heard about a relatively simple process for removing dissolved phosphorus from water he thought it was too good to be true. After all, there’s no disputing there’s too much of it in
Opinion

They Aren’t Making Any More

JOHN MORRISS EDITORIAL DIRECTOR If you follow the Canadian stock market, you will probably be familiar with the name of Jeff Rubin, former chief economist for CIBC World Markets. Like all economists, he hasn’t always been right, but he’s been right several times on some bold predictions. In 2000 he predicted oil prices would hit
Crops

Agrium Drops To First-Quarter Loss

A drop in potash demand and tighter retail margins have led Agrium’s run of record quarterly profits into the red. The Calgary-based fertilizer and farm retail firm on May 6 posted a net loss of $60 million on net sales of $1.75 billion, down from its 2008 Q1 profit of $195 million on $1.11 billion
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Flooded Wells Need To Be Cleaned

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Frequently during flood situations, private wells can be partially or fully submerged by surface water. When this happens, the well can become contaminated with a host of materials that can include sewage, petroleum products, sediment, bacteria, viruses and other floating debris, North Dakota State University Extension Service water quality experts warn. The smell of the
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Accuweather Sees Fewer U. S. Hurricanes In ‘09 Season

Private forecaster AccuWeather.com said March 18 it expects four tropical storms to strike the U. S. coastline during the 2009 Atlantic season, which begins June 1, compared with eight last year. AccuWeather’s chief long-range and hurricane Forecaster Joe Bastardi said the greatest risk this year may be to the U. S. East Coast, but a

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