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A new problem weed arrives in Manitoba fields

Our History: June 2001

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff June 6, 2018

One of our front-page stories on June 28, 2001 was on a new problem weed — glyphosate-resistant canola. Several farmers, including some who had never grown Roundup Ready canola, were reporting the plants in their fields. A Monsanto representative acknowledged the problem but said it was not widespread and it was sending workers to hand-pick

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The “NEW” Don 1500 combine, fully computerized

Our History: June 1988

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff May 30, 2018

This Don 1500 combine from Belarus advertised in our June 2, 1988 issue was available at the introductory price of $89,000. In other Soviet Union-related news, we reported on a USDA estimate that it would reduce its grain imports by 6.5 million tonnes to 26 million tonnes. Soviet grain imports had been as high as

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Young men for management… girls for typing?

Our History: May 1961

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff May 23, 2018

In the “Some things have improved” department, these two ads (shown above and below) appeared adjacent to each other in our May 25, 1961 issue. “Young men” were invited to apply for management, accounting and marketing at the University of Manitoba, and “girls” for typewriting, shorthand and bookkeeping at Manitoba Commercial College. In the “Some

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That’s one rich ditch

Our History: May 1994

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff May 16, 2018

Both the U.S. Midwest and the Canadian Prairies suffered from too much moisture in 1993, but things had switched by the spring of 1994. This photo in our May 26 issue showed a ditch full of topsoil north of Carman, the result of gale-force winds on May 17. A recently bulldozed shelterbelt could be seen

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The Worlds Greatest Cream Saver

Our History: May 1927

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff May 9, 2018

You could get a big allowance on your old machine, a 10-day free trial and “the most generous time in which to pay up” if you purchased the Melotte cream separator advertised in the May 1927 issue of The Scoop Shovel, which was the predecessor to the Co-operator. The Co-operative Dairies report that month said

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Defeating the 10 little dust devils

Our History: April 1949

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff May 2, 2018

Our April 21, 1949 issue carried this “10 little dust devils” cartoon from the USDA Soil Conservation Service. The 10 arrive at a windbreak and drop one by one as they meet a windbreak, a listed field, a clover field, a grass waterway, a fish pond, a field of stubble mulch, a cover crop, a

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Grow malting barley, win ‘big cash prizes’

Our History: April 1947

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff April 25, 2018

In April 1947 the Brewing and Malting Industries of Canada were encouraging production of higher-quality barley through a contest offering total cash prizes of $18,750 plus 120 awards of 10 pounds of seed for “Sensational new Montcalm barley.” The text later in this ad from our April 15 issue notably said that malting barley was

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‘Wypout’ your wild oats

Our History: April 1979

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff April 18, 2018

Uniroyal’s Wypout was available for wild oat control in April 1979 — an internet search doesn’t indicate the active ingredient. The winter in 1978-79 had been the second coldest on record along with abundant snowfall, as was evident by the stories in our April 19 issue. The report from the Provincial Flood Forecasting Committee correctly

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Farmers “focus” on working together

Our History: April 2001

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff April 11, 2018

As today, high world stocks were weighing on prices in April 2001. The U.S. government had abandoned production controls and storage programs in the 1985 bill, leading to all-out production and a prolonged grain price war. In an attempt to rein in production, some farmers in the U.S. and Canada proposed a voluntary acreage-reduction program

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Beef board rebuffed at ballot box

Our History: March 1977

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff April 4, 2018

It wasn’t even close. Our March 24, 1977 issue reported that of 12,204 ballots returned from Manitoba beef producers, 9,445 or 77 per cent had voted against a proposal by Agriculture Minister Sam Uskiw to establish a provincial beef marketing board. Our editorial in that issue suggested that the decisive result would end any plans

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A new problem weed arrives in Manitoba fields

The “NEW” Don 1500 combine, fully computerized

Young men for management… girls for typing?

That’s one rich ditch

The Worlds Greatest Cream Saver

Defeating the 10 little dust devils

Grow malting barley, win ‘big cash prizes’

‘Wypout’ your wild oats

Farmers “focus” on working together

Beef board rebuffed at ballot box

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