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La Niña And Sunspots

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From a weather and agricultural point, I find this time of year to be the most difficult. Winter is still holding on, but historically we don’t see much in the way of severe weather during the second half of February. Spring is on the horizon, but is still at least three to four weeks away
Opinion

Don’t Shoot The Messenger

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If you happen to be one of those people who likes to complain about the weather, and you spent the summer in the western Prairies, chances are you hit the mother lode. For producers trying to “mud in” late crops, or bale soggy forages, the challenges were many. In many areas, it was just one
Weather

Weekly Weather – for Sep. 9, 2010

In the bottom image we see the daily maximum and minimum temperatures in Winnipeg over the last 365 days. The middle image shows the 30-day running mean temperature, which helps to smooth out day-to-day fluctuations in temperature and shows the general pattern of temperatures (red=warm, blue=cold). The top image is the daily mean temperature. The
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Province Revises Sewage Ejector Rules

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“We’re very happy as an association that government listened to the concerns of our members and that they’ve come out with a positive result here.” – AMM PRESIDENT DOUG DOBROWOLSKI Rural landowners got some good news last week – the province is revising its policy to phase out sewage ejectors. The provincial government announced April
Country Crossroads

Avoid Being Struck By Lightning This Summer

RENA NERBAS Lightning is responsible for more deaths and property loss than tornadoes, hurricanes and floods combined. There are three ways that lightning enters a home: a direct strike, through wires or pipes that extend outside the structure, through electrical phones, plumbing, radio/television systems, through any metal wires or bars in concrete walls or flooring.
Opinion

Manitoba’s messages mixed on manure, sewage

Regarding “Don’t reject the ejector” (Letters, Co-operator, March 11, page 5): if sewage ejectors are to be banned in rural Manitoba because of threats to human health and harmful effects to the environment and water, as professed by Manitoba Conservation and Water Stewardship, then there are much bigger issues that have to be addressed by
Hogs, Livestock

Program Backs Purchase Of Needle-Less Injectors

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Manitoba’s On-Farm Food Safety Program now includes an initiative to help livestock producers and related businesses buy needle-less injectors to administer vaccines and medications. The program, funded through the Growing Forward agriculture policy framework, will provide up to $2,000 toward the purchase of a needle-less injector by a Manitoba farm, farm supplier, assembly yard or
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Monitoring Bin Temperature And Aerating Grain

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It is important to monitor grain temperature and to keep stored grain cool and dry by regularly aerating it through mechanical aeration or by turning it. Moisture and warm temperatures allow the growth of moulds and the development of an environment that is suitable for insects. If warm grain is placed into storage and left
Opinion

Viterra Strategy Short-Sighted

We sympathize with the community of Arborg and commend its attempt to save that great facility, the grain elevator. From every angle its demolition is a shame. For what benefits the farmer usually has a ripple effect right back up to the top, in this case Viterra. Fortunately not all multinationals
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Recondition Flooded Farm Equipment Quickly

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Farm machinery and tractors submerged in flood water should be reconditioned as soon as possible after the water recedes. “Water and grit from the flood water can cause corrosion in electrical systems and the engine and drivetrain,” says John Nowatzki, North Dakota State University agricultural machine systems specialist. “How much of the equipment was submerged

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