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Spotted wing drosophila (SWD) is a vinegar (fruit) fly of East Asian origin that can damage many crops by piercing healthy fruit and laying its eggs.

Spotted Wing Drosophila an unwelcome visitor to fruit farms this summer

MAFRD began monitoring for SWD in 2013 and this is the worst year yet, say provincial fruit crops specialist

By Lorraine Stevenson July 31, 2015

Altona-area fruit grower Waldo Thiessen knew what was wrong immediately when his U-pick customers started calling back a few hours after their first day in his raspberry patch in mid-July. “They said they’d started to make jam, and, well, there was a lot of protein (in the raspberries),” he said. It was larvae of spotted

Country Crossroads, Local news

Local food demand increasing the value of direct marketing

The Direct Farm Marketing Conference marks its 20th anniversary at its meeting in Brandon

By Lorraine Stevenson March 10, 2015

Forget the stereotype of the elderly farmer selling some garden surplus or a few jars of homemade pickles at the Saturday morning farmers’ market. Vendors selling homegrown vegetables, preserves and meat today are just as likely to be their energetic and technically savvy grandkids — or at least their age. Their small businesses aren’t just

Mila Maximets is the creator of Solberry, a sea buckthorn purée made in Manitoba. Photo: Shannon VanRaes

Crops, Local news

Prairie fruit business needs more sea buckthorn growers

Manitoba maker of sea buckthorn products says a lack of berries has limited the growth of her business

By Shannon VanRaes September 6, 2013

Sea buckthorn is moving out of the hedgerows and into the mainstream, as new varieties and evolving technologies promise to make harvesting the nutrient-rich berry less labour intensive. “It’s been a very difficult industry to kind of get going, a lot of the cultivars that were first planted aren’t ideal for harvesting, in fact they’re

Country Crossroads, Recipe Swap

Recipe Swap, July 5: It’s the taste!

By Lorraine Stevenson July 12, 2012

Opening soon! That’s what most fruit farmers were saying early last week when I checked the Prairie Fruit Growers Association website. By now, many will be open — unless we’ve had an unexpected turn of weather recently. This year you may spot on pails, aprons or baskets a bright reminder of why you eagerly anticipate

News

New marketing campaign to promote Prairie-grown fruits

By Lorraine Stevenson May 31, 2012

Customers at U-picks and fruit stands this summer will spot colourful reminders about why they’re buying those raspberries, strawberries and other locally grown fruits. The Prairie Fruit Growers Association in Manitoba is launching a new fruit-branding program in a joint venture with growers in Saskatchewan and Alberta. “It’s the Taste” is the slogan growers in

Country Crossroads

Recipe Swap – for Jul. 21, 2011

July 21, 2011

You may recall seeing an invitation on these pages this spring to send us a “fruity story.” We received loads of wonderful short stories from you about your berry-picking experiences and adventures and thank you all for writing to us. Notably, every story we received was handwritten and all are about adventures out picking wild

Crops

Fruit Crops Look Good — Except Those Under Water

By Lorraine Stevenson July 21, 2011

It’s shaping up to be a good year to be a fruit grower in some parts of Manitoba. But it’s a total loss for others. The Jochums could canoe over their strawberry fields this July at their Blue Diamond Berry Farm near St. Francois Xavier. “We’ve completely lost the crop,” said Crystal Jochum, of the

Country Crossroads

Send Recipes Or Recipe Requests To: – for Jul. 1, 2010

July 1, 2010

RECIPE SWAP It was a pleasure to open the mail the other day and find a package of recipes sent to us courtesy of the Anglican Church Women in Stonewall. They enclosed a photocopy of their 125th anniversary’s cookbook cover bearing the image of Stonewall’s pretty-as-a-picture Church of the Ascension. They also sent a brief

Country Crossroads

A Retirement Hobby Farm And More

By Judy Bauereiss September 24, 2009

Mand S Fruit is a new raspberry U-pick acreage in the Inglis, Manitoba area. After working in Inglis in various capacities for many years, Mervin and Sylvia Marzolf bought their house and acreage in 2006 – a retirement hobby farm. Mervin has always been interested in growing fruit trees, and the family orchard contains young

News

Agriculture Hall Of Fame – for Sep. 3, 2009

September 3, 2009

Born in Russian Ukraine, Pete Peters moved to southern Manitoba when he was 11. After completing his high school in Gretna, Pete took teacher training at the provincial Normal School. In 1943, Pete enlisted in the RCAF. Upon his return from service, he enrolled in the University of Manitoba where he obtained a BSA. He

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Tag Archives Prairie Fruit Growers Association

Spotted Wing Drosophila an unwelcome visitor to fruit farms this summer

Local food demand increasing the value of direct marketing

Prairie fruit business needs more sea buckthorn growers

Recipe Swap, July 5: It’s the taste!

New marketing campaign to promote Prairie-grown fruits

Recipe Swap – for Jul. 21, 2011

Fruit Crops Look Good — Except Those Under Water

A Retirement Hobby Farm And More

Agriculture Hall Of Fame – for Sep. 3, 2009

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