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KAP Refuses To Sanction Ag Ministers

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Discontent with federal and provincial agriculture ministers failed to translate into policy at Keystone Agricultural Producers annual meeting last week. Delegates defeated two separate resolutions criticizing federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz and Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives Minister Stan Struthers. The first accused Ritz of behaving “in a manner, which is less than mature,
Crops, Oilseeds

Clubroot Keeps Its Distance In 2009

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Manitoba canola growers can breathe a little easier with news that a new plant disease spreading in Alberta hasn’t made it to this province – yet. A field survey last summer found no signs of clubroot, a disease which attacks canola as well as vegetables, said Ingrid Kristjanson, a Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives
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FCC AgriSpirit Fund Supports 11 Manitoba Communities

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The Manitoba recipients include: Shoal Lake Leisure Services, Shoal Lake: $22,000 for replacement of existing equipment and repairs to the existing facilities; Pilot Mound Millennium Recreation Complex Inc., Pilot Mound: $10,000 for completion of the theatre/cultural area and/or the museum area; Emerson Volunteer Fire and Rescue, Emerson: $7,500 for purchase of a new fire pumper
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Bipole III Raises Farmers’ Concerns About Land Impacts

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“These high-voltage power lines are so big that going over top or underneath isn’t an option.” – DOUG CHORNEY, KAP Questions about its impact on agriculture surround a new Manitoba Hydro high-voltage transmission line planned from the North that will ultimately run through some of the best farmland in the province. Producers want to know
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CWB Boosts Churchill Volumes

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The Canadian Wheat Board this year shipped its second-highest volume of wheat in 32 years through the Port of Churchill, Manitoba, the grain marketer said Oct. 29. The board shipped 529,000 tonnes of wheat and durum through the northern Canadian port, up from 425,000 tonnes a year earlier, and the second-highest tonnage since 1977. The
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What’s Up – for Oct. 1, 2009

Please forward your agricultural events to [email protected] call 204-944-5762 Oct. 5-7 – National Agriculture Awareness Conference: New Images of Agriculture, Delta Bessborough, 601 Spadina Cres. E., Saskatoon. Registration $450. For more info visit www.naac-cnsa.com. Oct. 7-8 – Canadian Greenhouse Conference, International Centre, 6900 Airport Rd., Toronto. For more info call 905-945-9057 or visit www.canadiangreenhouseconference.com. Oct.
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What’s Up – for Sep. 17, 2009

Please forward your agricultural events to [email protected] call 204-944-5762 Sept. 18 – Woodlot Field Day, 10 a. m. to 2:30 p. m., Mosquin’s Woodlot north of Beausejour. For more info or to pre-register contact Ken Fosty of the Manitoba Forestry Association Woodlot Program at 204-453-3182. Sept. 23-24 – Western Nutrition Conference, Hotel Fort Garry, 222
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What’s Up – for Aug. 20, 2009

Please forward your agricultural events to [email protected] call 204-944-5762 Aug. 20 – Cattle age-verification workshops, Russell. Producers can register for morning (9:30 to 11:30 a. m.) or afternoon (1 to 3 p. m.) workshop. Pre-registration is required; call Russell’s MAFRI office at 204-773-5130. Aug. 22 – Manitoba Farm Mentorship, a program of the Organic Food
Country Crossroads

Visit A Western Manitoba Park

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If the general economy and price of gas are keeping you closer to home this summer, why not try camping in Manitoba? We have a large number of provincial parks, and the cost of camping is not prohibitive, especially since the government has eliminated park entry fees in our province this year. If you’re used
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Community Development Experts Meet In Manitoba

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Experts in community economic development gathered in Winnipeg early this month for a three-day conference hosted by a national organization the Canadian Community Economic Development Network or CCEDNet. The province of Manitoba declared June 1 to 5 Community Economic Development Week in Manitoba in recognition of the important contributions groups focused on community development are

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