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Northern Agriculture Gets A Boost

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Aprogram to encourage the expansion of agriculture production and to increase the availability of locally produced healthy foods in northern Manitoba was jointly announced May 28 by Treasury Board president Vic Toews and Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives Minister Rosann Wowchuk. “Northern Manitoba offers many real and untapped opportunities for sustainable development in agriculture
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Floodway Makes Upstream Flooding Worse, Valley Farmers Say

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“We’re a holding pond for Winnipeg.” – LORNE HAMBLIN Thick, gooey mud squishes under Lorne Hamblin’s rubber boots as he slogs through a field which should be sprouting green shoots. Instead, it’s a sea of heavy muck caused by retreating flood water and made worse by an inch of rain the day before. Hamblin stops,
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Community Ownership Key To Successful Short Lines

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There is seldom enough money available in moving grain on branch lines to afford extensive services from outside contractors. Nobody likes rain on the day of a parade. And so the metaphor about raining on someone’s parade is pretty apt. You don’t get to be the crowd favourite if you’re disrespecting an idea the crowd
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Manitoba Can Expect More Moisture

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Producers in the grain-growing regions of western Saskatchewan and Alberta will have lower-than-normal precipitation levels to work with this spring as they try to plant crops, according to preliminary weather projections from an industry analyst. “The crop models for the spring are calling for a wet bias in the southern regions of Manitoba and near-normal
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Flooding Reroutes Trains

The risk of flooding along the Red River has forced Canadian Pacific Railway to reroute shipments, including grain, that normally flow from Canada into North Dakota. Starting April 3, CPR was rerouting trains from Winnipeg west to Saskatchewan and into North Dakota, said Mike LoVecchio, spokesman for the railway. The change adds “a large detour”
Beef cattle, News

In Brief… – for Apr. 9, 2009

Fair gets its grant: The Manitoba government has given the Royal Manitoba Winter Fair a $100,000 grant as part of a five-year commitment, said Rosann Wowchuk, minister of agriculture, food and rural initiatives. The Royal Manitoba Winter Fair is the only fair in Western Canada designated as royal. Attendance in 2008 exceeded 118,000 visitors. The
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Province, City To Pay Down Keystone Centre Debt

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“The Keystone is a valuable asset to our province as a unique venue for agricultural and entertainment events, contributing significantly to the local economy.” – ROSANN WOWCHUK, PROVINCIAL AGRICULTURE MINISTER One of Manitoba’s best-known venues for agricultural events has picked up a joint provincial/ civic bailout to help move some substantial debt off its books.
Beef cattle, News

Please Forward Your Agricultural Events To [email protected]

March 30 -April 4 – Royal Manitoba Winter Fair, Keystone Centre, Brandon. For more info visit www.brandonfairs.com. April 1-5 – Holstein Canada national convention, Hyatt Regency, 655 Burrard St., Vancouver. For more info visit www.holstein.ca April 4 – Rare Breeds Canada annual general meeting, 9 a. m., Canad Inns, 1125 18th St., Brandon. Banquet on
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Let The Food Fight Begin

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“It’s an opportunity not only to win prize money, but to network and get exposed to the resources that are out there to help them with their product.” – JAYNE KJALDGAARD, MAFRI RURAL LEADERSHIP SPECIALIST Manitobans with new food products they’re creating jump into the ring later this month to compete for thousands of dollars
Beef cattle, Livestock

What’s Up – for Mar. 26, 2009

Please forward your agricultural events to [email protected] call 204-944-5762 March 30 -April 4 – Royal Manitoba Winter Fair, Keystone Centre, Brandon. For more info visit www.brandonfairs.com. April 1-5 – Holstein Canada national convention, Hyatt Regency, 655 Burrard St., Vancouver. For more info visit www.holstein.ca April 4 – Rare Breeds Canada annual general meeting, 9 a.

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