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Passion for food behind successful mustard product company

Push doubts aside, find resources to help and go for it, young entrepreneur tells attendees at the 9th annual Take the Leap conference

By Lorraine Stevenson November 8, 2017

A young Manitoban who started cooking up mustard recipes at home and three years later is selling it across Canada says a favourite quote helped muster her courage to start — and keep going. “It’s ‘anything is possible if you’ve got enough nerve,” says Carly Minish-Wytinck. The quote is from J.K. Rowling. “I mean, I

Country Crossroads, Local news, Other

Put profitability first, conference speaker says

By Lorraine Stevenson November 8, 2017

Know your numbers. It’s key to survival. That was a repeated message among speakers at last week’s Dauphin conference, from small farm owners to artisanal syrup makers to those operating long-standing car dealerships. All stressed the importance of knowing costs of production and staying on top of financials to stay in the game. Yet, business

Crops, Pulses

Pea processing attracting wide interest

The Prairies has become a hotbed for ingredient manufacturing based on the crop

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm November 8, 2017

The French company Roquette may have kicked off the pea party when it announced a protein-processing facility at Portage la Prairie earlier this year — but it’s no longer the only guest. In September Academy Award-winning film director James Cameron announced he would be investing in a new multimillion-dollar pea-processing plant in Vanscoy, Sask. As

The Manitoba Organic Alliance announced the working group Oct. 23 during its annual meeting in Brandon.

Crops, Local news

Organic Alliance says crop insurance needs an update on organic production

Organic growers argue that insurance excludes critical production practices, but change may come with some real logistical problems, according to MASC

By Alexis Stockford November 8, 2017

Organic farmers in Manitoba hope a new working group will help solve long-standing crop insurance issues. The body will have members from both the Manitoba Organic Alliance (MOA) and Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation (MASC). “There’s definite improvements that need to be made, so we want to know what the timeline on that is,” MOA president

Katherine Stanley (l) has been named as the Manitoba Organic Alliance’s first agronomist.

Crops, Local news

Manitoba Organic Alliance names agronomist

Katherine Stanley will take on the term position over the next year

By Alexis Stockford November 8, 2017

Manitoba’s organic farmers now have an agronomist to call their own — even if it’s only for a year. The farmer organization the Manitoba Organic Alliance has teamed up with the University of Manitoba and the provincial Agriculture Department to create a one-year term position for an organic agronomist and Katherine Stanley has been named

Tom Noffsinger introduces the basics of low-stress cattle handling during a talk in Brandon Oct. 16.

Livestock, Local news

Workshops pitch less stress for cattle and farmer

Talks and workshops cover the basics of low-stress cattle handling

By Alexis Stockford November 7, 2017

It’s time to start thinking like cattle when it comes to moving animals. That’s the message Tom Noffsinger had for cattle producers during a string of low-stress cattle-handling workshops and talks near Brandon through the end of October. Three events were put on through Merck Animal Health, including a public talk Oct. 16 and field

Standing corn may be a viable way for Manitoba producers to extend their grazing season, but there are a few things  to watch for.

Beef cattle, Livestock

Standing corn an option for extended beef grazing

An extended grazing season may be cheaper with standing corn, but there are a few dos and don’ts to keep in mind

By Alexis Stockford November 7, 2017

If a cow is grazing, you don’t have to feed it. It’s a deceptively simple statement, and the basis for many cattle producers looking at extended grazing to cut costs. Farmers have looked at bale grazing, forage stockpiling and swath grazing, among others; but another grazing system has caught the interest of some beef producers,

Beef producers are being asked to fill out a survey on cattle losses during this fall’s district meetings.

Livestock, Local news

MBP seeks producer data on predation losses

Beef operators are urged to fill out a survey and help assess the extent of the problem

By Lorraine Stevenson November 7, 2017

Manitoba Beef Producers needs members to put some numbers to what they say is the impact predators are having on the provincial beef herd. They repeatedly hear about losses and producers now make impassioned pleas to have something done about the pressure on herds, particularly from wolf attacks, general manager Brian Lemon told district meetings which

Livestock Markets, Markets

Rising Chicago futures support Manitoba values

Availability of trucks may soon become a market issue

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm November 3, 2017

Cattle prices rose at Manitoba auction marts during the week ended Oct. 27, as futures prices on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange helped push up sales. “Just about every day it’s been positive (on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange) and that’s what is holding the market probably together on the feeder cattle,” said Robin Hill with Heartland

Grain Markets, Markets

U.S. biofuel trade fight benefits canola futures

ICE Futures Canada pulls the plug on barley and wheat

By Phil Franz-Warkentin November 2, 2017

ICE Futures Canada canola contracts climbed to their highest levels in more than two months during the week ended Oct. 27, as declines in the Canadian dollar and gains in U.S. soyoil provided double the support. The currency was the biggest driver, falling below 78 U.S. cents for the first time since July. The drop

Daily Network News

Women who fed a nation

U.S. grains: Soybeans rise on China demand hopes; corn and wheat rebound

U.S. livestock: Hogs rebound, cattle hit upward limits

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