Russ Edwards, founder of WGI Westman Group, now has ACC’s ag school as a namesake -- which was more recently given a new logo to match.

ACC ag school brand gets revamped

The school, which was renamed last year, now has a new logo to match

Assiniboine Community College’s agriculture school has a new look. On Sept. 26, the college unveiled the new brand for its Russ Edwards School of Agriculture and Environment. ACC renamed the school last fall in honour of Edwards, the founder of WGI Westman Group. Companies under that corporate umbrella include grain handling and storage equipment firm

Easton Sellers and his fiancée Olivia Carey, with Rupert.

Comment: Growing a new crop of graduates

The U of M diploma agriculture program has broad appeal, even to those without an agriculture background

Originally from Florida, Easton Sellers was on a retreat at a Buddhist monastery in 2014 when he heard about an opportunity to volunteer at an organic farm in far-off Manitoba. He explains: “I wanted to learn about gardening and sustainability, so I travelled to work at Plum Ridge Farm in the Interlake. My work there


Student numbers grow in faculty of agriculture

Students are responding to robust signals from the agriculture sector job market

A growing number of students has enrolled in the University of Manitoba’s faculty of agriculture and food science this fall. The 2016 fall term enrolment count is 965, which includes 792 degree students and 173 diploma students. These numbers include students in the human nutritional sciences program, which became part of the faculty in 2014.

A young farmer’s business acumen wows Toronto judges

Brett Sheffield didn’t think farming was in his future, but five years ago he made an abrupt U-turn and came home to start with 160 acres. The 26-year-old has since expanded his land base to 1,700 acres, and is nearly finished a two-year agricultural diploma program at the University of Manitoba. He also became owner

Good marketing means fully engaging customers

Farmers pursuing direct-zmarketing ventures are paying attention to customer 
demand to not only buy something but learn something, says NADFMA president

The Canadian Prairies’ lack of people and long distance between places doesn’t mean there aren’t good opportunities for selling direct from your farm, said a speaker at Manitoba’s Direct Farm Marketing Conference March 10. “It’s about being really good at marketing and understanding your customer,” said Kerry Engel, president of the North American Direct Farm


In Brief… – for Feb. 24, 2011

Correction:The building on the Reimer farm now housing Manitoba’s new model fish operation near Warren was in the past occasionally used for chicken rearing, but was most recently used to store farm machinery. A story in our Feb. 17 issue identified the facility as a former chicken barn. – Staff Food rights:India continues to face

Diploma Alumnus Honoured By Faculty Of Agricultural And Food Sciences

Agraduate of the University of Manitoba’s faculty of agricultural and food sciences was recognized recently for his outstanding contributions to Manitoba’s agricultural community. Robert Brunel, producer and young farmer advocate, received a certificate of merit from the faculty of agricultural and food sciences at the School of Agriculture diploma graduation on April 30. Brunel graduated

Summerfallow Was An Accident Of History

Historians have dutifully chronicled the 1885 Battle of Batoche in Saskatchewan for its role quashing the Métis uprising led by Louis Riel. But less well known is how it caused the newly arrived agrarian settlers to take a wrong turn in soil management – one that would prove devastating to future generations and take more