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MZTRA Farm Tests Jumpstart Inoculant On Canola – for Aug. 12, 2010

By Daniel Winters August 12, 2010

An Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada researcher has launched a study to find out whether Jumpstart really works. Ramona Mohr will be examining how the phosphate-solubilizing seed inoculant containing the naturally occurring fungi Penicillium bilaii, will affect growth, P uptake, yield and quality of canola at the MZTRA farm, and a handful of other sites in

Crops

EU Sees Sharp Growth In Organic Food Trade

July 22, 2010

Imports of organic food products into the European Union are likely to increase sharply as demand outstrips domestic supply, a report published by the bloc’s executive July 16 said. Higher demand for organic produce in more affluent western EU member states could also see a rise in intra-EU trade, as organic production has grown much

Opinion

Do We Really Need More Farmers And Ranchers?

By Will Verboven July 15, 2010

Most producers, particularly those trying to get a crop into the ground last spring, would have noticed junketeering federal politicians and their entourage on a fact-finding tour in Alberta. That group would be the House of Commons Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food, not to be confused with the Senate Standing Committee on Agriculture and

Beef cattle, Forages, Livestock

Forage Council Seeks Funding For Industry Strategy

By Ron Friesen July 8, 2010

“We are going to need a reliable source of funding.” – WAYNE DIGBY, MFC The Manitoba Forage Council is requesting government assistance to implement an ambitious strategy for developing the province’s forage and grassland industry. The MFC is negotiating with Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives for an annual grant to fund research, extension services

Cereals, Crops, Forages

No Shortage Of Topics For Crop School

By Allan Dawson July 1, 2010

“Zero-till is harder in wheat stubble and strip-till seems to be a way to deal with it.” – JOHN HEARD John Heard and his Crop Diagnostic School team have taken the advice that when life delivers lemons, you make lemonade. All that rain that’s hurting Manitoba crops has also hit the diagnostic school’s plots here

Dairy cattle, Hogs, Livestock

Canadian Groups Knock UN Climate Change Report

By Alex Binkley July 1, 2010

Areport by the Intern ational Panel for Sustainable Resource Management that calls for drastic cuts in animal agriculture shows little understanding of Canadian practices, Canadian farm groups say. “How the world is fed and fuelled will in large part define development in the 21st century as one that is increasingly sustainable or a dead end

Crops

Shotgun Silage, Grazing Mixes Tested

By Daniel Winters July 1, 2010

“The quality that brings to your soil is huge. You get better water infiltration, water and nutrient holding capacity, tilth, aggregation, and all sorts of good things.” – SUSAN AINSWORTH, MAFRI On Bernie Dueck’s farm near Sidney, the crop is coming up gangbusters. That’s right, in five-acre strips, there’s a whole whack of plants emerging,

Country Crossroads

Apply Now For Shelterbelt Trees

By Albert Parsons June 10, 2010

Shrubs available Caragana Chokecherry Hawthorn Hedge Rose Red Elderberry Dogwood Sea Buckthorn Silver Buffalo Berry Snowberry Vilosa Lilac Deciduous trees available Bur Oak Cottonwood Green Ash Hybrid Poplar Manitoba Maple Pin Cherry Siberian Crabapple Trembling Aspen Acute Willow Peachleaf Willow Silverleaf Willow Conifers available Siberian Larch Scots Pine Colorado Spruce White Spruce It is common

Crops, Oilseeds

Midwife Crop Could Help Green Shoots Break Through

By Daniel Winters June 3, 2010

Aunique trial at the Brandon AAFC research farm will see if planting seed of other crops in the furrow along with canola can help the notoriously weak seedlings break through the soil crust and improve establishment rates. Research scientist Byron Irvine said that companion crops such as canary seed, flax, camelina, and golden German millet

News

Wanna Be A Farmer?

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff May 27, 2010

Manitoba Farm Mentorship is sponsoring a contest designed to draw wannabe organic farmers out of hiding. “We know you’re out there… you and other inspired, practical, hard-working, environmentally conscious young people who are thinking about local food farming as your chosen career. Well here’s a contest for you,” the organization says in a release. Entrants

Daily Network News

Southern California honeybees show resistance to varroa mites

Pulse Weekly: SaskPulse optimistic despite input, crop price concerns

Canadian aquaculture should be classed as agriculture, industry groups say

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