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Chantelle Genkow walks with daughter Chyler and son Conner at Grenkow Holsteins during Open Farm Day 2011.

Ag societies take the lead on Open Farm Day

The Manitoba Association of Agricultural Societies can help widen scope of farms involved

By Lorraine Stevenson September 17, 2015

Open Farm Day Sept. 20 marks the last time Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development will be directly involved co-ordinating the event. The association representing this province’s 59 agricultural societies will take the helm for future events, and will look after finding host farm families, co-ordinating and promoting what has become a popular one-day trip

Approximately 31 per cent of food produced in the U.S., or 133 billion pounds of food worth $162 billion, was wasted in 2011, according to the USDA.

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The problem with ‘all-you-can(‘t)-eat’ dining

Study says unfinished meat wastes more resources than other foods

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff August 31, 2015

In a new study, University of Missouri researchers say that while less meat is wasted on average compared to fruits and vegetables, it represents more total resource waste in inputs such as fuel and fertilizer. “While many of us are concerned about food waste, we also need to consider the resources that are wasted when

Crops, News

Federal government pledges $1.2 million to help expand organic farming

Western Economic Diversification funds will help western organic growers compete in lucrative global organic food market

By Lorraine Stevenson June 16, 2015

A new program aimed at expanding the number of organic farmers in Western Canada has received $1.2 million from the federal Western Diversification Program (WDP). The cash will be put towards the Prairie Organic Grain Initiative (POGI), a four-year $2.2-million program being rolled out this spring by western Canadian organic associations that also have pledged

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Crops, Opinion

Editorial: Demand pull nature of organic foods can’t be ignored

The market for organic foods continues to grow in spite of naysayers

By Laura Rance-Unger May 26, 2015

Imagine farming in a world in which you could control your production costs, receive a premium for what you produce, and where demand exceeds the supply. That might seem like the impossible dream in a year like this one, when it appears it doesn’t matter what crop a farmer grows, there are very few opportunities

Cereals, News

Prairie-wide innovation fund for organic grains soon underway

Demand for organic grains increasing while maintaining the supply poses problems

By Lorraine Stevenson May 21, 2015

A new development fund sponsored by organic food companies will soon support associations in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta trying to expand the number of organic farmers. The Prairie Organic Development Fund (PODF) is a multi-year fund that organic food companies have pledged to support, while the Prairie Organic Grain Initiative (POGI) will be its first funded project,

Beef cattle, Livestock, Poultry

Diversifying the small family farm

The best way to avoid pitfalls in new markets — seek the advice  of successful sector counterparts

By Jennifer Paige May 19, 2015

Direct marketing grass-fed beef was how Colleen Biggs turned adverse beef market trends into an opportunity for her family’s ranch in east-central Alberta. “When times got really tough for us, we were doing the low-input swath grazing, bale grazing, everything we could to make ends meet on the ranch but when the market crash happened

Crops, Local news

Increasing food production not the answer to population growth

In developed countries people waste food by eating too much of it, causing health problems and additional social costs

By Shannon VanRaes March 25, 2015

It rots in fridges, in fields, on trucks and in stores — food. A lot of it. Enough to feed one billion people, according to Ralph Martin, Loblaw chair of the Sustainable Food Production program at the University of Guelph. Speaking at the University of Manitoba last week, Martin made the case that oft-repeated mantras

Local news, Opinion

Manitoba’s Small Scale Food Report is food for thought

A growing number of citizens is interested in buying food direct from the farm

By Kate Storey February 10, 2015

Many farmers are willing to sell a side of beef, a few dozen eggs or a bag of potatoes to their acquaintances. Farmers have been direct marketing since agriculture began and it is only in the last 50 years that direct farm to consumer sales have started to be questioned. Up until then, governments encouraged

Livestock, News

Lowering greenhouse gas emissions from cattle

Economic incentives are needed to get producers on board, according to ruminant research scientist

By Meghan Mast December 9, 2014

There would be both winners and losers if the world followed Tim McAllister’s advice on how to lower greenhouse gas emissions from methane-belching bovines. “If we really wanted to reduce emissions we should be looking at identifying which areas in the world can produce ruminant products with the least amount of emissions and focusing production

News

NDP develops national food strategy

The party is the first to deliver on a promise made by all three main federal parties

By Alex Binkley June 13, 2014

Spurred on by the Canadian Federation of Agriculture, the three main political parties in the 2011 federal election campaign promised a national food strategy. Three years later, the New Democrats are the first national party to deliver a comprehensive plan to improve food production across the country and ensure all Canadians can afford it. The

Daily Network News

Huge crops in South America says analyst

U.S. livestock: ‘Cattle on feed’ report supports prices

U.S. grains: Wheat trades near contract lows under ample global supply

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