French Farmer Is New Sun King

Bright winter sun dissolves a blanket of snow on barn roofs to reveal a bold new sideline for Jean-Luc Westphal. Besides producing eggs and grains, he is to generate solar power for thousands of homes. Economic crisis has cast doubt on funding hopes for many big renewable energy projects, but the giant panels built into

“Holy Smokes! Maybe I’m Dying Here!”

“ I remember like it was yesterday. The freezing rain was stinging my face and I was lying there in the mud – so cold – with the horses sniffing and milling around above me. I could feel a painful heat and numbness rising up my body from my legs – like boiling water. All


Biotech Corn, Soy Laying Foundation For GMO Wheat

“It’s going to take a lot of production to feed the world and we will need biotechnology to feed the world of the future.” – STEVEN MERCER Growing global acceptance of genetically modified, or GMO, crops is laying the foundation for wider acceptance of GMO wheat, but the grain’s direct ties to the human food



Editor’s Note – for Feb. 26, 2009

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Farmers Need Not Fear Food Safety Act

The grain can keep growing, the hens can continue laying and that pot of jam on the stove can keep bubbling away if the proposed Food Safety Act becomes law. Farmers raising grain and livestock for sale through conventional channels will not be considered “food premises” by the act, which has received first reading in


Growing Forward To Come First

Livestock producers will have to wait until at least April 1 to find out whether the federal and provincial governments will provide any additional funding help. Speaking after a Feb. 9 meeting with his provincial counterparts, Agricul ture Minister Gerry Ritz said the two levels of government decided to complete the necessary agreements to have

Rena Nerbas

1 Save on brown sugar by making your own. For every cup of white sugar mix in 2 tablespoons molasses (costs about 40 per cent less). 2 To keep paint from spreading onto your child’s sleeves during an art project (thereby having to buy new clothing or spend money on laundry detergent), cut the tube


Antiques

Parkland North of Hwy 1; west of PR 242, following the west shore of Lake Manitoba and east shore of Lake Winnipegosis. Westman South of Hwy 1; west of PR 242. Interlake North of Hwy 1; east of PR 242, following the west shore of Lake Manitoba and east shore of Lake Winnipegosis. River South

Auto & Transport Vehicles Various

FARM MACHINERY Grain Dryers Auto & Transport Trucks 1981 GMC 7000 SERIES, 366 motor, 2×5 trans w/8.5ftx16ft Cancade metal box & hoist, roll tarp, 41,000km, safetied, $16,900 OBO. Phone: (204)834-2167 1985 2500 GMC SIERRA, 4WD transmission, starter, heater, tires & battery new in 2006, good body, needs 6.2 diesel motor. Trade for hay or ?