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Spraying EquipmEnt

February 19, 2009

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Cereals, News

Don’t get caught in grain

By North Dakota State University February 12, 2009

If you are working with grain, you need to know how to keep from getting trapped in it. A lot of wetter-than-normal corn went into storage this year, and wet corn is more prone to crusting or creating a wall of grain near the grain bin wall, warns Ken Hellevang, North Dakota State University Extension

Hogs, Livestock

Air Filtration Keeps Disease At Bay

February 12, 2009

Bernie Peet is president of Pork Chain Consulting Ltd. of Lacombe, Alberta, and editor of Western Hog Journal. His columns will run every second week in the Manitoba Co-operator. Diseases such as PRRS, swine influenza and mycoplasma cost the North American pork industry hundreds of millions each year. For producers of swine genetics, including boar

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Community development blowing in the wind, says Mazier

By Daniel Winters February 12, 2009

“That’s a $2.5 billion hit. They call that leakage. I call that a flood.” – DAN MAZIER Dan Mazier has a bold vision for the future of the small towns and villages across the windswept Prairies. He pictures wind turbines above every community that would work night and day to harvest energy from the sky,

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Leaving for a trip this winter?

February 12, 2009

MANITOBA HYDRO RELEASE Winter is always a popular time for a vacation from the cold and snowy weather in Manitoba. However, unless your appliances go on vacation too, you likely will return home to an energy bill that is just as high as if you had never left. But, luckily, there are steps that can

Livestock, News

Premises ID for food safety to move forward

By Ron Friesen February 5, 2009

Another building block toward a national livestock traceability system has fallen into place with the announcement of a premises identification system for Manitoba. The province will spend $400,000 on a database to pinpoint and register all Manitoba farms that produce livestock by geographic location. The premises identification database will tie into livestock ID systems, which

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EDITOR’S NOTE – for Feb. 5, 2009

February 5, 2009

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News

Answer to fertilizer woes blowing in the wind, says researcher

By Daniel Winters February 5, 2009

Brandon Here’s an interesting experiment: On a hot day, open a six-pack of beer with your buddies and start drinking. When there’s only two left, observe the dynamics. The degree of thirst and the attitudes of the company present will determine how the situation gets resolved. That in a nutshell, describes the current global fossil

News

Auger-Steer wins Inventor’s Showcase

By Laura Rance-Unger January 29, 2009

Brandon With grain augers and conveyors going the way of farms – getting bigger – the days when a couple of farmhands could hoist them up and manoeuvre them around the yard and into position are gone. And using tractors to move them around corners and buildings in tight yards is no easy task either,

News

Listeria investigator announced

By Alex Binkley January 29, 2009

It took almost four months but Prime Minister Stephen Harper has got someone to investigate the Maple Leaf Foods listeria outbreak of last summer. Just how Sheila Weatherill, former president and CEO of Capital Health in Edmonton, will investigate the outbreak that killed 20 and sickened at least 50 more may be a secret until

Daily Network News

USDA defends $12 billion subsidy amid farm economy challenges

Canada December retail sales down 0.4 per cent; seen up 1.5 per cent in January

Feed Grains Weekly: Domestic prices remain flat

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Spraying EquipmEnt

Don’t get caught in grain

Air Filtration Keeps Disease At Bay

Community development blowing in the wind, says Mazier

Leaving for a trip this winter?

Premises ID for food safety to move forward

EDITOR’S NOTE – for Feb. 5, 2009

Answer to fertilizer woes blowing in the wind, says researcher

Auger-Steer wins Inventor’s Showcase

Listeria investigator announced

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