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Manitobans honoured by Man-Dak

Staff / Two Manitobans were recipients of awards at the recent Manitoba North Dakota Zero Tillage Association in Bismarck, South Dakota. John Heard, a soil fertility specialist with Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives received the non-farmer-of-the year award for his work over the past 20 years in helping farmers understand the agronomy related to
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North Dakota State University develops farm fuel budget app

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Farmers can use a new Farm Fuel Budget cellphone app to plan their farm fuel budget and use for the next year or more. John Nowatzki, North Dakota State University Extension Service agricultural machine systems specialist, developed the Android cellphone app for crop producers to compare projected fuel costs based on alternate crop acreages, tillage
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More diversified weed management practices needed

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Public- and private-sector weed scientists agree integrated weed management, rather than any magic-bullet chemistry, will be the way forward to maintain viable fields against herbicide-resistant weeds. Scientists from across Canada gathered in Winnipeg last week to discuss new research at the Canadian Weed Science Society’s 66th annual conference. Much of the research on the agenda
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No till doesn’t mean “never till,” says adviser

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It may seem like heresy, but shallow plowing once every seven years 
could help rather than hurt soil quality

It’s still possible to catch a glimpse of a moldboard plow now and then on the Prairies. Usually, they can be seen rusting away peacefully in the bushes near an abandoned farm yard, or taking one last ride on the back of a scrap metal truck. That’s where the older plows belong, said Pat Lynch,
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Herbicide-tolerant weeds can hurt farm incomes, says BASF poll

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Farmers are increasingly aware of the possibility of getting herbicide-tolerant weeds in their fields, but most aren’t doing enough to delay them, says Gary Martens, an agronomy instructor at the University of Manitoba. “Farmers have not changed their behaviour based on what they know,” he said, in reaction to an Ipsos Reid poll of 500
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OUR HISTORY: May 5, 1988

A front-page story in our May 5, 1988 issue was an unfortunate sign of things to come, reporting on one of the worst dust storms in recent memory sweeping through the Red River Valley, reducing visibility to a quarter of a mile, with unnamed sources blaming it on “recreational tillage.” Zero-tillage pioneer Jim McCutcheon of
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Young farmer champions the soil

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It’s the kind of story that the farming industry takes great pride in today. A young producer, recently graduated with an agriculture degree, recently married, joining his family farm, and building a farming future on high principles of conservation and sustainable management. Ryan Boyd, who farms with wife Sarah and parents Jim and Joanne Boyd,
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Conservation congress comes to Winnipeg

staff / The Sixth World Congress on Conservation Agriculture will be held in Winnipeg in June 2014. “That conference will showcase Canadian farm developments such as no-till farming systems to the world,” says Don McCabe, president of Soils Conservation Council of Canada. “The Beneficial Management Practices employed in conservation agriculture are the backbone of sustainability.
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New Big Iron is more efficient and environmentally friendly

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Ag Days is a signature venue for agricultural equipment manufacturers and is the place where Prairie farmers often get a first peek at new products. A lot of the Big Iron on display for 2012 will be showcasing not just equipment, but some new, factory-installed technology to help make farmers more efficient and environmentally friendly.
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Fall Tillage: Downsides Outweigh The Positives

Canola Council of Canada Growers have made great strides in advancing no-tillage and conservation-tillage practices. General benefits include reduced fuel use, reduced soil erosion, higher soil moisture reserves (which are welcome most years), and a general increase in profitability. Any return to tillage, even if only one field or across the whole farm for only

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