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Robert (Bob) McNabb, with wife Elaine, was inducted into the Canadian Conservation  Hall of Fame on November 13.

Farmit Manitoba, Local news, News, Other

Manitoba zero-till pioneer inducted into conservation hall of fame

Robert (Bob) McNabb called for greater passion for soil, aligning profit with ecology

By Geralyn Wichers November 27, 2019

Manitoba farmer Robert (Bob) McNabb called for greater passion for soil as he was inducted into the Canadian Conservation Hall of Fame in Winnipeg, November 13. In his acceptance address, McNabb called on those gathered to approach soil conservation with the same passion as teenage, Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg. “If we could get on

Soil scientist David Lobb speaks to a tour group during a Soil Conservation Council of Canada conference this October.

Crops, News

What’s blowing in the wind? Maybe not your soil

A recent study on land rolling shows that wind erosion doesn’t cause severe soil loss

By Geralyn Wichers November 12, 2019

A recent Manitoba study shows wind erosion may not be the soil stealer it’s cracked up to be. “It’s a perception issue,” said David Lobb, a soil scientist from the University of Manitoba. While recent images of dirty snow — or “snirt” — and the towering clouds of topsoil from the dust bowl era are

There was plenty of interest in a comparison of roller crimping versus tillage for cover crop management at Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show in Woodstock, Ont.

Equipment, Farmit Manitoba

To till or not to till

Demo highlights differences between tillage and no-till cover crop practices

By Spencer Myers October 16, 2019

As more producers start to incorporate cover crops into their soil health strategy, machinery companies are racing to develop tillage and non-tillage options to manage them. When choosing how to manage your cover crops, the first thing to address is whether you want to use tillage or go to a non-tillage option like a roller

Crops

Fall management key to weed resistance

It’s in the fall you see what worked and what you can change up for next year

By Duncan Morrison October 15, 2019

When it comes to weed control, fall is often one of your best windows to find out how it’s going and what issues are on the horizon. Tammy Jones, Manitoba Agriculture weed specialist, says the fall season offers a planning window for next year and lets farmers evaluate what went right or wrong this season.

Crops, Markets, Weather

U.S. Midwest floods to weigh on diesel demand come harvest

By GFM Network News, Stephanie Kelly July 11, 2019

Putnam County, Ill. | Reuters — A disappointing planting season due to massive flooding in the U.S. Midwest this spring is expected to have spillover effects on diesel demand during harvest season, analysts and traders said. Heavy storms that lingered over the Midwest left millions of acres unseeded and put crops that were planted late

Comment, Opinion, Other

Comment: Bring back the PFRA

Soil conservation in Canada has been losing ground despite a general feeling erosion is a problem of the past

By John Morriss May 26, 2019

Some say it saved Western Canada. But the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration, perhaps the most respected government agency in Canada’s history, was dissolved in 2003. It’s time to bring it back. Scientific principles are one thing. Encouraging farmers to use them are another — that requires expertise in ‘extension,’ a word which has unfortunately fallen

Comment, Opinion

Comment: Can we bring back our soil?

The Soil Conservation Council of Canada is calling for a united effort from the farming community, government and agriculture industry to make soil health a priority

By Cassandra Cotton, Paul Thoroughgood April 30, 2019

If soil health isn’t top of mind for you, it should be. Canada has some of the world’s most viable and productive farmland. This farmland is where you make your living. It sustains our rural communities. It grows our food. While Canada is a world leader in improving our soils, further steps are necessary to

Crops, Equipment, Other

The vertical-tillage question defies pat answers

The controversial practice can serve a purpose, but won’t solve soil compaction

By Don Norman April 15, 2019

Vertical tillage is a tricky term to grapple with. It’s less a method of tillage than it is a grouping of implements sold under that banner. It is marketed as a means to deal with soil compaction but in reality the implements marketed under that umbrella do little to address that problem. Yet, in certain

Increasing resistance to chemicals including glyphosate complicates the problem of controlling kochia.

Crops

Kochia and salinity: a battle on two fronts

One strategy might be to treat saline patches like a lawn, and mow them before the kochia sets seed 

By Alexis Stockford October 16, 2018

Producers may be looking for a way to beat back kochia, but what does that mean for the salinity problems lurking in the soil? Saline patches were common this year after a second season of below-average moisture. Read more: The year of the tumbleweed “The fluctuations in soil moisture are very linked to the soil

Crops, Local news, Other

Crop residue burning down, but not out

Dry weather is one reason, but officials say  there are other factors too

By Allan Dawson September 13, 2018

Fall stubble burning in the Red River Valley used to be as common as spring seeding. But smoke wafting into Winnipeg became such a health hazard in the late 1980s and early 1990s the Manitoba government began regulating crop residue burning in 1992. Now burning permit requests from farmers in the 10 rural municipalities near

Daily Network News

Canadian beekeepers warn of advancing tropilaelaps mite

Deere forecasts weak annual profit on tariff hit

Prairie Wheat Weekly: Spring prices vary as durum nudges up

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