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F.X. Aherne prizes awarded at the Banff Pork Seminar

January 27, 2012

Garrett Gerbrandt of the Puratone Corporation in Niverville is one of three pork industry innovators honoured with the F.X. Aherne prize for innovative pork production, presented at the 2012 Banff Pork Seminar, held Jan. 17-20. Gerbrandt received the award for his invention of unique, livestock-friendly loading plates for finishing farms, which are used throughout the

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Professor says farmers and ranchers are “an endangered species”

By Shannon VanRaes January 17, 2012

The rural landscape is changing, and not for the better. “Farm and ranch people are an endangered species, without the benefit of protective legislation,” Roger Epp told farmers attending a recent grazing conference in Winnipeg. “Their habitat has also become subject to persistent encroachment over time.” Agriculture and rural life on the Prairies were once

Crops

Tiny Wasp Used To Avert Disaster Farmers Never See

By Helen Mcmenamin October 27, 2011

CO-OPERATOR CONTRIBUTOR / LETHBRIDGE You may never have seen it, it doesn t have a common name, it didn t cost you a cent, but it may be saving you thousands in lost yield and pesticide cost. Tetrastichus julis (T. julis) is a tiny wasp that feeds on the cereal leaf beetle, a Eurasian pest

Cereals, Hogs, Livestock

Using DDGS Effectively To Reduce Feed Costs

By Bernie Peet October 6, 2011

Over the last decade, the availability of dried distillers grains with solubles, or DDGS, has increased rapidly, while the price of cereal grains has escalated. This is forcing the livestock industry to take a hard look at how to utilize the byproducts of industrial processes that use not only grains, but also oilseeds and pulses.

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Water Woes Century Old

By Shannon VanRaes September 29, 2011

Shannon Stunden Bower is arguing for a damp look at Manitoba s agricultural history. The professor and author notes the image of the 1930s Prairie dust bowl still persists with many Canadians today, when in reality much of southern Manitoba is very wet, with poor natural drainage and frequent flooding. The first settlers embraced wet

Hogs, Livestock, Oilseeds, Other livestock

Canola Meal Levels Can Be Increased In Weaned Pig Diets

By Bernie Peet September 22, 2011

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. With the current high feed prices, hog producers are continually looking for ways to cut costs without compromising pig performance. Nowhere is this more true than

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New Scholarship Supports Budding Grains And Oilseeds Researchers

By Western Grains Research Foundation August 11, 2011

The Western Grains Research Foundation (WGRF) Endowment Fund is pleased to announce that a graduate scholarship has been established. Starting in June of 2011 WGRF will be providing $100,000 a year towards graduate scholarships at the three Prairie universities. This scholarship will help and encourage top students to further their studies in crop research. WGRF

Crops, Oilseeds

Flax Could Build Better Cars Or Improve Health

July 7, 2011

Researchers at the University of Alberta have deciphered the genetic code for flax using a highly efficient sequencing procedure developed by the Beijing Genomics Institute. Canadian researchers now have the genetic information to accelerate improvements for flax and to identify ways to adapt this ancient plant to modern uses, said Mike Deyholos, project researcher with

Hogs, Livestock, Oilseeds, Pulses

Lentil Is A Good Source Of Protein For Weaned Pigs

June 23, 2011

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. With the current high price of feed ingredients, hog producers are looking for alternative sources of energy and protein in order to reduce costs, without compromising

Hogs, Livestock

New Research On Inoculants

April 14, 2011

Anew research paper on silage inoculants has been posted on foragebeef.ca, a website with information on producing forage and beef in Western Canada.Comparison of the Fermentation Characteristics, Aerobic Stability and Nutritive Value of Barley and Corn Silages Ensiled With or Without a Mixed Bacterial Inoculantwas published by Drs. W. Addah, J. Baah, P. Groenewegen, E.K.

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Tag Archives University of Alberta

F.X. Aherne prizes awarded at the Banff Pork Seminar

Professor says farmers and ranchers are “an endangered species”

Tiny Wasp Used To Avert Disaster Farmers Never See

Using DDGS Effectively To Reduce Feed Costs

Water Woes Century Old

Canola Meal Levels Can Be Increased In Weaned Pig Diets

New Scholarship Supports Budding Grains And Oilseeds Researchers

Flax Could Build Better Cars Or Improve Health

Lentil Is A Good Source Of Protein For Weaned Pigs

New Research On Inoculants

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