University of Manitoba Archives - Page 10 of 84

Cool deals on refrigerators

Our History: January 1954

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff January 30, 2019

Electricity was still a novelty for some farms in 1954, and the Manitoba Power Commission — later Manitoba Hydro — was looking to encourage consumption by advertising appliances. This Leonard model refrigerator, trimmed in gold and green, was available for $279.50, or $2,627 in 2019 dollars. In news for that issue, officials of the Manitoba

Local news, News, Other

Scanlon named dean of agriculture and food science

The seasoned academic has taken up the reins at the University of Manitoba for a five-year contract

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff January 18, 2019

The University of Manitoba’s faculty of agriculture and food science has a new head. Dr. Martin Scanlon has been appointed dean for a five-year term effective January 1, 2019. Scanlon is a professor in the department of food and human nutritional sciences, and has served as associate dean (research), chair of the National Centre for Livestock

Desmond Essien speaking at the New and Emerging Research session on December 12 at the Prairie Livestock Expo in Winnipeg.

Hogs, Livestock

Biofilters a natural way to control hog barn odour

Odour mitigation is an important question for the future of Manitoba’s growing hog industry

By Don Norman January 15, 2019

A new research project at the University of Manitoba is taking aim at hog manure odours the natural way. PhD student Desmond Essien is investigating the potential of using biofilters as an odour mitigation technology for use in swine barns in Manitoba. Essien spoke about his research at the New and Emerging Research sessions at

Adele Popp and her family were the recipients of a 2018 Conservation District award presented at the Dec. 11 banquet of the MCDA by Little Saskatchewan district manager Colleen Cuvelier (second from right) and board chair Ray Frey. Lorraine Stevenson presented on behalf of the Manitoba Co-operator which sponsors the awards.

Beef cattle, Local news

Clanwilliam-Erickson beef operation honoured at MCDA 2018 convention

Nine awards for land stewardship were presented at the MCDA December 11

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff January 14, 2019

John and Adele Popp who operate a beef operation in the Municipality of Clanwilliam-Erickson are the recipients of the Little Saskatchewan Conservation District 2018 award for their land stewardship practices. The couple has owned Popp Farms Ltd. since 1998, a farm started by John’s parents in 1983, and today farm with their children Viktor and

Hogs, Livestock

Leaving lighter footprints

An upcoming study of the environmental footprint of the Canadian hog industry could shed new light on an important question

By Don Norman January 2, 2019

Just how big is the environmental footprint of the Canadian pork industry? There are a lot of opinions but fewer facts when it comes time to try to answer that question. Filling in those blanks is the subject of an upcoming multi-year study by Mario Tenuta, a professor of applied soil ecology at the University

Other, Our History

Sandison Farm nabs attention of Scotland Yard

Our History: December 1890

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff December 19, 2018

The December 1890 issue of the Nor-West Farmer and Miller contained a glowing, two-page-plus report on the success of the Sandison Farm near Brandon, including renderings such as the threshing crew shown here. It had “within the last four years, expanded from a moderate beginning to a size hitherto unapproached in this province.” That year

Panelists Laura Lazo of Manitoba Women in Agriculture, Pam Bailey, chair of Ag Women Manitoba and Arenda Vanderdeen of the Manitoba Women’s Institute told the recentManitoba Farm Women’s Conference that technology can trump geographic isolation.

Country Crossroads, Local news, Other

Linked by technology

Manitoba Farm Women’s conference panel says technology can connect women in agriculture into powerful networks

By Lorraine Stevenson December 3, 2018

Women who farm and live in rural Manitoba need relationships with each other, not merely ‘connections,” — not easy to establish or maintain given provincial geography. But organizations well established and new are working hard to change that, and with a high-tech twist. Why it matters: Manitoba women in the agriculture sector can be geographically

One industry representative says non-grain rail traffic, such as coal and containers, is causing the increase in car cycle times.

News

Grain rail car cycle times creeping higher

It’s a concern to grain shippers and canola crushers moving oil and meal

By Allan Dawson November 16, 2018

Grain is moving well in Western Canada, but rail service for canola oil and meal shippers needs to be more predictable. That was Chris Vervaet’s, executive director of the Canadian Oilseed Processors Association, message to the Fields on Wheels conference Nov. 2 in Winnipeg. Rail service is also inconsistent for crop shippers resulting in an

The Port of Prince Rupert is an important exporter of western Canadian grain and is increasing its capacity to ship out crops in containers.

News, Other

Ag container capacity expanding at Prince Rupert

Port officials met with grain industry officials in Winnipeg this fall

By Allan Dawson November 13, 2018

When it comes to exporting western Canadian grain the Port of Vancouver stands out, but the Port of Prince Rupert, almost 1,500 km to the north, has lots to offer too. That’s the message Prince Rupert officials delivered at a reception with grain trade and Manitoba government representatives in Winnipeg Sept. 26. “There’s still latent

Gordon Goldsborough has spent many months exploring abandoned sites on the Manitoba landscape including this interior of the ballon annex of a vacant grain elevator at Tyndall.

Country Crossroads, Local news, Other

New tales told in ‘More Abandoned Manitoba’

Author Gordon Goldsborough is hitting the road with his newest release featuring 28 more fascinating stories about little-known places in rural Manitoba

By Lorraine Stevenson November 9, 2018

Manitoba author Gordon Goldsborough is on the road again — this time to launch the sequel to his 2016 runaway bestseller Abandoned Manitoba. More Abandoned Manitoba: Rivers, Rails and Ruins released in October contains photos and stories of more than two dozen sites he’s visited in the past two years. Wherever he goes, there’s always

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures slide under pressure from weak cash prices

ICE Canada Weekly: Canola likely to remain rangebound

U.S. grains: Soybean futures ease from 17-month peak as traders gauge China buying pace

Tag Archives University of Manitoba