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A combination of snow covered in dirt is colloquially known as “snirt” and it’s a common sight around Manitoba this year, including here, east of Winkler.

Erosion lessons learned… and forgotten

The dust-covered snow of this winter suggests there’s a soil erosion  problem brewing, MSSS speaker says

By Allan Dawson February 8, 2018

Disappearing shelterbelts and blackened fields have some wondering if the soil conservation lessons learned during the ‘Dirty ’30s’ dust bowl are being forgotten. “From the edge of Fargo to the edge of Winnipeg I did not see one flake of white snow on my way up yesterday (Jan. 31),” Daryl Ritchison, interim director of the

Crops, Local news

VIDEO: A return to the Dust Bowl days?

By Allan Dawson February 8, 2018

Are the soil conservation lessons learned from the Dirty Thirties being forgotten? Manitoba Co-operator reporter Allan Dawson spoke with Jim Tokarchuk of the Soil Conservation Council of Canada and University of Manitoba soil science professor David Lobb about this very issue at the Manitoba Soil Science Society’s meeting on Feb. 1, 2018. Watch for more

Diane Twerdun demonstrates the playing of a tsymbaly.

Country Crossroads, Other

Keeping a piece of Ukrainian culture alive

Passion for sharing music led to crafting  the tsymbaly, playing it and giving lessons

By Darrell Nesbitt February 2, 2018

The tsymbaly has played a big role in the life of Rossburn, Manitoba resident Diane Twerdun and her late husband, Harry. From crafting the instrument, to playing it and giving lessons, the Twerduns kept this piece of Ukrainian culture alive locally, and across the country. Twerdun has been passionate about sharing her enjoyment of music

Local news, Oilseeds

Management practices go head to head in Soybean Challenge

The AAFC station in Portage la Prairie was home to a little friendly  competition between soybean management systems last year 

By Alexis Stockford January 30, 2018

It was the battle of the beans in Portage la Prairie last year, in the hope of shedding some light on best practices for soybeans. Results from the 2017 Ultimate Soybean Challenge were presented at this year’s Ag Days in Brandon. Three teams, with three very different management strategies, looked to outshine their competition at

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada researcher, Sijo Joseph, goes over the finer points of a recently installed model stomach.

Local news, Other

Model stomach arrives at U of M

Stomach simulation to assist scientists with digestion evaluation

By Shannon VanRaes January 16, 2018

Can you stomach it? Researchers with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada sure hope so, but just to be sure, they’re going to put it to the test. An artificial stomach has been installed at the Richardson Centre for Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals at the University of Manitoba. “It’s a system that’s based on the physiology of

DFM’s Phil Veldhuis says a mentorship program will make mentorship more accessible than informal arrangements.

Local news

Mentorship program sought: DFM

Direct Farm Manitoba will explore developing a program to transfer knowledge in 2018

By Lorraine Stevenson January 12, 2018

Direct Farm Manitoba will look at developing a mentoring program for its membership this year. The need for a formal program that links new and existing farmers was raised when members met before Christmas to discuss priorities needs and direction for the organization in 2018. They’ve asked the DFM board to place organizing a formal

Hairy vetch blooms mingle with hemp plants in WADO’s hemp-legume intercrop trials this year.

Crops

Mixing and matching intercrops with WADO

Results are in on last year's Westman Agricultural Diversification Organization’s intercrop trials

By Alexis Stockford January 10, 2018

Dry conditions and roving deer added extra challenge to intercropping in southwest Manitoba, but Melita’s Westman Agricultural Diversification Organization (WADO) still gleaned results this past season. Intercropping, also known as companion cropping, is an emerging practice in general. Farmers are drawn to it for potential overyielding, disease or weed management or increased water use in

Dr. David Lobb puts a price tag on cumulative soil degradation in the kickoff event to the Riding Mountain Biosphere Reserve Soil Health
Committee.

Crops, Oilseeds

Tillage questions posed for Manitoba

David Lobb with the University of Manitoba is researching the cost of soil degradation

By Alexis Stockford December 11, 2017

What does soil degradation cost you? Dr. David Lobb hopes the answer to that question will get producers looking more closely at what’s happening under their feet. The University of Manitoba researcher spoke Nov. 15 in Dauphin at the “Soil Health and Your Bottom Line” workshop, hosted by the Riding Mountain Biosphere Reserve. Lobb estimates

Crops

Manitoba sees changing erosion landscape

Manitoba may not have a lot of topography but Dr. David Lobb says it’s enough for tillage erosion, especially as soybeans expand

By Alexis Stockford December 11, 2017

As soybean acreage has exploded, new questions about soil erosion are arising. This past spring a record 2.3 million acres were planted and that has soil specialists expressing some concern about increased tillage practices and the soil impact of the new crop. “When you go to crops like soybeans, the ability of the soil to

Winnipeg Beach-area farmer David Reykdal, Bruce Dalgarno from Newdale and Keenan Wiebe of Starbuck display bottles of the Northern Lights, Big Prairie Sky and Heartland canola oils produced from seed from their respective farms.

Local news, Oilseeds

Premium canola oil offers distinct flavours

Three new cold-pressed canola oils each have unique flavour and fragrance characteristics particular to the farm where the seed was grown

By Lorraine Stevenson December 8, 2017

When they say ‘taste the difference’ they really mean it with this canola oil. Three newly released cold-pressed canola oil products from Manitoba actually do taste like the individual farms the seed producing them came from. Big Prairie Sky, Heartland and Northern Lights oils hit store shelves earlier this fall. Owners of farms at Newdale,

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: ‘Relentless’ fund selling knocks down CME cattle futures

U.S. grains: Soy futures slide as traders worry China may miss US buying target

Pulse Weekly: Steady prices, high production for chickpeas

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