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Mario Tenuta, professor of applied soil ecology at the University of Manitoba predicts, among other things, that anhydrous ammonia and urea — popular nitrogen fertilizers — will be banned because they produce too much nitrous oxide — a powerful greenhouse gas.

In the battle to mitigate global warming farmers’ nitrogen use will be scrutinized

But soil scientist Mario Tenuta says there are things farmers can do to help themselves

By Allan Dawson October 14, 2016

The fight to control global warning will bring about big changes in how Manitoba farmers farm, says Mario Tenuta, professor of applied soil ecology and chair and adviser of the B.Sc. Agroecology Program at the University of Manitoba. “I predict eventually they will outlaw anhydrous ammonia and urea and replace it with high-efficiency (nitrogen) fertilizer,”

Local news

Student numbers grow in faculty of agriculture

Students are responding to robust signals from the agriculture sector job market

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff October 5, 2016

A growing number of students has enrolled in the University of Manitoba’s faculty of agriculture and food science this fall. The 2016 fall term enrolment count is 965, which includes 792 degree students and 173 diploma students. These numbers include students in the human nutritional sciences program, which became part of the faculty in 2014.

Glyphosate-resistant kochia is the latest warning sign for Manitoba farmers.

Crops

Herbicide resistance quietly growing problem in Manitoba

Multi-pronged weed control strategies that go beyond chemicals are urged by researchers

By Ron Friesen September 30, 2016

Farmers may lose the war against herbicide-resistant weeds if they don’t start using other forms of control besides chemicals, a University of Manitoba weed scientist says. Herbicide resistance, common in other countries, is starting to appear in Western Canada and it’s just a matter of time before it becomes prevalent here too, Rob Gulden warns.

University of Manitoba researcher Martin Entz (r) gives federal MP Terry Duguid a quick lesson in the merits of hairy vetch in a cropping system at the Glenlea long-term organic cropping trials Sept. 23. Looking on is the university’s vice-president of research Digvir Jayas and Manitoba Agriculture Minister Ralph Eichler.

Local news

New funds for organic research

Researchers at the long-term organic research trials at Glenlea will be getting some state-of-the art equipment

By Laura Rance-Unger September 30, 2016

Organic research at the University of Manitoba is getting a boost from the provincial and federal governments. They capped off National Organic Week by announcing a $366,000 research investment Sept. 23. “This strategic investment in equipment and infrastructure will ensure the university continues to produce research that is relevant to producers who are interested in

Crops

Getting fall fertility just right requires attention to detail

Keep your fertilizer on your land and out of the spring run-off

By Gord Leathers September 26, 2016

As the crop comes off some farmers are already thinking about next spring — specifically about getting a jump on things by fertilizing this fall. There are lots of compelling reasons to follow this strategy. Fertilizer prices tend to be lower this time of year, and spreading the workload out lets them get the crop

Martin Entz stands in the porch of a tiny clubhouse built so researchers and students could take shelter from the weather at the Glenlea Long-Term Study.

Crops, Local news

Twenty-five years of organics

Canada’s longest-running study of organic crop systems continues to yield new results

By Shannon VanRaes September 22, 2016

Martin Entz points down a road that is more mud than gravel as he drives towards a pint-size field house and a cluster of research plots. “This has become a real destination, it didn’t start out that way, but it certainly is now,” he said, turning towards the Glenlea Long-Term Rotation Study — the oldest

Editorial, Opinion

Editorial: Quiet dedication

By Gord Gilmour September 8, 2016

It was nearly 10 o’clock this past Tuesday evening, when my phone quietly buzzed, indicating an email had arrived. Despite what countless mental health experts have to say about not obsessively checking your work email during non-work hours, I couldn’t help but take a peek, as my curiosity got the better of me. What I

News

Pulse and soybean research position to bring industry to classroom

This unique position will aid to integrate the pulse industry into the university to a greater degree

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff August 30, 2016

The Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers (MPSG) and the University of Manitoba are teaming up to create a new applied research postion to help bridge the gap between classroom and real world. “We noticed a shortage in applied research capacity,” said Francois Labelle, MPSG executive director. “Our farmers are asking some great questions. This position

Intermediate wheatgrass is the skinny cousin to spring wheat but, of course, you can’t graze the latter and then harvest a grain crop later.

Cereals, News

Perennial grain: It’s two crops in one

It’s been a decades’ long search, but researchers believe the finish line is in sight  for a crop that can be both grazed and then harvested for its grain

By Aaron Haugen August 17, 2016

As concerns grow over sustainability in modern farming, researchers are looking to the past in search of crops that can both meet the needs of farmers and consumers as well as the environment. Thinopyrum intermedium — commonly known as intermediate wheatgrass — is one of the fruits of that research. It’s been nearly three decades

Ernie Braun (l) and Glen Klassen have done everything except the printing for their full-colour book, now in its third printing.

Country Crossroads, Local news

New atlas documents Mennonite history

Two amateur historians pull together a comprehensive  record of their communities in the East Reserve

By Ron Friesen August 17, 2016

When Ernie Braun was a kid growing up near Steinbach, people often drew their identities from the local villages where they were raised. So-and-so lived just east of Schonsee. Another person came from Alt-Bergfeld. Braun himself was from Friedrichsthal. The individual identities of Mennonites were inextricably tied to the places they came from. Braun, a

Daily Network News

Ag in Motion wins business tourism award

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

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