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University of Manitoba agricultural economist Derek Brewin suspects grain companies captured $3.5 billion that should’ve gone to western Canadian wheat farmers due to a wider-than-normal export basis.
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Wide basis cost farmers billions

The University of Manitoba’s Derek Brewin suspects 
grain companies got the money instead

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Who grabbed more than $3.5 billion in revenue from the Prairie grain trade over two recent crop years? Many have asked that question and now a University of Manitoba agriculture economist has weighed into the debate. Derek Brewin says it was likely captured by the various grain companies that pocketed the difference in the 2013-14
University of Manitoba students from the faculty of agriculture took part in the 35th annual Aggie Bed Push event 
on Sept. 30 and Oct. 1.
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Future farmers raise funds for Manitoba Farmers with Disabilities

Students from the University of Manitoba’s faculty of agriculture have raised 
just over $9,000 for Manitoba Farmers with Disabilities

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Its not every day you see a group of young people running down the main drag of small-town Manitoba with a bed in tow. Local residents in towns throughout southern Manitoba may have witnessed a peculiar sight recently as agriculture students from the University of Manitoba got together for their annual Aggie Bed Push fundraiser.
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.
Crops, News

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

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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,”
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Student numbers grow in faculty of agriculture

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

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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

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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.
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New funds for organic research

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

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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
Getting fall fertility just right requires attention to detail
Crops

Getting fall fertility just right requires attention to detail

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

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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

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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

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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
Soybeans.
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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

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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

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