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What is that critter, and is it a good one or a bad one? An app being developed by AAFC and the U of M will be able to tell you.

App will identify bugs and outbreaks in real time

Farmers and agronomists sought for testing app that will allow reporting and tracking of insect outbreaks

By Angela Lovell February 1, 2016

Researchers at the University of Manitoba and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada are developing a new app that will make it easier for farmers to practise integrated pest management (IPM). The free, user-friendly app, which should be available in 2018, incorporates three separate tools for pest identification, forecasting and crop management. The pest ID tool is

Crops, Weather

Agro-climate data is a ‘mismatch’ with overall trends

Farmers need improved data on agro-climate to make sense of climate change, says U of M soil scientist

By Lorraine Stevenson January 26, 2016

Numbers don’t lie but they’re presently a real puzzle when it comes to making sense of climate change and what’s happening on the farm, says a University of Manitoba professor. Despite warming trends of recent years and forecasts of a continued increase, analysis of agro-climate data shows the last spring frosts are only marginally earlier,

Comment, Crops

Producer investment drives wheat and barley success

The WGRF is celebrating 35 years of supporting research

By Western Grains Research Foundation January 19, 2016

If you like the fact you have a lot of wheat and barley varieties to choose from when you plan out a cropping season, give yourself a pat on the back – you helped make it happen. Since 1995, the WGRF has invested over $90 million in wheat and barley variety development through partnerships with

"This is leaps and bounds for us. It's a huge step to growing our business." – Lisa Dyck

Dairy cattle, Local news

Manitoba ice-cream maker to share facilities at Notre Dame Creamery

Dairy farmer turned ice-cream maker  Lisa Dyck has produced her gourmet  ice cream at the University of Manitoba’s Dairy Pilot plant until now

By Lorraine Stevenson January 18, 2016

Manitoba’s first on-farm milk producer turned food processor is making a big move as 2016 begins. Lisa Dyck, who launched Cornell Creme gourmet ice cream made from milk from her family’s Anola-area farm’s 120-cow dairy herd in 2013 is moving her production to the Notre Dame Creamery. She’s made her popular line of ice-cream flavours

Local news

Barry Prentice never expected to see so much change to Western Canada’s grain sector

Now he wonders if we’re prepared for climate change

By Allan Dawson December 15, 2015

A lot has changed since the first Fields on Wheels conference was held in 1995, Barry Prentice, professor in the department of supply chain management at the University of Manitoba’s I.H. Asper School of Business said as he opened the 20th annual Fields on Wheels meeting in Winnipeg Dec. 2. CN Rail was still a

Local news, Weather

Farmers and climate change policy

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff December 11, 2015

The Manitoba government’s climate change plan has laid out some new priorities for agriculture in the province including a promise to partner with Keystone Agricultural Producers and the National Farmers Union. The goals include: Building resiliency by expanding the focus of Environmental Farm Plan-related programming from assessment of agri-environmental risks towards building resiliency against adverse weather

A farmer plants seeds in a cornfield at a farm in Gaocheng, Hebei province, China, September 30, 2015.

Cereals, News

Chinese imports headed higher, opportunity for Canadian farmers

Agricultural economist Colin Carter, who has studied China’s agriculture for 30 years, says there’s more going on than meets the eye

By Allan Dawson December 8, 2015

China has used increased agricultural productivity and trade to beat back the famines that claimed millions of lives in the world’s most populous country five decades ago, but it still faces daunting food challenges, an economist who has spent his career studying the country’s food policies says. “In fact in China today, obesity in children

Country Crossroads

How to start a food business in Manitoba

Prairie Fare: Turkey Salad with Orange Vinaigrette and Apple Wheat Berry Turkey Salad

By Roberta Irvine November 20, 2015

Perhaps the biggest mistake budding entrepreneurs make when starting their own business is miscalculating how long it will take and how much it will cost to get it up and running. Just ask Kelly Beaulieu, the founder and chief operating officer of Canadian Prairie Garden Puree, who now has food industry giants lining up for

Rick Korman was awarded the 2014 Conservation District Award for his years of dedication to improving the Killarney watershed.

Local news

Teaching with conservation in mind

Killarney biology teacher Rick Korman has a passion to find a solution for the community’s algae-ridden lake

By Jennifer Paige November 4, 2015

Biology teacher Rick Korman likes to give his students a practical demonstration of how the science applies to local lakes and rivers. “Any time you can make curriculum have purpose and meaning for kids, the better chance they are going to have to acquiring whatever objective you are trying to teach,” said Korman, who has

A Thanksgiving dinner: Darcy Miller pledged a field of soybeans to cancer research following a bout of colon cancer in 2014.

Crops, Local news

‘Phenomenal’ support for harvest to support cancer research

More than 250 turned out for a Thanksgiving weekend harvest and fundraising dinner

By Lorraine Stevenson October 19, 2015

A pedigreed seed grower from Fortier who started a fundraiser to raise money for cancer research says there was phenomenal support over the Thanksgiving weekend and he hopes other farmers and farm businesses will take up this cause. Miller Agritec Inc. owner Darcy Miller vowed to grow a crop and donate the proceeds while in

Daily Network News

U.S. grains: Chicago grain prices fall amid profit-taking and dollar rebound

U.S. livestock: Cattle fall back as inventory hits 75-year low

Farm family income gains driven by off-farm earnings: StatCan

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