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A new research chair aims to give Manitoba farmers new and better tools to fight weeds in their fields.
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New research chair aimed at weeds

Farmers’ dollars help kick start new research chair position at U of M

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A new University of Manitoba research chair is taking the fight against weeds to the next level. The Manitoba Crop Protection Chair in Weed Management is dedicated to research that will support integrated weed management strategies. In late September, the university announced the appointment of Dilshan Benaragama to the new role. “This is a great
Sue Clayton.
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Clayton new head of school of agriculture

Well-known agriculture education expert rejoins the university Oct. 17

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Sue Clayton is taking the reins at the University of Manitoba’s School of Agriculture. She’ll be joining the organization as its new director Oct. 17 after seven years as the director of Agriculture in the Classroom-Manitoba (AITC-M). In a media release, the university noted that Clayton’s broad network within the agriculture industry, government, organizations and
Laying hens in the free-run aviary at University of Manitoba  photo: Manitoba Egg Farmers
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Bringing egg farming into public view

State-of-the-art 4,500 laying-hen research centre slated for 2023 opening

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A new, high-tech egg-laying research centre is on the horizon for the University of Manitoba’s Glenlea Research Station. The 4,500 laying-hen barn is expected to be a world-class facility outfitted with cutting-edge scientific testing equipment. The facility will replace the current one on the University of Manitoba (UM) Fort Garry campus that is out of
Filiz Koskel, recipient of the Terry G. Falconer Memorial Rh Institute Foundation Emerging Researcher Award in the Applied Sciences.
Faces of ag, Farmit Manitoba

Playing with food never gets old

FACES OF AG | Filiz Koskel continues a family tradition of working in food and agriculture

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A Manitoba researcher specializing in plant proteins has won an award for emerging researchers. Filiz Koskel was one recipient of the Terry G. Falconer Memorial Award from the Winnipeg Rh Institute, aimed at rewarding early-career researchers. She is a food science researcher at the Food and Human Nutritional Sciences Department at the University of Manitoba
Bruce Campbell speaks at the grand opening of the Bruce D. Campbell Farm and Food Discovery Centre on September 16, 2011.
Farmit Manitoba, Other

Bruce D. Campbell leaves lasting agriculture legacy

Passages: Landmark Feeds owner turned efforts to philanthropic work after sale of business

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Bruce D. Campbell was a successful agriculture entrepreneur. But following his death last month, he’s being just as widely remembered for his philanthropic work later in life. Campbell grew up on his family’s farm in Chater, Manitoba, just west of Brandon. He was born on June 25, 1936 to Duncan and Kathleen Campbell. After finishing
Funding, people needed for strategic protein research: report
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Funding, people needed for strategic protein research: report

The province released its Manitoba Protein Research Strategy on June 8

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The province has taken another step towards boosting protein research, but governments will need to cough up cash and find more people and equipment to make it happen, survey data shows. “One of the key pillars of the Manitoba Protein Advantage is the harnessing of the great wealth of agri-food knowledge and research expertise in our province,” said
The research team that discovered the bioinoculants at the BioCision fermentation facility this spring. Top row, left to right: John Sorensen, Rob Gulden. Middle row: Scot Wushke, Vikram Bisht. Bottom row: Stan Lozecznik, Tajinder Kainth, Richard Sparling, Bert Smith. Missing: April Johnson.
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Phosphorus boosters and broad-spectrum antifungal found in Prairie soils

Researchers say naturally occurring microbes can make phosphorus more readily available

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A group of Manitoba researchers have isolated two naturally occurring micro-organisms they say will help farmers better utilize phosphorus and fight plant diseases. The work of the scientists, from the University of Manitoba and KGS Group, has centred around two novel bacterium dubbed KGS-2 and KGS-3. Stan Lozecznik, senior environmental engineer with KGS Group, said
“This (supply management) is very different from a direct payment to farmers,” says Ryan Cardwell. “It’s hard to understand.”
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Supply management views especially strong

Views proved unresponsive to new information, researchers find

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Supply management is a controversial policy and was since implemented for Canadian production of milk, eggs, chicken and turkey in the 1970s. How people feel about it is shaped by their ‘big-picture world views,’ including wealth redistribution, inequality, free trade and political party support, said University of Manitoba agricultural economist Ryan Cardwell while delivering the
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The Daryl F. Kraft Memorial Endowment Fund

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The Daryl F. Kraft Memorial Endowment Fund was established in the memory of respected University of Manitoba agricultural economist Daryl Kraft who died in 2003. In addition to funding an annual lecture on agricultural policy, the endowment provides a prize for an agricultural policy paper prepared by an undergraduate student and a fellowship for a
Callum Morrison takes moisture readings in a soybean cash crop that is part of a long-term cover cropping field trial in Carman.
Farmit Manitoba, Other

Cover crop survey reveals risks and benefits

Producers like the potential but say short season, lack of moisture key concerns

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Planting a cover crop is a new idea this far north. It has its agronomic advantages, it keeps roots in the soil after the harvest, although it comes with its problems as well, especially in Western Canada. Prairie farmers were historically skeptical about cover cropping. Some say it’s purposely growing “weeds” that will deplete your

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