What’s Up – for Sep. 22, 2011

Please forward your agricultural events to [email protected] or call 204-944-5762. Sept. 19-22:North American Weed Management Association annual conference, Canad Inns Fort Garry, 1824 Pembina Hwy., Winnipeg. For more info call 204-232-6021 or visit www.invasivespeciesmanitoba.com. Sept. 30:University of Manitoba Transport Institute s Fields on Wheels conference, Delta Winnipeg Hotel, 350 St. Mary Ave. Theme: Grain transportation

Cover Crops May Fight Weeds, Fix Nitrogen In Manitoba

Organic farmers are long-time users of cover crops to control weeds and add fertility, but a University of Manitoba researcher says they may be an option for conventional farmers as well. There are multiple benefits from using plants to manage soils and so I m hoping that my research here will explore what the benefits



What’s Up – for Sep. 15, 2011

——— Please forward your agricultural events to [email protected] or call 204-944-5762. Sept. 18:Farmfest 2011, Lowe Farm. Visit http://farmfestmb.ca. Sept. 19-22:North American Weed Management Association annual conference, Canad Inns Fort Garry, 1824 Pembina Hwy., Winnipeg. For more info call 204-232-6021 or visit www.invasivespeciesmanitoba.com. Sept. 21:National Tree Day ceremony, 10 a.m., Manitoba Museum, 190 Rupert Ave., Winnipeg.


What’s Up – for Sep. 8, 2011

——— Please forward your agricultural events to [email protected] or call 204-944-5762. Sept. 19-22:North American Weed Management Association annual conference, Canad Inns Fort Garry, 1824 Pembina Hwy., Winnipeg. For more info call 204-232-6021 or visit www.invasivespeciesmanitoba.com. Sept. 30:University of Manitoba Transport Institute’s Fields on Wheels conference, Delta Winnipeg Hotel, 350 St. Mary Ave. Theme: “Grain transportation

Perennial Crops May Store Carbon

Finding ways to make farming more environmentally sound is one of the goals of a greenhouse gas study taking place south of Winnipeg. “What we’re trying to do is to see if it’s possible to generate cropping systems that are greenhouse gas neutral; in other words we want to build up soil carbon and prevent


Research Key To Choosing Right Futures Broker

In relation to time spent on production, farmers in Canada spend very little time actually marketing their crops and even less time seeking out brokerage firms that will guide them. But with the impending end of the Canadian Wheat Board monopoly on wheat and barley in 2012, more farmers may be looking for a broker

New Centre Brings Farming To The Table

Having difficulty explaining where piglets come from? Or struggling to get a city cousin to appreciate the origin of whole wheat bread? A new facility located at the National Centre for Livestock and the Environment, at the University of Manitoba’s Glenlea Research Station has the answers to those questions and more. The Bruce D. Campbell


Brandon Research Centre Celebrates 125th

Back in 1886, farmers around here were suffering from drought, Prairie fires were a problem and frost had damaged wheat the fall before. But there was good news too: Brandon was getting an experimental farm – one of five to be built across the country after the Experimental Farm Station Act received Royal Assent June

Unearthing The Potential

As I looked down at the thick mat of rotting vegetation PhD student Caroline Halde was holding up for me to peruse, it was hard to fathom – at first – why anyone but the most devoted of researchers would find this exciting. I was at the University of Manitoba’s Ian N. Morrison Research Farm