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Soggy Soils, New Lessons At Crop School

By Allan Dawson July 7, 2011

The wet weather that has plagued Manitoba farmers also hit the Crop Diagnostic School. But organizer John Heard says that just makes the school more relevant. “We always say it’s better for us to make the mistakes than farmers,” said Heard, a soil fertility specialist with Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives (MAFRI). The 2011

Opinion

Emerald Green Or Muddy?

By Gary Martens June 30, 2011

Why is it that Ireland is called the emerald green isle and we are called muddy Manitoba when the annual rainfall in Ireland is 730 mm and in Manitoba it is only 440 mm? The answer is quite straightforward. They have 80 per cent of their agricultural land (17 million acres) in managed forage crops,

News

Greig Family Named Farm Family Of The Year

By Laura Rance-Unger June 30, 2011

Being summoned to Winnipeg to accept the Red River Exhibition’s 2011 Farm Family of the Year award gave the Greigs of Reston a welcome respite from their watery southwestern Manitoba reality this spring. With only 15 per cent of his land base seeded this spring and little hope of more, Fred Greig quipped he’s had

News, Other livestock

What’s Up – for Jun. 30, 2011

June 30, 2011

——— Please forward your agricultural events to [email protected] or call 204-944-5762. June 28-29:Compost Matters in Manitoba, AAFC Brandon Research Station. Two-day workshop for “organics recycling and compost advocates.” For more info call 1-877-571-4769 or email [email protected]. July 6-8:Canadian Seed Growers’ Association annual general meeting, Sheraton Hamilton Hotel, 116 King St. W., Hamilton. For more info

Cereals, Crops, News

One More Seeding Option

By Allan Dawson June 23, 2011

The crop insurance deadlines for annual crops have passed, but farmers still have an opportunity to generate a salable crop from those unseeded acres – while controlling weeds and soaking up some of that excess moisture. Extension agronomists and cattle producers are urging crop farmers with unseeded acres to grow greenfeed. With so many pastures

Cereals, Opinion

Letters – for Jun. 23, 2011

June 23, 2011

Bipole boondoggle continues Another week, another round of rains drowning the grains and livestock sectors, another Manitoba Co-operator in the mail, and yet another letter from Rosann Wowchuk proclaiming the economic and environmental virtues of Bipole III. The former minister of agriculture gives us the same story: west side is good; east side is bad. A

Livestock

Tick That Can Cause Lyme Disease Making A Home In Manitoba

By Lorraine Stevenson June 23, 2011

The odds of picking up a blacklegged deer tick – and contracting Lyme disease – are on the rise in Manitoba. The southeast corner of Manitoba and an area around the Stanley Trail in south-central Manitoba now have established blacklegged tick populations. Surveillance findings suggest they now occupy an area that may stretch from the

Crops

Rural Schools Pursue New Way Of Teaching Agriculture

By Lorraine Stevenson June 23, 2011

They caught and identified bugs, walked the banks of the Boyne River looking for evidence of riverbank erosion, spoke to weed and soil specialists about biodiversity, ecosystems and farm production systems. And while that might sound like any other end-of-school-year field trip, for about 100 Grade 10 students in south-central Manitoba, the visit to the

Beef cattle, Livestock

New Manitoba Beef Producers General Manager Tackles Crises Head On

By Ron Friesen June 16, 2011

You might forgive Cam Dahl for wondering what he’s gotten himself into as the new general manager for Manitoba Beef Producers. Barely a few weeks into the job, Dahl finds himself in an industry beset with crises, the most immediate being record flooding. High water levels on Lake Manitoba and elsewhere are forcing cattle producers

Livestock

Ted Bailey Honoured

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff June 16, 2011

Manitoba feed industry entrepreneur Ted Bailey was presented with the Distinguished Service Award at the University of Manitoba Spring 2011 Convocation earlier this month. The award is presented by the Board of Governors for exceptional contributions to Manitoba in areas which are of major interest to the University of Manitoba, and/or which are directly associated

Daily Network News

U.S. grains: Soybeans rise on export optimism; corn, wheat nearly flat

U.S. livestock: Chicago cattle and hogs slide back

FCC-led coalition to invest $5 billion into agriculture innovation

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