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Buying Clubs

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Once a month a delivery truck pulls up in front of Anna Weier’s Winnipeg home on Langside containing pre-ordered packages of meat, jars of honey, bags of grain and other farm-grown produce. Over the next hour people pull up to Anna’s house, to collect and pay for their purchases. They chat with each other and
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Pencils And Green Thumbs: Learning Horticulture On The Prairies

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The horticulture industry in Canada is thriving. In 2008 it represented $5.78 billion in agricultural cash receipts – 14 per cent of the total – and $3.85 billion in exports, according to Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. On the Prairies, horticulturalists work in greenhouses and nurseries, help to improve fruit and vegetable production, and tackle landscaping
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What’s Up – for Mar. 31, 2011

Please forward your agricultural events to [email protected] or call 204-944-5762. March 31:Making Manitoba Maple Syrup seminar, 7-8 p.m., Red River Complex, Winkler. For more info email [email protected] or call 204-325- 9672. April 7:“A threat to family farms, public health care and public services,” a National Farmers Union Region 5 public meeting on the Canada/ European
Crops

Flaten And Froese Honoured

Several awards were presented at the University of Manitoba’s Aggie (Degree) Grads Farewell banquet held March 19. Don Flaten of the department of soil science was selected as Teacher of the Year by the students. The Certificate of Merit to a degree grad was presented to Harold Froese (BSA/74), an egg and poultry producer and
Cereals, Crops, News

Calling All Wannabe Wheat Breeders

If you’ve ever had a hankering to develop your own wheat variety, the University of Manitoba and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada have a deal for you. Researchers have created a participatory wheat-breeding program that allows farmers to take early crosses and then make the genetic selections on their farms, based on their management practices and
Cereals, Crops, News, Oilseeds

In Brief… – for Mar. 24, 2011

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Farmer to Farmer:The Grain Growers of Canada has donated $1,000 to help Japanese farmers cope with the after-effects of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. “Farmers in Canada have a long history of helping their neighbours in times of trouble and in this case our neighbours are global,” said executive director Richard Phillips, noting Japan
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More Funds For Health And Food Research

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The federal and provincial governments have committed $406,000 to the Manitoba Agri- Health Research Network (MARHN) to help advance diet-related solutions for health and agriculture and spur food innovation. Projects currently underway through MARHN include a joint venture with a Chilean grain company to create and commercialize healthier wheat and oat products. It’s one of
Hogs, Livestock, News

Hog Industry Announces New Sustainability Commitments

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Major and possibly expensive changes lie ahead for Manitoba hog producers as the result of a new road map for the industry’s future. The Manitoba Pork Council plan released last week commits the province’s 700 pork producers to eliminating sow gestation stalls within the next 15 years. “Manitoba Pork commits to encouraging producers to phase
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What’s Up – for Mar. 24, 2011

Please forward your agricultural events to [email protected] or call 204-944-5762. March 24:Making Manitoba Maple Syrup seminar, 7-8 p.m., Beausejour Rec Centre. For more info email [email protected] or call 204-268-9266. March 26:Woodlot Association of Manitoba annual general meeting, 10 a.m., Boreal Woods Nature Centre, junction of Hwy. 59 and PR 100 North near Grand Marais. $15
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Ag In The City Showcases Budding Food Scientists

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University of Manitoba food science students competed at this year’s Agriculture in the City to see which new food product would win top prize in the Food Fight Competition, held March 18 at The Forks Market Square. Out of the five new products that were presented, which included a pumpkin yogurt, high-protein soy noodles, popcorn

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