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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
News, Oilseeds

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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Are Canadian Farm Subsidies Necessary?

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Derek Brewin believes if Canadian farm subsidies were eliminated, over time, farmers’ net incomes would eventually be about the same as they have been. So why not scrap the subsidies? Brewin, an agr icul tural economist at the University of Manitoba, chuckles when asked. The tough part, he says, would be the transition. “They (farmers)
Cereals, Crops

Research And Development Seen As Key To Solving World Food Crisis

World agriculture needs a major research and development initiative to reverse declining crop production and avoid a global food crisis, says an international food policy expert. Agricultural output has slowed in the last 20 years – an alarming trend, given a growing world population and recent riots in various countries sparked by rising food prices,
Crops, Forages

New Herbicide With Same Active Ingredient As Pursuit

Makhteshim Agan of North America, Inc. (MANA), has received registration of Phantom herbicide for control of tough weeds in field pea, dry bean, alfalfa and soybean. With the same active ingredient as Pursuit, Phantom provides pulse growers with widespread choice. Phantom works on tough-to- control weeds like chickweed, cleavers, green foxtail, hemp-nettle and smartweed. Phantom
Hogs, News

Small Hog Producers Get Manure Storage Break

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Manitoba hog producers have received over $26 million to help small operators convert to large manure storages in advance of a 2013 ban on winter spreading. The money from Ottawa and the province will cover 75 per cent of a producer’s construction costs to a maximum $250,000. Ottawa funds 60 per cent of the three-year
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University Works With Fossil Group

The University of Manitoba and the Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre (CFDC) recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding that will see the two organizations work together on a broad array of academic and research programs. “CFDC’s decades of hard work and dedication toward fossil discovery, research, and educational programming are starting to pay huge rewards. Our

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