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Private Dollars Needed To Increase Ag Research

By Natasha Tersigni February 17, 2011

More private dol – lars need to be invested in agri – culture research if governments are not willing to step up, a University of Manitoba agribusiness professor told the recent Special Crops Symposium in Winnipeg. It is hard to get governments and MPs to listen to producers’ need to increase funds to research because,

Cereals, News

Best In The West

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff February 17, 2011

AC Metcalfe, a two-row malting barley variety, is the winner of Seed of the Year – West in 2010, the Western Grains Research Foundation has announced. Part of the western award is a scholarship for $4,000 awarded to a student enrolled in a western Canadian university and currently completing a masters or PhD in plant

News, Oilseeds

KAP Willing To Continue Paying For RR1 Soybeans

By Ron Friesen February 10, 2011

Manitoba farmers have expressed willingness to continue paying Monsanto to grow Roundup Ready soybeans even after the patent on them expires. A resolution passed at the recent Keystone Agricultural Producers annual meeting in Winnipeg calls on KAP to “lobby Monsanto to allow Manitoba farmers to continue to grow Roundup Ready 1 soybeans under a user

Crops, Forages

Perennial Crops Key To GHG-Neutral Crop Production

By Allan Dawson February 10, 2011

Reducing greenhouse gas emissions is more than a public service – it can save farmers money, a soil scientist with the University of Manitoba says. Mario Tenuta says farmers don’t seem worried about the greenhouse gases (GHGs) they produce while growing food, despite the link with climate change. But farmers can benefit from reducing emissions

Hogs, Livestock

New Research Trends Increase Production Efficiency In Pigs

By Natasha Tersigni February 10, 2011

Researchers have found some pigs are genetically predisposed to use phosphorus more efficiently than others, a University of Manitoba researcher told the Manitoba Swine Seminar last week. Laurie Connor, head of the university’s animal science department, said it’s still unknown how these pigs differ genetically than others, but the differences are potentially important. Connor emphasized

News

Farm Aid Showdown Looms

By Ron Friesen February 3, 2011

The debate between producers and government about the future look of Canada’s farm safety net programs is about to heat up, says the head of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture. Farmers want support payments to reflect their production costs. But Ottawa and the provinces are balking, said Ron Bonnett, CFA president. As a result, upcoming

News

Little Change Predicted For New Growing Forward Programs

By Ron Friesen February 3, 2011

Don’t expect any big changes in farm safety net programs after Canada’s federal-provincial agricultural policy agreement runs out in two years. “More of the same,” is James Rude’s prediction for future business risk management (BRM) programs under a new Growing Forward framework. Growing Forward with its so-called “suite” of BRMs – AgriStability, AgriInvest, AgriInsurance and

News

National Science Agency Axes Food Research

By Ron Friesen January 20, 2011

Agricultural scientists and farm groups are expressing dismay at a decision by a federal research agency to stop funding food research. The decision by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council sends a negative message, both at home and abroad, that Canada is not interested in research which a hungry world urgently needs, say researchers

Opinion

A Farmer’s Friend Is Lost

By Laura Rance-Unger January 20, 2011

Many will mourn the passing of John Harapiak, who succumbed last week to cancer. The highly respected agronomist spent more than 40 years of his life serving western Canadian farmers through his work in soil fertility research and extension. Dubbed an “agricultural icon” by his colleagues, he was best known for his steadfast commitment to

Opinion

Letters – for Jan. 20, 2011

By John Fefchakvirden January 20, 2011

A report worth reading In the Jan. 13 issue of the Co-operator,Doug Faller, policy manager for the Agricultural Producers of Saskatchewan, gives a comprehensive report on his take of the “Interim Report on the Rail Freight Service Review.” This report is readily found by putting this preceding sentence into your computer search engine. You will

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