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Bt Corn Refuge Recommendations Could Get Easier

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The long-tern effectiveness of Bt corn in protecting crops from destructive insects hinges on preventing the bugs from developing resistance to Bt, a built-in insecticide. To avoid resistance farmers must plant the proper refugia of non-Bt corn with their Bt crop. And that’s going to get easier to do, John Gavloski, an extension entomologist with
Cereals, News

Best In The West

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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
Cereals, Crops

Cover Crops Help Manage Moisture, Says Researcher

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New research shows cover crops can help mop up excess soil moisture, says Ranjan Sri Ranjan, an irrigation, drainage, and water management expert. The University of Manitoba professor wants to better understand the movements of water, both frozen and unfrozen, in the root zone. To do that, he used finger-sized probes to measure moisture and
News

Private Dollars Needed To Increase Ag Research

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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,
Hogs, Livestock

New Research Trends Increase Production Efficiency In Pigs

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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, Oilseeds

KAP Willing To Continue Paying For RR1 Soybeans

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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

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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
News

Farm Aid Showdown Looms

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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

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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

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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

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