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Environment And Agriculture: Talking The Talk Or Walking The Walk

By Les Mcewan January 6, 2011

The International Institute for Sustainable Development’s Lake Winnipeg Basin Summit has come and gone, and I think most participants would agree that it was a resounding success. To quote IISD director Hank Venema, “This summit has moved us closer to a unified effort under the umbrella leadership of IISD.” The issues surrounding the degraded level

Livestock, Other livestock

No TB Found In RMNP This Year

By Daniel Winters January 6, 2011

There were no positive bovine tuberculosis test results in Riding Mountain National Park this past year and that shows eradication measures are working, according to project manager Ken Kingdon. “It makes us feel optimistic that the program is working, but we’re not really ready to say that our program is done,” said Kingdon. “We’re not

Country Crossroads

MHS Aims To Digitize Community History Books

January 6, 2011

Excerpted fromMunicipal Leader: Fall 2010 Is that community history book that took so long to create now seldom read or gathering dust in a local library? The Manitoba Histor ical Society, in collaboration with the University of Manitoba libraries, is embarking on a project to digitize these local histories and post them on their website.

Beef cattle, Forages, Livestock

What Eats Grass And Is Worth $2.25/Lb. On The Rail?

By Daniel Winters December 23, 2010

Jim Lintott’s biggest problem selling grass-fed beef at the St. Norbert Farmers Market last summer was not having enough to sell to all the people clamouring to buy it. “We have more market than we actually have supply,” said Lintott, president of the Manitoba Grass-Fed Beef Association speaking on the sidelines of the recent Manitoba

Hogs, News

In Brief… – for Dec. 23, 2010

By Reuters December 23, 2010

Strikes doused:Collective bargaining disputes involving unionized part-time rural firefighters would be settled by binding arbitration and no work stoppages would be permitted under proposed legislation introduced this month by Labour and Immigration Minister Jennifer Howard. “This legislation will ensure that all unionized firefighters are treated the same and that work stoppages don’t affect public safety

News

Sterling Lyon: A Man Of Strong Principle

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff December 23, 2010

Sterling Lyon, Manitoba’s premier from 1977 to 1981, died in Winnipeg Dec. 16 following a brief illness. He was 83. A career public figure for over 40 years, Lyon was variously a lawyer, Crown attorney, MLA, attorney general, premier and opposition leader before becoming an Appeal Court judge. His four-year term as premier was tumul

Dairy cattle, Livestock

Research Casts Doubt On Johne’s Eradication

By Ron Friesen December 23, 2010

Dairy and beef producers hoping for a simple solution to curtailing the spread of Johne’s disease have been dealt a disappointing blow by a University of Manitoba research project. The agent which causes the disease cannot be killed by composting, says the study by the university’s National Centre for Livestock and the Environment (NCLE). That

Opinion

Where Their Food Comes From

December 16, 2010

There are two complaints which have been heard hundreds of times from farm meeting platforms or in coffee shop conversations. “Consumers don’t know where their food comes from anymore – they just think it comes from the supermarket.” Then there’s “Farming is not the traditional mom-and-pop operation anymore – it’s a business.” Those are statements

Hogs, Livestock

Clock Ticking On Open Sow Housing Decisions

By Ron Friesen December 16, 2010

Awatershed in sow housing is coming to Manitoba in the next five years and pork producers are unprepared, says a University of Manitoba swine specialist. Many hog barns will soon have to retool their aging equipment, including gestation stalls, said Laurie Connor, who heads the University of Manitoba’s animal science department. Producers need to decide

Forages, News

What’s Up – for Dec. 9, 2010

December 9, 2010

Please forward your agricultural events to [email protected] or call 204-944-5762. Dec. 10:Strategic Solutions for the Family Farm, a Canadian Association of Farm Advisors seminar, 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Willow Room, Elkhorn Resort. Registration $50, deadline Dec. 8, for more info or to register email [email protected]. Dec. 13:MAFRI North Parkland beef meeting, 12 p.m., Community

Daily Network News

U.S. grains: Soybeans mixed on doubts over Chinese demand

Tyson Foods to close U.S. beef plant as cattle supplies dwindle

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures dip as Brazilian beef tariffs lifted

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