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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

Crops, Forages, Livestock

Keeping Wires Hot Amid Ice, Snow

By Daniel Winters December 9, 2010

Keeping the cows fed all winter can be a real chore. First, you have to remember to keep the tractor plugged in so it will start when it’s needed. If it’s an old junker, you might want to keep a can of ether handy, too, for a good snort up the intake when it’s really

Crops

Funding For Cattails To Energy Project

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff December 9, 2010

Premier Greg Selinger last week announced $150,000 in funding for a pilot project at Netley- Libau Marsh to explore ways of preventing pollutants from getting into Lake Winnipeg while at the same time reducing greenhouse gas emissions. “In partnership with the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) and the University of Manitoba, we are announcing

Country Crossroads

Ideas Sought For The “Great Manitoba Food Fight”

By Manitoba Agriculture December 9, 2010

Manitobans with a great new food or beverage idea are invited to enter the “Great Manitoba Food Fight” scheduled in April as part of the 2011 Capturing Opportunities event. Competitors pitch their product ideas and provide a product sample to a panel of judges. First-, second-and third-place finalists receive product development awards valued at $15,000,

Opinion

Facing Up To Climate Change

December 2, 2010

Avery Simundsson of Arborg was first runner-up in the senior division of the Canadian Young Speakers for Agriculture held at the recent Royal Agricultural Winter Fair. Simundsson, 21, is an engineering student at the University of Manitoba. The following is an excerpt from her speech on the topic of “What is the biggest challenge in

Forages, News

What’s Up – for Dec. 2, 2010

December 2, 2010

——— Please forward your agricultural events to [email protected] or call 204-944-5762. Dec. 3:University of Manitoba Transport Institute’s 15th annual Fields on Wheels conference, Delta Winnipeg, 350 St. Mary Ave. For more info visit http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/management/ti/conferences/index.html. Dec. 7-8:Manitoba Grazing School, Victoria Inn, 3550 Victoria Ave. W., Brandon. For more info visit www.mbforagecouncil.mb.ca or call 204-622-2006. Dec. 8-9:Manitoba

News

Food Fight Challengers Sought

By Manitoba Agriculture December 2, 2010

The fifth annual Great Manitoba Food Fight is open for challengers, Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives Minister Stan Struthers announced Nov. 24. Manitobans with a great new food or beverage idea are invited to enter the Great Manitoba Food Fight scheduled in April as part of the 2011 Capturing Opportunities event. “In the past four

Crops, Oilseeds

Monsanto Committed To Canola

By Allan Dawson December 2, 2010

Derek Penner was an infant when canola, a healthier derivative of rapeseed, was first developed in 1974 at the University of Manitoba in collaboration with Agriculture Canada. Last week, the youthful president of Monsanto Canada helped open Monsanto’s new $12-million canola-breeding centre at the U of M’s Smartpark. “It embodies Monsanto’s very best in research

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