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In Brief… – for Sep. 9, 2010

By Reuters September 9, 2010

Contractor dies in fall at greenhouse:An electrical contractor has died of injuries in a fall at Vanderveens’ Greenhouses, a major bedding plant and potted plant operation west of Carman, RCMP reported. The contractor, a 58-year-old man, was on a ladder propped up against a pole where he was unhooking hydro lines on the morning of

News

Festivals – for Sep. 9, 2010

September 9, 2010

Contact us with your event, dates, location and contact information at [email protected]. Sept. 10-11:Pembina Valley Honey, Garlic and Maple Syrup Festival, Manitou. For more info call 204-242-2530 or visit www.rmofpembina.com. Sept. 10-12:Double B Rodeo and Fair, Brokenhead. Contact Trevor Proutt at 204-205-0723. Sept. 17-19:Harvest Moon Festival, Clearwater. Contact [email protected] or visit www.harvestmoonsociety.org. Sept. 18:Manitoba Telephone

News

In Brief… – for Sep. 2, 2010

By Reuters September 2, 2010

Saudi Arabia caps barley profits:Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest buyer of barley, has capped profit margins for importers and threatened to sanction violators and hoarders after a sharp rise in red meat prices. The government said that due to unspecified “exceptional conditions,” it has capped importers’ profit margins at five per cent. Importers who violate

News, Oilseeds

Agricultural Hall Of Fame – for Sep. 2, 2010

September 2, 2010

Cam Brown was born and raised on a farm in the St. Vital/St. Boniface area where his family produced cereals, vegetables and livestock. He attended Provencher School in St. Boniface. Upon graduation, he enrolled in the University of Manitoba where he obtained a BSA (’52) and an MSc (’55) in Swine Nutrition. Cam had a

Crops

Festivals – for Sep. 2, 2010

September 2, 2010

Contact us with your event, dates, location and contact information at [email protected]. Sept. 10-11:Pembina Valley Honey, Garlic and Maple Syrup Festival, Manitou. For more info call 204-242-2530 or visit www.rmofpembina.com. Sept. 10-12:Double B Rodeo and Fair, Brokenhead. Contact Trevor Proutt at 204-205-0723. Sept. 17-19:Harvest Moon Festival, Clearwater. Contact [email protected] or visit www.harvestmoonsociety.org. Sept. 18:Manitoba Telephone

Crops, Oilseeds

Soybean Aphid, Green Clover Worm Update – for Aug. 26, 2010

By Allan Dawson August 26, 2010

Soybean aphids haven’t been a problem in Mani toba so far this year, although populations are increasing in some fields in the Beausejour and southern Interlake area. That’s what John Gavloski, an entomologist with Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives said here Aug. 18 during the first “harvest” Crop Diagnostic School at the University of

Livestock

Scholarship In Honour Of Cam Brown – for Aug. 26, 2010

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff August 26, 2010

An agricultural scholarship has been created in honour of Cam Brown, whose long and varied career in agriculture was recently recognized by his induction into the Manitoba Agricultural Hall of Fame (MAHF). This new scholarship, to be administered by the Red River Exhibition Foundation (RREF), resulted from a $20,000 donation by T. K. Stan Cheung,

Livestock

Festivals – for Aug. 26, 2010

August 26, 2010

Contact us with your event, dates, location and contact information at [email protected]. Aug. 27-29:Corn and Apple Festival, Morden. Visit www.cornandapple.com. Aug. 27-29:Festival d’ete de Saint-Malo (St. Malo Summer Festival), visit www.stmalosummerfestival.ca. Aug. 28-29:Great Western Harness Racing, Miami. Contact Jan Moody at 204-435-2288 or [email protected]. Sept. 10-11:Pembina Valley Honey, Garlic and Maple Syrup Festival, Manitou. For

Opinion

Doing The Right Thing – for Aug. 19, 2010

By Laura Rance-Unger August 19, 2010

Governments, although they usually mean well, make mistakes. And when those errors are incorporated into policy, they can have lasting repercussions. Such was the case in the mid-1990s when the Manitoba government made the ill-fated decision to regulate manure applications to farmland on the basis of nitrogen content. The error was an honest one. The

Hogs, Livestock

Manure Application Will Be Less Frequent And More Costly – for Aug. 19, 2010

By Ron Friesen August 19, 2010

Three years from now, livestock farmers in Hanover and La Broquerie municipalities may not be able to regularly use manure as a soil nutrient. They’ll have to buy commercial fertilizer. Impossible? Not at all. In fact, it’s more than likely. A provincial phosphorus application rule means producers in those two municipalities may be able to

Daily Network News

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

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