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Crops, Oilseeds

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

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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
Opinion

Doing The Right Thing – for Aug. 19, 2010

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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
Country Crossroads, Pulses

New Pulse Products Created In Mission ImPULSEible – for Aug. 19, 2010

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A new twist on the classic perogy, a yogurt beverage and pastry tart were the innovative new food products created in this year’s Mission ImPULSEible: Food Development Competition, which took place at the Canadian Special Crops Association (CSCA) convention in Saskatoon in July. Three student teams accepted the challenge of creating food products using pulse-based
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Festivals – for Aug. 19, 2010

Contact us with your event, dates, location and contact information at [email protected]. Aug. 19-22:Hanover Agricultural Fair, Grunthal. Contact Wayne or Connie LeMay at 204-434-6773 or [email protected] or visit www.hanoverag.com. Aug. 20-21:Roblin Fair, contact Charmaine Popp at 204-937- 4915. Aug. 21:Eriksdale Creamery Days, Eriksdale Museum. Contact Doreen Lamoureux at 204-739-5322 or email [email protected]. Aug. 21-22:Harness Racing,
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MZTRA Farm Tests Jumpstart Inoculant On Canola – for Aug. 12, 2010

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An Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada researcher has launched a study to find out whether Jumpstart really works. Ramona Mohr will be examining how the phosphate-solubilizing seed inoculant containing the naturally occurring fungi Penicillium bilaii, will affect growth, P uptake, yield and quality of canola at the MZTRA farm, and a handful of other sites in
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MZTRA Farm Tests Jumpstart Inoculant On Canola – for Aug. 12, 2010

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An Agriculture and Agri- Food Canada researcher has launched a study to find out whether Jumpstart really works. Ramona Mohr will be examining how the phosphate-solubilizing seed inoculant containing the naturally occurring fungi Penicillium bilaii, will affect growth, P uptake, yield and quality of canola at the MZTRA farm, and a handful of other sites
Opinion

End Of An Era – for Jul. 29, 2010

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It was dry in the late 1980s, and farmers were told by the herbicide manufacturer that’s why their favoured herbicide – trifluralin (Treflan) – wasn’t doing its job. But two public extension workers in Manitoba, the late Ian Morrison, a weed scientist with the University of Manitoba, and Barry Todd with the soils and crops
Crops

Newdale Official Manitoba Soil – for Jul. 29, 2010

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The Manitoba legislature officially approved Newdale soil as Manitoba’s provincial soil June 17. Cliff Cullen, MLA for Turtle Mountain, introduced and supported the designation through the legislature. Newdale Soil is a valuable soil of the eastern Prairies in a group known as Black Chernozems, which are dark, grassland soils. Manitoba has more Black Chernozems than

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