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“Alternative” Systems Get Mainstream Funding

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“We’re thinking about more diverse ways of building relationships across the Prairie provinces. We’re not talking about 100-mile diets here.” – STPHANE MCLACHLAN The federal government is providing $1 million for a five-year project in Manitoba to develop more community-based alternative food systems for rural, urban and northern Manitoba. The Community University Research Alliance (CURA)
News, Oilseeds

Veteran Farm Communicator Jack Giles Passes

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Veteran farm writer and communicator Jack Giles, 72, died Jan. 31 in Winnipeg. Giles worked 19 years for Manitoba Agriculture’s communications section. He left to head up communications for the Canola Council of Canada and later Ducks Unlimited Canada. Giles also worked overseas with CUSO. “He was a newsman first and a government worker second,”
Livestock

Project To Develop Manure Setback Guidelines

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“It’s up to government to take it to the next level.” – QIANG ZHANG, UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA How far away from a house should a barn be? For people who live near a pig farm, or any other type of livestock operation, the question isn’t an academic one. It’s very real. Ask rural residents for
Cereals, Crops, Oilseeds

Grain Bags Need Further Study

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Grain bags, also known as silo bags or grain sausages, may seem like a quick-and-easy solution to the problem of where to put that bin buster of a crop. But a University of Manitoba grain storage researcher had some cautionary words about a product that has seen precious little study when he spoke to farmers
Country Crossroads

Recipe Swap – for Jan. 21, 2010

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Recipe Swap Just before Christmas we received this kid-friendly recipe from Lillian Deedman. She writes that 12-year-old Megan McPhail enjoys making these snowmen. MEGAN’S MARSHMALLOW SNOWMEN White icing Jet Puffed marshmallows Oreo cookies or coloured sugar cookies Decorating gel Pretzel sticks Red string licorice Use Oreo cookies or coloured sugar cookies as a base. Stack
Crops

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Cereals, News

Whither The Prairie Climate?

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“The evidence is pretty clear to my mind that global warming is underway, and greenhouse gas emissions are causing some changes in the climate.” – BRUCE BURNETT, CWB Adapting to climate change will be tough, that’s for sure. It might be easier if Prairie farmers knew exactly what to plan for, but one thing is
News, Oilseeds

EU’s GM Flax Tolerance Too Low

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Canada’s flax exports to the European Union won’t return to normal any time soon because the tolerance for genetically modified (GM) CDC Triffid flax is too low, exporters say. Their fears seem even more justified since the Canadian Commission (CGC) has concluded “that FP967 (CDC Triffid) is present throughout the Canadian flaxseed crop at low
Crops, Oilseeds

Lots To Consider When Assessing Crop Rotations

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“The coffee shop never hears about the problems. They hear about the 80-bushel canola, but they very seldom hear about the quarter section that was wiped out with blackleg.” – WELDON NEWTON Push your crop rotations and you’re pushing your luck. Nevertheless, a lot of farmers have been tightening their canola rotations and getting away

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