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More Tips From Reena

March 12, 2009

3 Wipe your hair with a fabric-softener sheet to control static electricity. Tip: Keep an extra fabric-softener sheet in your jacket pocket for this purpose, especially during dry months. 4 Drop a capful of liquid fabric softener into a litre of water to make your own lint-free cleaner for regular glass and Plexiglas. 5 Store

Cereals, News, Oilseeds, Other livestock

What’s Up – for Mar. 5, 2009

March 5, 2009

Please forward your agricultural events to [email protected] call 204-944-5762 March 5 – Canola College 2009, Victoria Inn, 3550 Victoria Ave. W., Brandon. Registration $100. For more info visit http://www.canolacouncil.org/canola_college_2009.aspx. March 5 – Manitoba Buckwheat Growers Association annual meeting, 9:30 a. m. to 3 p. m., University of Manitoba Ian Morrison Station, Carman (one mile west

News

Kraft Lecture Timely

By Laura Rance-Unger March 5, 2009

“He would have been impressed with the quality of the presentation and the quality of the questions.” – brian oleson University of Manitoba students too young to have learned from the late Daryl Kraft as a professor nevertheless felt his influence last week at the inaugural lecture series established in his memory. “This is something

Cereals, News

Manitobans’ Grain Research Earns Major Award

By Ron Friesen March 5, 2009

“It’s a reflection of the excellence we have in Canada.” – ISABELLE BLAIN, NSERC For the second time in three years, Manitobans have received one of Canada’s most prestigious prizes for scientific research. Digvar Jayas, a University of Manitoba agricultural engineer, and Noel White, an Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada entomologist, have been awarded the 2008

Cereals, News

Kyle Durum Wheat “Seed Of The Year” In The West

By Allan Dawson March 5, 2009

Kyle durum wheat, the most popular durum grown in the West between 1988 and 2005, was named Seed of the Year for Western Canada at the recent Prairie Grain Development Committee annual meeting. Kyle and its developer, Fred Townley-Smith, a retired Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) plant breeder, were recognized Feb. 25. The first crosses

Cereals, News, Oilseeds

Grain Prices Uncertain Amid Global Economic Turmoil

By Ron Friesen February 26, 2009

Bewildered farmers may well be wondering what caused the global financial crisis and what the future holds for commodity prices. Analysts discussing the topic at this week’s GrainWorld conference in Winnipeg couldn’t offer much by way of answers. While the world faces a big recession with no quick recovery, the feeling was grain prices will

News, Pulses

Pulses Help Prevent Disease

By Lorraine Stevenson February 19, 2009

You don’t need to eat a lot of beans to benefit from their nutritional qualities, research released at a recent health symposium here shows. Results of six clinical research trials released at Pulse Canada’s second annual food and health symposium show pulses’ can help ward off a range of chronic diseases. Regular consumption of pulses

Country Crossroads, Pulses

Pass The Pulses, Not The Gas

By Lorraine Stevenson February 19, 2009

Beans, beans the magical fruit… That schoolyard chant has a ring of truth to it. The scientists call it “the perceived negative consequences of fitting pulses into the diet.” True, lots of beans or any other pulse eaten in one go will very likely have unpleasant after-effects, researchers say. But eaten in moderation, pulses don’t

Country Crossroads

Rena Nerbas

February 19, 2009

1 Save on brown sugar by making your own. For every cup of white sugar mix in 2 tablespoons molasses (costs about 40 per cent less). 2 To keep paint from spreading onto your child’s sleeves during an art project (thereby having to buy new clothing or spend money on laundry detergent), cut the tube

Livestock

DNA May Lead To BSE Blood Test

February 12, 2009

Scientists at the University of Calgary say they may have found a common DNA denominator in animals with BSE or related diseases. That, in turn, may mean BSE could eventually be confirmed simply and cheaply by a live blood test. Such a testing method would likely be the grail of BSE research. Confirming BSE currently

Daily Network News

Mosaic misses profit estimates on weak U.S. phosphate demand

Consultations open on expanded regulations for drone pesticide application

Pulse weekly: USDA to buy US$75 million in pulses as part of support package

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