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Women swap farm life stories at Ag Days

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“I was always taught that being a woman is not a disadvantage in this business.” – CHARLOTTE CRAWLEY, CLANWILLIAM-AREA FARMER When Charlotte Crawley chose to start farming with her father in 2005 she knew what she was in for – mostly. She absolutely wanted to farm. But could she handle the physical work? There’s no
Country Crossroads

Government helps new entrant over existing industry

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“There is an existing industry here. We’re not asking for handouts or free money.” – JOHN BOTTOMLEY Something smells fishy to John Bottomley of Agassiz Aqua Farms and it’s not his fish barn. The fish producer who has been working to establish an industry in Manitoba is outraged at a government announcement that one “inexperienced
News, Oilseeds

Pushing GMOs to feed the planet

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“How do the starving destitute react? Well often and not surprisingly they react with violence.” – joe clark Co-operation and innovation, including new genetically modified crops, are needed to feed the world as it grows and gets richer, speakers told CropLife Canada and the Grain Growers of Canada meeting in Ottawa last month. “This combination
Crops

Rolling research shows promise

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“These observations suggest that the roller is a legitimate tool for organic farmers and it will even allow them to completely eliminate tillage in some years.” – MARTIN ENTZ Organic farmers might do well to invest in a roller for help in reducing weed pressure. An experiment in its second year at the Ian N.
Country Crossroads

Reduce, reuse and recycle

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Let’s face it, we all produce garbage, and we are all part of the problem. The good news is that we can also be part of the solution. Studies show that 65 per cent of “garbage” can be recycled or composted instead of tossed. Instead of throwing away items we no longer need, why not
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Cattle producers embrace science

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“It’s not what the celebrities say that’s important, it really should be what the science says.” – KARIN WITTENBERG Brian Sterling wants Al Gore to love cows. But the cattleman and chair of the environmental committee for the Manitoba Cattle Producers’ Association also looked inward for some of the blame for the vilification of cattle.
Opinion

Finding an economic “sweet spot”

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The latest Canada West Foundation profile and economic forecast for Manitoba underscores a reality that still bites in the farming community. The wheat economy that built this province has, over time, been overshadowed by a highly diversified economy, which means it doesn’t grow as fast during boom times and it doesn’t fall as far during
Cereals, News

Kyle recognized for its contribution to durum sales

A program to recognize public seed breeders’ contributions has expanded west and named the durum variety Kyle as its 2008 western honouree. Seed of the Year was developed in 2005 by the University of Guelph and SeCan with support from the Ontario and federal Agriculture Departments. The Western Grains Research Foundation and SeCan have brought
Country Crossroads

AMM launches With One Voice: A History of Municipal Governance in Manitoba at 2008 convention New book commemorates 100 years of municipal leadership

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To save gas during WWII, farm trucks weren’t permitted to operate further than 35 miles from the farm and farmers had to paint the address on the sides of their trucks as proof. The town of Neepawa was the first municipality in North America to own its own telephone system. An early Municipal Act stipulated
Cereals, Livestock, News, Other livestock

What’s up – for Dec. 4, 2008

Please forward your agricultural events to [email protected] call 204-944-5762 Dec. 3-4 – Hog and Poultry Days, Winnipeg Convention Centre, 375 York Ave. For more info e-mail info@hogandpoul trydays.caor visit www.hogandpoultrydays.com. Dec. 3-5 – Western Canada Grazing Conference, Mayfield Inn and Suites, Edmonton. For more info visit http://areca.ab.ca/site/areca_events. Dec. 4-5 – Canadian Value Chain Network workshops,

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