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Lanny Gardiner goes through corn nitrogen uptake and staging during Crops-A-Palooza in Carberry July 24.

Busting nitrogen loss with late in-crop application

If you’re about N loss, you may consider a late boost

By Alexis Stockford August 9, 2019

Corn growers may want to wait on nitrogen application, particularly in a wet year. A nitrogen application at the end of June or early July will help limit nitrogen loss and better time it to when the plant is actually looking for the nutrient, speakers said during a recent field day at the Canada-Manitoba Crop

“I would love to see this farm continue on into the future, into the next generation. I would say that’s my goal.” – Fiona Jochum

Faces of ag, Farmit Manitoba, Local news, Other

Young Manitoba farmer right where she wants to be — working beside her dad on the family farm

‘The goal is to farm,' says Fiona Jochum, who farms near St. Francois Xavier

By Geralyn Wichers July 30, 2019

Fiona Jochum has the weight of her first crop on her shoulders, and thus far it’s been a doozy. Flea beetles, cutworms and dry conditions have hampered growth in her fields, but Fiona, 25, doesn’t let it get her down. “Even though these things stress me out, I still love it. I still want to

This Carolina grasshopper is a common sight on gravel roads but it’s not a threat to your crops.

Crops, Local news, Other

Mistaken identity

Not everything that looks like a pest insect actually is

By Alexis Stockford June 3, 2019

One of Manitoba’s best-known insect experts is reminding farmers to be sure of what they’re seeing when they scout. For example, that “wireworm” problem may not actually be a problem at all. Therevid larvae (the precursor to a large, hairy fly) are often mistaken for wireworms, provincial entomologist John Gavloski said during a May 22

Local news

PHOTOS: Wild pigs on the loose

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff May 31, 2019

How many wild pigs are roaming agro-Manitoba? Nobody knows the answer to that question, and that’s going to be a problem for the province. Ryan Brook, a professor at the University of Saskatchewan who was educated at the University of Manitoba has the best handle, and even he admits his numbers are far from certain.

A wild pig sounder can grow very quickly in size.

Local news

Wild pigs on the loose: A pending threat in Manitoba

The population of feral pigs is growing and the province doesn’t have a strategy to address it

By Alexis Stockford May 30, 2019

How many wild pigs are roaming agro-Manitoba? Nobody knows the answer to that question, and that’s going to be a problem for the province. Ryan Brook, a professor at the University of Saskatchewan who was educated at the University of Manitoba has the best handle, and even he admits his numbers are far from certain.

Country Crossroads, Local news, Other

Grant given to study transition from hospital to rural areas

By Cmu Release May 29, 2019

Dr. Heather Campbell-Enns, assistant professor of psychology at Canadian Mennonite University (CMU), received a one-year grant worth $100,000 through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). Campbell-Enns will use the grant for a research project titled Best Practices: Transitions from Hospital to Community-Based Settings for Rural and Remote Persons with Dementia. One aim of the

Vivian Bruce, 88, the retired researcher who helped establish the nutritional value of canola, in her Winnipeg apartment on May 16, 2019.

Country Crossroads, Local news

Pioneer canola researcher to get province’s top honour

Vivian Bruce and co-researcher Bruce McDonald helped establish canola oil as safe and nutritious for human consumption

By Geralyn Wichers May 27, 2019

Canola research pioneer Vivian Bruce will receive the province’s highest honour for her work establishing the health benefits of the oilseed. Bruce, a retired nutrition and food science professor, and 11 others will receive the Order of Manitoba, Lt.-Gov. Janice C. Filmon announced on May 12. “I was pretty honoured about it, but I’m not

Easton Sellers and his fiancée Olivia Carey, with Rupert.

Comment, Other

Comment: Growing a new crop of graduates

The U of M diploma agriculture program has broad appeal, even to those without an agriculture background

By Chris Rutkowski May 26, 2019

Originally from Florida, Easton Sellers was on a retreat at a Buddhist monastery in 2014 when he heard about an opportunity to volunteer at an organic farm in far-off Manitoba. He explains: “I wanted to learn about gardening and sustainability, so I travelled to work at Plum Ridge Farm in the Interlake. My work there

The 112th diploma of agriculture graduating class at the University of Manitoba.

Local news, Other

Fifty-eight ag students graduate at U of M

This is the 112th diploma graduating class from the school

By University of Manitoba May 26, 2019

Fifty-eight students received their diplomas in agriculture at the convocation of the University of Manitoba’s School of Agriculture held May 3. Michelle Pottinger of Neepawa received the Governor General’s Bronze Medal, an award given to the graduate with the highest academic standing in the program. Dawson Sabourin from St. Jean Baptiste received the President’s Medal,

Comment, Opinion, Other

Comment: Bring back the PFRA

Soil conservation in Canada has been losing ground despite a general feeling erosion is a problem of the past

By John Morriss May 26, 2019

Some say it saved Western Canada. But the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration, perhaps the most respected government agency in Canada’s history, was dissolved in 2003. It’s time to bring it back. Scientific principles are one thing. Encouraging farmers to use them are another — that requires expertise in ‘extension,’ a word which has unfortunately fallen

Daily Network News

Southern California honeybees show resistance to varroa mites

Pulse Weekly: SaskPulse optimistic despite input, crop price concerns

Canadian aquaculture should be classed as agriculture, industry groups say

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