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Manitoba Potato Production Days hosted a panel discussion on drones in Brandon on January 27. Dr. Ian MacRae (l to r), professor and extension entomologist at the University of Minnesota, Craig Linde, diversification specialist with Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, Trevor Thornton, president of Crop Care Consulting, Darren White, agronomist with Delta Ag Services.

Discussing drones

A panel of industry experts sheds some light on the drone  landscape for producers interested in investing in the equipment

By Jennifer Paige February 17, 2016

Interested in diving into the world of drones? Start small, a panel of agronomists told farmers attending Manitoba Potato Production Days Jan. 27. “I would suggest starting with a small piece of equipment,” said Trevor Thornton, president of Crop Care Consulting. “A lot of guys want something that they can keep in their truck and

Opinion

Editorial: Keep talking about farm safety

By Laura Rance-Unger September 14, 2015

We’re going out on a limb here to say the farmers featured in this week’s front-page story are courageous, not because they survived their harrowing ordeal, but because they are talking about it. The father and son duo made a mistake that could have ended tragically. Joel Dewitz admits to feeling pretty sheepish about the

Strip-till cotton in North Carolina. In strip tillage, only the seed row is cultivated.

Crops

Strip till beats no till for soil improvement

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff August 17, 2015

Afive-year study by University of Minnesota researchers has found that strip till resulted in several improvements in soil quality compared to no till. Strip till is a hybrid of conventional tillage and no till, cultivating only the rows where seeds are planted. “You have some of the soil conservation benefits derived from leftover plant tissue

Cereals, Crops

Yorkton oat processor no longer accepting oats treated with pre-harvest glyphosate

Grain Millers Canada says its research links timing of application to reduced processing quality

By Allan Dawson June 2, 2015

Starting with the 2015 crop, oat buyer Grain Millers will no longer accept oats or oat products treated with glyphosate because of research showing it can change the processing quality. “We wouldn’t have taken this step if we didn’t think we had to,” said Terry Tyson, grain procurement manager for Grain Millers Canada based in

"Canada is in a great position compared to the United States when it comes to this outbreak." – Tim Snider

Hogs, Local news

Canadian case of PED virus provided link for researchers

Biosecurity measures are still key, but preventing the contamination of feed  will help slow the spread of PED

By Shannon VanRaes November 12, 2014

The porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) virus has hit producers hardest south of the border, but it was the first Canadian case that helped researchers find the source of the disease. Speaking to pork producers in Niverville, Tim Snider of the University of Minnesota said that the emergence of the disease in Canada provided the biggest

Beef cattle, Livestock

Cow-calf producers’ survival is still about production costs

By Kris Ringwall March 16, 2013

The times are good for prices, but cattle producers have a lot on their minds these days. Calving has started on many ranches, and the complicated production scenarios already are constantly churning for producers. Unfortunately, the dollars associated with many production scenarios often are in place well before adequate financial evaluations are done. The critical

Beef cattle, Livestock

Survival comes before expansion in the beef cattle business

By Kris Ringwall March 16, 2013

What would you say if someone told you that 40 per cent of the cow-calf producers are struggling to justify being in the beef business? After all, the cattle business is a great business and currently humming along through great times. If that is true, why is the industry not expanding? Good question and certainly

News

Weeding out resistant weeds the old-fashioned way

By Lorraine Stevenson January 30, 2013

If hand roguing a commercial farm field in Manitoba seems like an outlandish investment of your time, you might reconsider after seeing Ingrid Kristjanson’s photos from North Dakota. Judging from the astonished whistles by some in the St. Jean Farm Days audience earlier this month, the farmers in attendance were inspired, to say the least,

Crops, News

Practise zero tolerance to avoid resistant weeds

By Angela Lovell January 17, 2013

If Canadian farmers want to avoid the fate of their U.S. counterparts struggling with glyphosate-resistant weeds such as kochia, waterhemp, and common and giant ragweed, then they’d better practise zero tolerance, says an American weed scientist. “That means no survival rate and no weed seed production,” researcher Jeff Stachler told attendees at the Manitoba Agronomists

Cereals, Crops, News

Green Revolution more focused on feeding cars than people

By University Of Minnesota Release January 17, 2013

The Green Revolution has stagnated for key food crops in many regions of the world, according to a study published in the Dec. 18 issue of Nature Communications by scientists with the University of Minnesota’s Institute on the Environment and McGill University in Montreal, Canada. Led by IonE research fellow Deepak Ray, the study team

U.S. grains: Corn rebounds from contract lows on short covering, bargain buying

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures come down from highs

Entomologist tests trap crops and marigolds to repel flea beetles at an Ag in Motion

Daily Network News

U.S. grains: Corn rebounds from contract lows on short covering, bargain buying

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures come down from highs

Entomologist tests trap crops and marigolds to repel flea beetles at an Ag in Motion

Tag Archives University of Minnesota — page 2

Discussing drones

Editorial: Keep talking about farm safety

Strip till beats no till for soil improvement

Yorkton oat processor no longer accepting oats treated with pre-harvest glyphosate

Canadian case of PED virus provided link for researchers

Cow-calf producers’ survival is still about production costs

Survival comes before expansion in the beef cattle business

Weeding out resistant weeds the old-fashioned way

Practise zero tolerance to avoid resistant weeds

Green Revolution more focused on feeding cars than people

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