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Organic And Biotech Advocates Urged To Sort Out Their Differences

March 10, 2011

After months of prodding, Frank Valeriote has convinced organic farmers and growers of biotech crops to start talking to, rather than about, each other. The Liberal MP has persuaded representatives of both sides to meet this month in his Guelph riding and he hopes it’s the first of many such chats. He wants the two

News, Pulses

Made In Manitoba Energy Bar Boosted By Lentil Ingredient

By Lorraine Stevenson February 24, 2011

Theresa Le Sliworsky needed lots of energy to sustain her through busy days of raising a young family, working full time and training as an endurance triathlete. To keep her energy up, she’d eat sport performance bars, but she was often aghast by how much sugar, fat and preservatives were in them. Many didn’t taste

Cereals, Country Crossroads, Pulses

Recipe Swap – for Feb. 17, 2011

By Lorraine Stevenson February 17, 2011

If dried peas don’t strike you as something to use when you’re baking, you probably haven’t heard about the flour made from them. Green split pea flour, whole yellow flour and chickpea flour are a line of Manitobamade flours now passing taste tests in kitchens around the country as home bakers hear about their health

News

Nutrient Run-Off A Concern When Overwintering Livestock

By Ric Swihart February 10, 2011

Nitrogen and phosphorus loss in snowmelt run-off from in-field cattle overwintering can be an environmental concern, says a researcher from the University of Saskatchewan. Wintering cattle directly in the field creates concerns with increased nutrients being deposited where they may be susceptible to movement with snowmelt run-off, Jeff Schoenau told the Manure Management Update conference

Opinion

A Farmer’s Friend Is Lost

By Laura Rance-Unger January 20, 2011

Many will mourn the passing of John Harapiak, who succumbed last week to cancer. The highly respected agronomist spent more than 40 years of his life serving western Canadian farmers through his work in soil fertility research and extension. Dubbed an “agricultural icon” by his colleagues, he was best known for his steadfast commitment to

Cereals, Crops, News

DUC, Bayer, Support Winter Wheat Research

By Daniel Winters January 20, 2011

Canada’s top winter wheat breeder has been awarded a $600,000 grant to continue his work – even though he’s winding down his breeding program. But University of Saskatchewan plant scientist Brian Fowler says new winter wheat cultivars from his breeding program will continue to appear for years to come. For example, a new cultivar named

News

WGRF Approves $3.8-Million Breeding Tools Initiative

By Western Grains Research Foundation January 20, 2011

Western Grains Research Foundation (WGRF) has approved an Endowment Fund Directed Research Program fund of $3.8 million over the next five years for an initiative to develop genomic tools, increase genomic capacity, and enhance the use of doubled haploid in cereal crop-breeding programs. Most Canadian breeding programs already utilize some doubled haploid and genomic technology.

News

WGRF Funds Doubled-Haploid Technology

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff January 13, 2011

Western Grains Research Foundation (WGRF) has announced $3.8 million in funding over the next five years to develop genomic tools, increase genomic capacity, and enhance the use of doubled haploid in cereal-crop- breeding programs. The WGRF says most Canadian breeding programs already utilize some of this technology, but the full potential is not being exploited

Crops

Phytotron Garners WGRF Support

By Western Grains Research Foundation December 16, 2010

The University of Saskatchewan has received a $1-million investment from Western Grains Research Foundation (WGRF) for the College of Agriculture and Bioresources’ Phytotron Renewal Project. The Phytotron is an indispensable tool in plant and soil science research and teaching in the College of Agriculture and Bioresources. The controlled environment plant growth facility enables three full

Dairy cattle, Livestock

Pros And Cons Of Raw Milk Debated At NFU

By Daniel Winters December 16, 2010

Public health authorities would be wiser to find a way to accommodate the growing consumer demand for unpasteurized milk than pushing it underground, says an Ontario dairy farmer recently acquitted of charges related to distributing raw milk. Durham, Ont. dairy farmer Michael Schmidt said he agrees with public health officials that raw milk is risky

Daily Network News

Proposed Sask. poultry research facility gets funding influx

Agriculture Canada makes small balance sheet adjustments

Federal government funds Quebec organic fertilizer company

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Organic And Biotech Advocates Urged To Sort Out Their Differences

Made In Manitoba Energy Bar Boosted By Lentil Ingredient

Recipe Swap – for Feb. 17, 2011

Nutrient Run-Off A Concern When Overwintering Livestock

A Farmer’s Friend Is Lost

DUC, Bayer, Support Winter Wheat Research

WGRF Approves $3.8-Million Breeding Tools Initiative

WGRF Funds Doubled-Haploid Technology

Phytotron Garners WGRF Support

Pros And Cons Of Raw Milk Debated At NFU

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