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Monsanto Committed To Canola

By Allan Dawson December 2, 2010

Derek Penner was an infant when canola, a healthier derivative of rapeseed, was first developed in 1974 at the University of Manitoba in collaboration with Agriculture Canada. Last week, the youthful president of Monsanto Canada helped open Monsanto’s new $12-million canola-breeding centre at the U of M’s Smartpark. “It embodies Monsanto’s very best in research

Livestock, News

Women Are Ranching For Themselves

By Daniel Winters November 25, 2010

Don’t let the menfolk hear you say it, but women can ranch solo just as well as any bachelor. “I’ve done it a lot of years, and you know there isn’t anything that requires so much physical strength that a woman can’t do it,” said Myna Cryderman, who gave an overview of her 80-head operation

Dairy cattle, Livestock

More Milk From Fewer Cows

By Ron Friesen November 25, 2010

How do you get more from less? Ask the Canadian dairy industry. Since 2005, the number of dairy farms in Canada has fallen by 15 per cent. The number of cows is down 3.7 per cent. But the annual volume of milk produced has increased 3.6 per cent over the past five years, according to

Hogs, Livestock

Watch For Mycotoxins In This Season’s Grain

November 25, 2010

Bernie Peet is president of Pork Chain Consulting Ltd. of Lacombe, Alber ta, and editor of Western Hog Journal. His columns will run every second week in the Manitoba Co-operator. This year’s cool, wet weather not only delayed harvest, but also produced higher-than-normal incidence of fusarium mould in grain. Producers are being warned that high

Cereals, Livestock

Ergot A Serious Problem In Feed This Year

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff November 25, 2010

An Alber ta forage specialist is warning livestock feeders to be on the lookout for ergot in this year’s grain crop because of cool, damp weather. “Airborne ergot spores from previous crops infected the developing heads. This year, there’s a problem with not only rye, but triticale, wheat, barley, oats and even some of the

Country Crossroads

Ferns — Great Addition To Indoor Landscape

By Albert Parsons November 25, 2010

There are many fern varieties that are grown as houseplants. They come in a wide range of sizes and the foliage can vary from long, cascading fronds to tiny button-shaped leaves. Ferns are generally divided into two groups: terrestrial and epiphytic. The first group, as the name implies, grows in soil, while the second group

Livestock, News

In Brief… – for Nov. 11, 2010

November 11, 2010

Protecting biodiversity: Delegates from nearly 200 nations agreed Oct. 29 to a sweeping plan to put the brakes on loss of species by setting new 2020 targets to ensure greater protection of nature and enshrine the benefits it gives mankind. Environment ministers from around the globe also agreed on rules for sharing the benefits from

News

In The U.S. Midwest, A Farmland Bubble May Be Growing

By Kristina Cooke November 11, 2010

Sales of everything from compact tractors to combines have jumped at Jim Lichtenberg’s Nebraska store this year as farmers try to make the most of a boom in corn and soybean prices. “Yields were good this year and crop prices are real good right now, so guys have been spending some money,” said Lichtenberg, who

Livestock, Poultry

Scientists Attacked Over Egg Cholesterol Claims

By Ron Friesen November 11, 2010

How much cholesterol is there in an egg? The question has egg producers and University of Western Ontario scientists at each others’ throats. Egg Farmers of Canada last week issued a furious statement after the scientists published an article saying an egg contains more dietary cholesterol than a fat-laden sandwich from Kentucky Fried Chicken. EFC

Country Crossroads

Food Shortages Are Lessons From History

November 11, 2010

Your apron is your uniform, your wooden spoon your weapon.” If you remember slogans such as this oft-cited in editorials and articles in newspapers and women’s magazines, then you have a living memory of the years of food rationing in Canada during the Second World War. Food rationing was a way of controlling commodity consumption

Daily Network News

U.S. grains: Wheat falls after hitting six-week high on U.S., Russia crop worries

U.S. livestocK: CME cattle advance as brutal cold threatens herds

Federal food affordability measures, food security strategy announced

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