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Options Abound For Improving Phosphorus Management

By Laura Rance-Unger March 4, 2010

“The underlying problem leading to food waste stems in part from consumer behaviours supported by an economic system built to produce more than we need.” Anew report by the International Institute for Sustainable Development outlines several avenues that could be explored to improve phosphorus management: Another case for local food networks: “Cycling phosphorus exported in

Opinion

Your Sewer System Could Cost You Big Dollars

March 4, 2010

Many rural Manitoba residents are in for a big surprise, a costly surprise if they have a sewage injector system and plan to sell or transfer their farm in the future. In case you haven’t heard, our present elected government has, in their wisdom, passed legislation condemning above-ground sewage ejectors as ground and water polluters.

Hogs, Livestock

Manure-Processing Projects Approved For Funding

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff March 4, 2010

A hog manure lagoon and a combined hog/ chicken manure lagoon will be used in the project. Test projects to separate useful fertilizer out of liquid manure and to compost solids will get underway this spring with public and producer funding. Hog producer Hytek plans to assess a manure treatment system that separates out crop

Crops

Government Delivers Energy Loans For Farmers

By AAFC February 25, 2010

Canadian agriculture producers and agribusiness operators who are considering the use of renewable energy sources in their business will soon have a new financing option thanks to a new Energy Loan announced Feb. 22 by Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz. The Farm Credit Canada (FCC) Energy Loan is designed to assist producers and agribusiness owners who

Country Crossroads

Province Looks To Reduce Impact Of Plastic Bags

By Manitoba Government Release December 17, 2009

Manitobans are being asked for their views on the best way to reduce the impact of plastic bags on the environment, Conservation Minister Bill Blaikie announced Dec. 7. “We want to hear what Manitobans think and we want to work with shoppers, vendors and bag manufacturers,” said Blaikie. Manitoba was the first province in Canada

Cereals, Opinion

Manitoba Farmer Gives Commons Committee An Earful

By Alex Binkley August 20, 2009

Politicians and farm groups spend too much time debating marketing boards, the Canadian Wheat Board and farm safety nets and not enough on what will really help producers, a southwestern Manitoba farmer told the Commons agriculture committee recently. “Those three areas of policy suck 90 per cent of the oxygen out of the ag policy

Livestock

Carbon Offsets Could Reduce The Stink From Manure Lagoons

By Allan Dawson July 16, 2009

“Ninety-five per cent of the odour is gone.” – LEONARD HOFER Cutting the stink from manure storage lagoons doesn’t earn farmers a cent, but capturing and destroying the methane lagoons create might. Preferred Carbon, Farmers Edge Precision Consulting, the University of Manitoba and Starlite Colony have set up a pilot project to study to see

Crops

Switching The Ratios

By Daniel Winters April 2, 2009

The key to Elaine Ingham’s approach to enhancing soil fertility lies in adjusting the ratio of fungi to bacteria. For grasses, vegetables and brassicas, the optimal fungi to bacteria (F:B) ratio is 0.75:1, compared to 1:1 for row crops, and anywhere from 5:1 to 1,000:1 for old-growth forests, he said. Weeds, as hardier pioneer species,

News

$82 million to flow to rural and northern Manitoba

By Lorraine Stevenson January 29, 2009

“It goes a long way and it’s good to see this money is going out to rural and northern Manitoba.” – Association of Manitoba Municipalities President Doug Dobrowolski Smaller communities and cities in Manitoba are getting $82 million this year to help repair water and sewer systems, roads and bridges and recreational facilities. Recently Federal

Beef cattle, Livestock

Study measures methane in belching

By Bonnie Baltessen November 6, 2008

“What we want to find out is, what is the safe level of corn to supplement without having to compromise the productivity of the cow, and what happens to methane.” – ERMI AS KEBREAB Less methane is belched into the atmosphere by grain-fed cattle, but that doesn’t necessarily translate to lower greenhouse gas reduction. A

Daily Network News

Klassen: Weaker fed market weighs on feeder cattle prices

Women who fed a nation

U.S. grains: Soybeans rise on China demand hopes; corn and wheat rebound

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