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Manitoba in the past decade has imposed restrictions on intensive hog production in a bid to reduce the nutrient load on the Red River heading north toward Lake Winnipeg. (Dave Bedard photo)

Investors press meat producers to cut water pollution

By GFM Network News, Lisa Baertlein November 21, 2016

Reuters — Forty-five large investors collectively managing C$1.6 trillion in assets are pressing some of the nation’s largest meat producers to set policies for reducing water pollution in their feeding, slaughtering and processing operations. The investors, who are members of sustainability non-profit advocate Ceres and the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR), sent letters to

Even pure-looking water might harbour a problem that could hurt your cattle.

Livestock

Check water quality before turning out livestock

Checking and monitoring water quality can help guard your  livestock’s health and productivity

By NDSU Release May 10, 2016

Your pond or dugout water might look fine, but it could just as easily be compromised by concentrated levels of salts, minerals and bacteria, which can compromise livestock health. “We recommend that livestock producers test water quality prior to livestock turnout,” North Dakota State University Extension Service livestock environmental stewardship specialist Miranda Meehan says. Poor

Comment, Local news

Prairie water woes need collective action, not more words

Excessive moisture and flooding in recent years have compounded the threat to Prairie lakes

By Dimple Roy And Jo-ellen Parry March 21, 2016

Whether you are driving along a rural road or flying across southern Manitoba, it does not take long to appreciate why this province is known as the land of 100,000 lakes. From Prairie potholes to the inland seas of lakes Manitoba and Winnipeg, these water bodies help define this province and who we are as

Local news

Women’s 2015 conference focus on healthy soil

The Winkler event was well attended November 15 to 17

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff November 26, 2015

“Don’t treat soil like dirt.” It is a living breathing organism and we must treat it well to sustain our future. That was the closing message at last week’s Manitoba Farm Women’s Conference delivered by Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development (MAFRD) land management specialist Marla Riekman. This is the 29th year of a conference

The size of the Gulf of Mexico dead zone in 2011. The coloured gradients indicate the oxygen levels that present in the water at that recorded time.

Comment, Crops

Fertilizer run-off is just one piece of the dead zone puzzle

More perennial crops and protecting wetlands would help reduce  the low-to-no-oxygen zone in the Gulf of Mexico

By Eileen Mclellan November 9, 2015

It’s true that fertilizer run-off, sewage, and other pollutants from the Corn Belt have significantly boosted dead zones in the Gulf of Mexico. That’s because up to half of the fertilizer applied isn’t absorbed by crops, and in order to grow more food we’re using 20 times more fertilizer in the Corn Belt today than

Local news

KAP pleased with expansion of waterway accord

Ontario and Alberta have become the first provinces to agree to work with Manitoba and others to improve water health

By Shannon VanRaes July 14, 2015

A Manitoba-made agreement aimed at protecting lakes and waterways has gained two new signatories. Last week, Alberta and Ontario signed on to the Lake Friendly Accord, which already includes many mayors and reeves, as well as the Lake Winnipeg Foundation, Manitoba Hydro, the government of Canada and state of Minnesota. For Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP),

Livestock

Test your water before sending cattle out to pasture

Less run-off could make for water quality problems

By NDSU Release May 26, 2015

Limited snowmelt and the lack of rainfall this spring means producers should have the water quality in their pastures tested before turning their livestock out to pasture, North Dakota State University Extension Service specialists advise. “Reduced rainfall means less water from run-off into stock dams,” says John Dhuyvetter, area extension livestock specialist at the North

Crops, Local news

Winter fertilizer prohibition lifted early, but can return if weather turns bad

The new policy considers soil conditions, not just the date

By Allan Dawson April 13, 2015

The Manitoba government’s winter prohibition on applying fertilizer and manure was lifted April 1 because of thawed soils — 10 days earlier than the normal date of April 11 — just in time for what could be an early spring if the weather co-operates. The news was welcomed by Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP), which has

Other

VIDEO: Touring the ebbs and flows on the Manitoba Escarpment, Part One

Deerwood Soil and Water Management Association studying effects of soil erosion, flooding

By Allan Dawson August 13, 2014

The Deerwood Soil and Water Management Association is known for its innovative conservation work on the Manitoba Escarpment’s south Tobacco Creek watershed, a little over 110 km southwest of Winnipeg. Provided with funding from all levels of government and farmer-land owners, the association has built small dams to slow runoff and reduce soil erosion and

Man presenting with a podium microphone.

Crops

Four Rs keep the regulators at bay, MSSS hears

Right source, rate, time and place are the best guides for staying on the straight and narrow

By Daniel Winters March 4, 2014

Widespread adoption of voluntary protocols for balancing soil fertility requirements with the need to protect surface water quality will be far more effective than legislation, the director of the International Plant Nutrition Institute says. Tom Jensen told the recent Manitoba Soil Science Society’s annual conference farmers can maintain crop yields and minimize adverse environmental effects

Daily Network News

Pulse Weekly: India imposes 30 per cent tariff on yellow peas

Canadian agriculture’s asks from the 2025 federal budget

China rapeseed meal futures see largest one-day gain in almost three months after Xi–Carney talks

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