Videos
VIDEO: December 15 – 31 Concern over Food Safety in Canada
EP6.2 – Rob Eirich talking with a Canadian consumer on her perception of food safety in Canada.
VIDEO: Manitoba’s dairy farmers optimistic for the future
Manitoba Co-operator reporter Shannon VanRaes spoke with David Wiens, chair of the Dairy Farmers of Manitoba, about the optimistic mood among producers following the organization’s annual meeting and the opportunities he sees for Manitoba’s dairy industry as it looks ahead to 2017.
VIDEO: Fighting fungus with fungus
Adjuvants Plus Inc. is working to register a new bio-control for fusarium head blight. Company president and CEO Bill Brown spoke about it at the 8th Canadian Workshop on Fusarium Head Blight on Nov. 22 in Ottawa. He sat down for an interview with Manitoba Co-operator reporter Allan Dawson to talk about how the product
VIDEO: Dinner is served: Manitoba’s fall supper tradition
The community of Carman has been feeding both body and spirit for generations
Fall suppers have wrapped up for 2016, but the appetite for the tradition remains strong in many rural Manitoba communities. One example is Carman United Church which has served fall suppers to tens of thousands of people over the decades, and come every October, volunteers of all ages help plan, cook and serve a meal that feeds
VIDEO: High-protein yellow peas pump up products
Adding yellow pea flour to recognized products like instant noodles can help improve nutritional value
The phrase “eat your peas” is about to take on a whole new meaning. Researchers in Winnipeg are finding ways to add yellow pea flour to food products consumers are starting to view as unhealthy — such as breads, instant noodles, pasta and breakfast cereal — to give them a healthy kick. With funding from
VIDEO: What’s in your wheat?
Cigi Analytical Services investigates gluten and more
Sprout damage and gluten strength are perennial topics in Canadian wheat production, as well as at the Canadian International Grains Institute in downtown Winnipeg, where comprehensive testing can answer questions about quality. “Here in the lab we do mainly quality testing on wheat, flour, semolina, as well as some pulse crops,” said Robyn Makowski, a
VIDEO: Dec 1 – 15 Grainews editors spoke with Bengt Merkel about the development and abilities of the CombCut
This unique concept can selectively cut weeds out of a standing crop without any electronics.
VIDEO: Dec 1 – 15 Crushing Canola on Farm for Bio Fuel
EP1.2 –TCCA interviews Jasmin Hofer of Energrow regarding on farm canola crushing technology. Jasmin explains how a Canola press will produce meal for your livestock and oil which can be used as bio-fuel on your farm.
VIDEO: Dan Mazier of KAP on grain transportation and the MRE
Farmers from the Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP), Agricultural Producers of Saskatchewan and Alberta Federation of Agriculture met CN Rail officials in Vancouver on Nov. 15 to discuss improving grain transportation. Manitoba Co-operator reporter Allan Dawson attended and spoke to KAP president Dan Mazier about the event.
VIDEO: Bayer Agronomy Summit – 2016
The Bayer Agronomy Summit brought together top agronomists from across Canada to Banff, Alta. on Nov. 14-16, 2016. The Western Producer’s Robin Booker teamed up with Lisa Guenther from Grainews and talked to some of the presenters at the summit.
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