VIDEO: Remote control lift gate a smooth operator for livestock producers

VIDEO: Remote control lift gate a smooth operator for livestock producers

MJ Endeavors takes second prize in Manitoba Ag Days Inventors' Showcase

Weather on the Prairies can make things uncomfortable, so anything that can make a livestock producers’ day easier deserves applause. Enter the Lift & Go remote control livestock gate from MJ Endeavors out of McCreary, Manitoba. Its inventor Mike Annetts – an industrial arts teacher at the local high school – built the system shown in the video

Matthew Reimer, president of Reimer Robotics and first prize winner in the Inventors' Showcase at Manitoba Ag Days.

VIDEO: Driverless tractors and open-source software

Reimer Robotics takes first prize in Manitoba Ag Days Inventors' Showcase

Matthew Reimer was as surprised as anyone today when he was awarded first prize for his driverless tractor system at Manitoba Ag Days in Brandon, but his invention is worthy of the title. The Inventors’ Showcase winner, and president of Reimer Robotics, has built a system to move tractors – driverless no less, with grain cart





VIDEO: January 16 – 31 “Big Roy” begins restoration

As part of its 50th anniversary celebrations, Winnipeg-based Versatile brought its model 1080 prototype eight-wheel drive tractor, dubbed Big Roy, home for a makeover.

As part of its 50th anniversary celebrations, Winnipeg-based Versatile brought its model 1080 prototype eight-wheel drive tractor, dubbed Big Roy, home for a makeover.

VIDEO: January 16 – 31 New Technology for Tracking Cattle

EP12.3 – Rob Eirich talking with Glen Kathler of SAIT Polytechnic about Ultra High Frequency RFID devices and how this technology will help in the beef industry.

EP12.3 – Rob Eirich talking with Glen Kathler of SAIT Polytechnic about Ultra High Frequency RFID devices and how this technology will help in the beef industry.


VIDEO: Cooking up good things with pulses

VIDEO: Cooking up good things with pulses

Canned chickpea water substitutes for egg whites in making macarons

While Canada grows copious amounts of pulses, most are exported. Chefs Geoffroy Dextraze and Chef Chris Kopp of Winnipeg’s Prairie Ink Restaurant and Bakery share their experiences developing new pulse recipes for the provincial launch of the International Year of Pulses. The event was put on by the Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers and attended by




VIDEO: Resettling refugee families in rural Manitoba

VIDEO: Resettling refugee families in rural Manitoba

Rural communities in many parts of the Prairies have joined the effort to alleviate the plight of refugees escaping war-torn Syria. Small Manitoba towns such as Altona, Winkler and Morden are doing their part to make room by welcoming seven Syrian families – a total of 45 people – into their communities. The area has a