A new broadleaf weed herbicide with a new mode of action is expected to be available to prairie grain farmers next spring. Field-tested in North America since 2000, and already registered and selling in the United States, pyrasulfotole is the first herbicide in 20 years to feature a new mode of action. It will be […] Read more
Stories by Daniel Winters
Manitoba pelted by hail
More than 100 crop insurance claims have been filed following an intense thunderstorm that struck the parkland region of Manitoba Aug. 9, especially in the Grandview area. A source at the insurance division of Manitoba Agriculture Services Corp. said a number of fields in the area had been hailed out. Alvin Dykun, who farms near […] Read more
Meat processors want additive OK
The Canadian Meat Council has been waiting almost 10 years for Health Canada to rule on whether to permit the use of potassium and sodium lactates as food preservatives in raw, cut meat products. Widely used in the United States for more than a decade, both preservatives are allowed in Canadian cooked meat products due […] Read more
Manitoba spends more on Lake Winnipeg research
Manitoba plans to spend $965,000 this year on research about Lake Winnipeg, including support for the Lake Winnipeg Research Consortium and the research ship Namao, according to water stewardship minister Christine Melnick. The province said this is in addition to the $80 million to be allocated this year for programs protecting and managing Manitoba’s water […] Read more
Grazing mentors help others succeed
If trying to make a living in the cattle business feels like banging your head against a wall, maybe it’s time to seek professional help. With the Sustainable Grazing Mentorship Program recently launched by the Manitoba Forage Council, practical, hands-on advice from active producers who have learned how to make intensive grazing work is now […] Read more
Anthrax continues to pound Manitoba
The death toll in Manitoba’s anthrax outbreak has risen to 58 animals, all cattle, except for one horse and two goats, according to Sandra Stephens, a disease control specialist with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. Twenty quarter sections of land owned by about 20 farmers have been quarantined near Komarno in Manitoba’s Interlake, about 70 […] Read more
Farmers get emergency strychnine permission
Farmers battling a gopher plague in southwestern Saskatchewan are hoping that a one year emergency registration for the use of two-percent strychnine in poison baits will turn the tide in their war against the destructive varmints. Allan Oliver, reeve of the Rural Municipality of Auvergne, said local ranchers and grain farmers have been waiting five […] Read more
Prairie spuds show promise
With potatoes for processing and the table already being dug up in some areas, it looks like a good year for prairie growers. Some of the best early chipping and baby spuds being harvested are tipping the scales at more than 10 ounces, said Tom Gonsalves, a business development specialist in charge of potatoes for […] Read more
Spread benefits of manure around: scientist
Media attention has been focused lately on how livestock manure affects the health of Lake Winnipeg, but a University of Manitoba soil scientist says cattle producers need to start protecting their own water supplies. “Nobody as far as I know has lost an animal due to blue-green algae toxicity in Lake Winnipeg, but farmers every […] Read more
Grazing operation benefits from rotations, hog manure deals
Steinbach, Man. – If a market-savvy cattle producer had lots of land, grass and a highly efficient operation, how much money could he make buying yearlings in the spring and selling them in the fall? With all of those cards in his hand, Robert Krentz of Evergreen Land and Cattle Co. Ltd. near Steinbach, Man., […] Read more
