Daniel Winters

What if you could catch up on all the latest agricultural workshops without losing a day’s work on the farm or burning up a tank of gas to get there? Welcome to the brave new world of the “webinar” launched for public consumption by Manitoba Agriculture last week. Linda Ryckman, an extension co-ordinator with the […] Read more

About 90 members from the three prairie provinces have signed on with a new co-op that hopes to develop high yielding, starchy, fusarium resistant feed wheat varieties for the domestic livestock and ethanol industries. But that’s well short of the 10,000 farmers, livestock feeders and ethanol processors that Western Feed Grain Development Co-op director David […] Read more

The future has been looking rosier lately for Manitoba bison producers as the BSE crisis begins to fade, and their provincial association wants to sustain the momentum. In a bid to generate more public and producer interest in the industry, the Manitoba Bison Association will host the Great Spirit Show and Sale on March 31 […] Read more

The first organic dairy co-op in Manitoba is expected to open this November. Susan and Larry Black started changing their traditional dairy to a certified operation four months ago. “We won’t have certified fluid milk until the fall of ’08,” said Susan Black, adding that plans to establish a packaging, marketing and distribution chain are […] Read more

Expect a wetter spring than normal across most of the Prairies, said Trevor Hadwen, an agro-climate specialist at the Regina bureau news of the National AgroClimate Information Service. “For most of the Prairies, I would say wetter, but for the southern parts, it looks like there are dry pockets,” he said. In southern Alberta, southwestern […] Read more

Even though seeding time is still months away for winter wheat, now is a good time to start planning, said agronomist Ron Heller, who works with Alberta Reduced Tillage Linkages’ northeast region. Since fall can be hectic, sourcing seed and ordering fertilizer months in advance can save headaches. Also, farmers should ask themselves if they […] Read more

The strategy is simple: put flax on grocery store shelves alongside all the other cooking oils. “Ten years ago, olive oil wasn’t even thought of. Now it has taken over almost half the shelf space. We plan on putting flax there in the same way,” said Barrie Briggs, vice-president of sales for Shape Foods Inc. […] Read more

As the environment becomes more of an issue in their daily lives, urban consumers are demanding more farm-fresh organic fruit and vegetables, say the owners of a fresh produce delivery business in Winnipeg. Fresh Option Organic Delivery places a box filled with organic and local produce every week on the doorsteps of each of its […] Read more