A leaked document that indicates a proposed transmission line in Manitoba will cost $4.1 billion instead of $2.2 billion isn’t a big surprise, says a farmer from Niverville, Man. Karen Friesen, who operates a grain, hog and poultry farm near Winnipeg, said she had suspected Manitoba Hydro was significantly underestimating the true cost of the […] Read more
Robert Arnason
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Buhler Industries expands with Ezee-on Manufacturing buy
Buhler Industries has purchased Ezee-On Manufacturing, a builder of tillage and seeding equipment in Vegreville, Alta., for $14.5 million. The deal will push Buhler toward its goal of manufacturing a full-line of agricultural equipment, said Dmitry Lyubimov, Buhler president, in a news release. “Our goal is to be able to offer a complete line of […] Read more
Buhler takes over tillage, seeding equipment maker
Buhler Industries has purchased Ezee-On Manufacturing, a builder of tillage and seeding equipment in Vegreville, Alta., for $14.5 million. The deal will push Buhler towards its goal of manufacturing a full-line of agricultural equipment, said Dmitry Lyubimov, Buhler president, in a news release. “Our goal is to be able to offer a complete line of […] Read more
Nitrogen goes down the drain in U.S.
Millions of acres of tile drainage in the U.S. Midwest have contributed to a 15,000 sq. kilometre dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico, says a U.S. professor. Mark David, a natural resources professor at the University of Illinois, said tiles are a source of soluble nitrates, which enter the Mississippi River and eventually dump […] Read more
Tile drainage attracts attention and concerns
Stan Wiebe, who uses drainage tiles extensively on the farm he operates with his father and brother, said drainage tiles have drastically improved their canola yields. He told a meeting held during Manitoba Ag Days in Brandon on Jan. 18-20, that 2005 was an extremely wet year in the MacGregor area. A canola field with […] Read more
Integrated pest control needed
Potato producers need to adopt more sophisticated integrated pest management programs, says an entomologist and private researcher from Washington state. If they don’t, Alan Schreiber warned, current protocols will likely cause pesticide resistance and possibly public demand for pesticide-free french fries. He told Manitoba Potato Production Days in Brandon Jan. 26 that the potato industry […] Read more
Growers in denial over glyphosate resistance
The first step toward recovery in substance abuse treatment programs is for patients to admit they have a problem. But for some reason, farmers have a hard time accepting that they have a problem with glyphosate resistance, said Jeff Stachler, a North Dakota State University weed science professor. Stachler, who spoke at Manitoba Ag Days […] Read more
Pork company changes its name
Hytek, a familiar name in Western Canada’s pork industry, is changing its name to HyLife. The hog production and processing company based in La Broquerie, Man., adopted its new name Feb. 1. Springhill Farms, Hylife’s pork processing plant in Neepawa, Man., will switch to the new name in early April. “The brand will be applied […] Read more
Cost estimates for Manitoba power line may be too low
A leaked document indicating a proposed transmission line in Manitoba will cost $4.1 billion instead of $2.2 billion is not a big surprise, says a farmer from Niverville, Man. Karen Friesen, who operates a grain, hog and poultry farm south of Winnipeg, said she suspected Manitoba Hydro was significantly underestimating the true cost of the […] Read more
Scientist issues glyphosate resistance warning
Glyphosate resistance hasn’t officially been discovered in Western Canada, but a weed scientist at North Dakota State University says it probably already exists in Manitoba, Saskatchewan or Alberta. Jeff Stachler, a NDSU plant science professor in Fargo, N.D., told Manitoba Ag Days in Brandon that resistance was discovered in North Dakota and Minnesota several years […] Read more
