Roberta Rampton

WINNIPEG – Analysts say it will be a weather market in the United States this summer. A closely watched report released last week by the U.S. department of agriculture shows farmers there intend to plant less wheat, corn, soybeans and other feed grains this year than the industry expected. “I think this report paints a […] Read more

WINNIPEG – Dennis Hueppelsheuser said neighbors had a few questions for him during the last few harvests of his fields near Lacombe, Alta. He said they asked, “What’s a combine doing out in the middle of a field in all this tall-standing grain? What are my trucks doing driving around in the field?” Hueppelsheuser is […] Read more

BRANDON, Man. – Well, at least it was a chance to get out of Shoal Lake. Nathan Chubak, a Grade 10 student, has goals. He wants to travel, meet people, live in a big city (maybe Vancouver) and get out of his home town of Shoal Lake, Man. Chubak got to meet Carol McCutcheon of […] Read more

WINNIPEG – A New Democratic Party politician said animal rights activists are trying to co-opt her into their campaign against the pregnant mare’s urine industry. Last week, People Acting for Animal Liberation, a group based in Winnipeg, sent reporters a news release stating Marianne Cerilli is backpedaling on earlier criticism of the PMU industry. Cerilli’s […] Read more

WINNIPEG – The chicken industry is changing dramatically because of international trade regulations, but Manitoba producers aren’t squawking about changes to the Crow subsidy. The government will no longer be helping pay for transportation of feed grain to provinces like Ontario and British Columbia, so “we’ll have an edge over our competition,” said Cornie Friesen, […] Read more

Ag students honored Seventeen students in the agriculture diploma program at the University of Manitoba have been recognized with cash awards for their efforts in the industry. Charlie Swanson, president of Manitoba Pool Elevators, presented awards to five first-year students including Chris Wytinck of Glenboro, Harold Rempel of Randolph, Darryl Flatt of Winnipeg, Graeme Kingdon […] Read more

WINNIPEG – Provincial election machinery is in top gear here, but after a week of intense campaigning, many farm organizations are disappointed that agriculture has not been mentioned. “When we don’t hear anything about agriculture, especially with the uncertainty that producers are facing after the federal budget, we need to know what our province is […] Read more

WINNIPEG (Staff) – The outcome of Manitoba’s provincial election could help decide the future of Manitoba Pork est., the single-desk selling agency for hogs in the province. Last summer, the provincial government commissioned a report that called for the agency to be removed in the interests of doubling production. Ken Foster, chair of Manitoba Pork […] Read more

WINNIPEG – A group of North American climate experts says the weather forecast calls for … uncertainty. About 30 meterologists, forecasters and scientists met here last week to talk about long-range forecasts. But when it came down to putting models, research and theories together to predict what the 1995 growing season will be like, few […] Read more

WINNIPEG (Staff) – At times, high-pressure systems and some thunder seemed to move into a conference room where Canadian and U.S. forecasters met to talk about how they predict the weather. Depending on their discipline, forecasters differ in methods of measuring weather anomalies, the factors that should be monitored and the causes of unusual weather. […] Read more