Tracy Tjaden

Poor hygiene and lack of attention to safety standards are the cause of workers’ elevated arsenic levels at Simplot’s ammonia plant expansion here, according to the provincial workplace safety and health department. Boilermaker Craig Morrison said workers at the $230 million project grew concerned when they were taken off the site a few weeks ago […] Read more

Reports that the U.S. spring wheat crop could dip to a five-year low fell short on shock value to Jim Diepolder. “I thought they might actually be lower,” said the Willow City, North Dakota farmer. Poor weather, large pockets of scab and a bumper weed crop caused spring wheat yields to dive sharply this year, […] Read more

Red River Valley farmers came out to welcome a new neighbor to town Aug. 18 when Paterson Grain officially opened its new 370,000-bushel capacity inland terminal near Morris, Man. The new concrete facility will operate using three receiving and elevating legs, with a capacity of 15,000 bushels each. The elevator will clean all deliveries to […] Read more

Meetings between the Manitoba highways department and the province’s main farm and rural lobby groups could pave the way for public input on the future direction of Manitoba’s road system. When the grain transportation subsidy was cut, Manitoba farmers were left paying the most to get their crop to port. The change shifts farming in […] Read more

Farmers in Canada’s largest potato producing province don’t have much in the way of advice to offer Manitoba spud growers on irrigation, and they’d like to keep it that way. But as Prince Edward Island’s parched potato district suffers through yet another thirsty year, that could change. “This is the fourth year in a row […] Read more

and Reuters News Agency news As Canada’s canola crop shrinks in hot, dry weather, fears are also fading over Europe’s stand against genetically altered crops. An Agriculture Canada trade policy analyst recently dismissed June reports that said 400,000 tonnes of canola sales to Europe could be lost this year because Canada doesn’t segregate transgenic varieties […] Read more

When Erin Maitland steps up to the plate at the 1997 Canada Summer Games in Brandon, Man., the opposing team doesn’t know if she’s farm raised or city bred. And they don’t care. But the head coach of the Manitoba women’s softball team said it can make a difference. “We’ve noticed something about the girls […] Read more

When Jennifer Mung grows up, she says she wants to be a farmer. “Farmers know everything,” said the five-year-old Winnipeg girl who spent an afternoon with her daycare visiting the Canola Learning Centre just south of the city. The centre, located at Kelburn Stock Farm outside Winnipeg, is the latest initiative by the Canola Council […] Read more

They’re not calling it a drought, but crop specialists in Manitoba say hot, humid, dry weather will serve up a slightly below average crop to farmers in most parts of the province this year. Farmers here don’t have as much to complain about as their neighbors in Saskatchewan, but southwestern Manitoba producers haven’t had measurable […] Read more

The Red River flood waters have receded, but three months and $11 million later, southern Manitoba pig farmers are still mopping up the mess. Governments need to inject $9-11 million into operations of the 105 flood-soaked hog producers to bring them back to pre-flood production levels, according to an independent study commissioned by Manitoba Pork. […] Read more