New faculty member
Rene Van Acker, a weed science scholar, has joined the faculty of agricultural and food sciences at the University of Manitoba. Van Acker is now an assistant professor in agronomy/crop management and will be teaching a diploma course in cereal and oilseed production.
The new faculty member is now completing his PhD in weed science from the University of Reading, England. He is originally from Ontario.
Fewer dangerous hunters
Fewer hunters are running afoul of Manitoba’s hunting regulations.
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The province reported 123 wildlife charges in 1995, compared to 314 in 1993.
Among offences that did increase are 35 charges, up from 20 the year before, for having a loaded firearm in a vehicle or discharging a firearm from a vehicle.
Viking takeover
A Norwegian company has taken ownership of Canadian fertilizer company, Nutrite Inc. The Canadian company has blending and production plants in Eastern Canada and northeastern United States.
The Norwegian company, Norsk Hydro, has been in the North American market for 50 years and makes $17 billion a year, 40 percent of that from agricultural activities. It is one of the biggest fertilizer companies in the world with 32,000 employees in 100 countries.
Ag scholarships sent
Agriculture and business students of prairie universities have been awarded $300,000 in scholarships by the Canadian Wheat Board.
The 47 students receive awards ranging from $1,400 to $17,000 a year. The wheat board “upon the recommendation of its advisory committee has committed funds every year since 1976 to encourage the development of agriculture research scientists,” said Paul Bullock, administrator of the board’s awards program.
Just dial the computer
Chemical company Monsanto says customers for its sodium
nitrilotriacetate can get information about the product through the internet.
By calling www.nta.monsanto.com customers anywhere in the world can ask questions about NTA and have a scientific response in 24 hours.
NTA is used in agriculture either as a micronutrient carrier or to limit scaling in water pipes.
Canola president named
Ken Mannle of Moosomin has been elected president of the Saskatchewan Canola Growers Association. The rest of the executive includes: First vice-president Darwin Kells of Elrose; second vice-president Randy Cay of Kinistino; secretary Curtiss Egert of Cando; treasurer Kelvin Bagshaw of Birsay; past-president Bill Hetland of Naicam; and board members Wayne Bacon of Kinistino, Ray Hilderman of Strasbourg, Germain Dauk of Naicam, Russ Cheveldayoff of Blaine Lake, Tom Boyes of Kelvington, Morley Sparrow of Vanscoy and Ted Cawkwell of Nut Mountain.
