Company has made deals with dozens of gov’ts to set up struvite extraction units; this will be the third on the Prairies
Glacier FarmMedia – The City of Winnipeg is getting into the fertilizer manufacturing business. When the upgrades to its waste water treatment facility are complete in 2030, they’ll include equipment to extract agricultural-grade phosphate fertilizer from the struvite in the city’s waste water. In medical circles, struvite is better known as a culprit behind kidney […] Read moreTag Archives University of Manitoba
‘Midgebusters’ seek resistant genes
Scientists explore wheat midge resistance in order to stack them into new varieties and extending the life of Sm1
Glacier FarmMedia – A new public-academic research project is scrutinizing an older spring wheat variety to assess its potential for midge tolerance. Researchers with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and the University of Manitoba are genomically mapping the 2013-released AC Vesper VB spring wheat to understand a trait that appears to repel female midge from laying […] Read more
VIDEO: Study seeks more information on pod shatter resistance
University of Manitoba researchers test canola cultivars to identify genetic material that has tolerance to pod shatter
WINNIPEG — The pod shatter resistance trait for canola has been on the market for more than a decade. Bayer CropScience released the first commercial canola hybrid with it, InVigor L140P, in 2013. Private and public breeding programs followed Bayer’s lead, introducing their own versions of canola with pods that are less likely to shatter […] Read more
Damage assessed as railways resume operations
Glacier FarmMedia – Canada narrowly averted a transportation disaster in August. Now legal experts are digesting the repercussions of the recent labour dispute at the nation’s two major railways. When the conflict between the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference union and both Canadian Pacific Kansas City and Canadian National Railway came to a head Aug. 22, […] Read more
Possibly toxic weed found on Manitoba hay fields
WINNIPEG — Earlier in August, Robert Grieger was cutting an alfalfa field on his farm, but then he decided to stop after about 80 acres. Grieger was concerned because the quarter section was infested with a strange weed he couldn’t identify. Related story: Watch for noxious tall buttercup and white cockle There was nothing on […] Read more
Producers needed for grain bin insect study
University scientists seek growers from Manitoba and Saskatchewan to provide samples as part of their pest research
Glacier FarmMedia – Researchers from the University of Manitoba want to know about bug problems in stored grain. It’s the fourth year of a Canadian Centre for Grain Storage Research project on grain pests. The centre is located at the university and the insect research project is part of the Prairie Bio Vigilance network. The […] Read more
Flexible hiring and collaboration key to solving ag labour shortage
Glacier FarmMedia – A flexible and open-minded approach is necessary to address the labour shortage in the agricultural industry, say stakeholders. The sector needs employees in areas of digital agriculture, mechatronics and clean energy technologies, as well as veterinary professionals. To address this, Manitoba Agriculture is taking a four-pronged approach by investing in people, creating […] Read more
Lab work – photo essay
The main hallways at the University of Manitoba are mostly empty and the campus quiet during the summer, but it’s as busy and buzzing as ever inside the soil science department’s laboratories. Professors, graduate students and undergraduate researchers take advantage of the “quiet” months to press ahead with agricultural research. | Ed White photos
Chickens, egg production seen at ‘beak level’
Officially named the Manitoba Egg Farmers Learning and Research Centre at the Bruce D. Campbell Farm and Food Discovery Centre, the facility attempts to combine three main things: research for academics, industry professionals and farmers; technical education for students and industry people; and awareness and outreach about egg production for the public.
