Manitoba Ag Days: Building on 40 years of success
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- Published on Monday, January 16, 2017
By Miranda Leybourne
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The City of Brandon is looking excitedly ahead to the 40th anniversary of Manitoba Ag Days, going so far as to officially proclaim Jan. 17-19 “Manitoba Ag Days”. But it’s not just Brandonites that are gearing up for the big event -- people from all over the province, the country and even the United States will be flocking to the Keystone Centre to take part in the historic event, including over 550 exhibitors and 60 speakers, including CBC’s Terry O’Reilly, the Little Potato Company’s Angela Santiago, Oil World’s Thomas Mielke, World Weather Inc’s Drew Learner and more. In addition, 17 new products will be marketed at the show this year, all revolving around the theme “Agriculture -- Think Global, Act Local”.
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Old and new ways of bringing in the crop
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- Published on Friday, September 2, 2016
Photo by Courtney Single
It was old meets new for the Single family last weekend. Single Bridge Ranch, a father-son partnership between David and Brad Single, were using their 2006 John Deere 9760 combine to harvest a crop of spring wheat at Waldersee. With the help of family, neighbours and friends, they were also using a circa 1943 John Deere threshing machine. The threshing machine is currently owned by cousin Ron Mitchler, but it’s been in the family for a long time– it was owned by Brad’s great-grandfather.
Vintage farm machines turn out in record numbers– literally
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- Published on Thursday, July 28, 2016
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Canadian Foodgrains Bank
On Sunday, July 31, Manitoba will become home to another world record, when 146 antique threshing machines harvest a field together for 15 minutes.
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Seeing the difference first hand
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- Published on Friday, May 13, 2016
By Sheila Runions
Banner Staff
Ray Baloun began working in grain elevators in Winnipeg three decades ago and for the last 10 years has been the grain buyer at Viterra north of Forrest. Since 2008 he has been the Canadian Foodgrains Bank (CFGB) member on the World Relief Canada board. He has been fundraising for CFGB since his capital city days in the 1980s but says he, “Really ramped up the fundraising when we developed Kernels of Hope through the Evangelical Covenant Church of Canada in 2005. I call myself the connector — I get real farmers across the Prairies to grow small fields from five to 50 acres and I get donors from across the country to provide funds to pay for the crop expenses of the real farmers.
Compost: the key to gardening success
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- Published on Thursday, May 5, 2016
Submitted photo. Without the alchemy of compost, your garden would languish in an inert soup of tired medium.
Submitted by Mark Cullen
The Neepawa Banner
You have a dream of an amazing garden. Perhaps, in your mind’s eye, you can see plants loaded with colour galore, others hanging with fruit and vegetables in abundance. You see songbirds, butterflies and hummingbirds calling in to your place, choosing it as their home this summer.
