Munro Farm Supplies holds farm seminar
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- Published on Friday, April 22, 2016
Submitted photo. Farmers attending the crop nutrient seminar put on by Munro Farm Supplies were advised that optimizing crop yields may depend on maintaining adequate phosphorus levels. Traditional broadcasting equipment, such as the spreader shown here, may need to be utilized to get enough product into the soil.
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
“It’s not what you put on the field, it’s what’s available to the plant that counts.” That was the basic message from Craig Davidson of Taurus Ag at a farmers’ seminar put on recently by Munro Farm Supplies of Neepawa. Farmers and gardeners know that the main nutrients needed for plant growth are nitrogen, phosphorus, potash and sulfur.
Corn for profit in western Manitoba
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- Published on Friday, April 15, 2016
Photo by John Dietz. Roland Unger’s corn fields in Arden, last June.
Submitted by John Dietz
The Neepawa Banner
MacGregor, Arden, Cypress River, Boissevain, small towns in western Manitoba, have something else in common. This year, a local farmer at each location was one of the top 10 in the 45th annual Manitoba Corn Growers Association (MCGA) yield competition.
Ag Days will advocate, innovate and accelerate
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- Published on Friday, January 15, 2016
Photo by John Drinkwater. Manitoba Ag Days will occupy the Keystone Centre in Brandon from Jan. 19-21.
By Andrea Guthrie
Media Co-ordinator
Manitoba Ag Days 2016 is proud to release the seminar program for the upcoming 2016 show, to be held Jan. 19-21. The 2016 program is designed to help producers advocate for their industry, explore innovation for the future and accelerate growth in a dynamic industry.
Another year completed for Acres of Hope project
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- Published on Wednesday, December 9, 2015
By Ron Krahn
Chairperson
Acres of Hope is a local growing project that raises money for Canadian Foodgrains Bank (CFGB). Local farmers and businesses grow crops on donated or rented land with as many donated crop inputs (seed, fertilizer, chemical) as possible to raise money to help end world hunger. Our project has been in existence since 1998 and is run by a committee of local farmers and volunteers. For the past 17 years we have had a field in the Rivers area and another field southwest of Oak River. 2015 was the first year without a field close to Rivers, as we were not able to find a parcel of land to farm for the project.
Farmers, DU at odds over Big Grass Marsh flooding
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- Published on Friday, November 20, 2015
By Kira Paterson
Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
Sometime in late September or early October, an illegal trench was dug at Big Grass Marsh north of Gladstone. The trench was dug around the control structure that keeps the marsh from draining.
Read more: Farmers, DU at odds over Big Grass Marsh flooding
