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Jan. 18, 2011 at 4:35 pm CST

An overwinter bee mortality insurance program will be added to Manitoba’s federal/provincial AgriInsurance program in 2011. Provincial Agriculture Minister Stan Struthers rolled out the province’s planned changes in an announcement Tuesday at Manitoba Ag Days in Brandon. Many farmers suffered crop production shortfalls and quality losses in 2010, he said, […]

Jan. 17, 2011 at 6:47 pm CST

A rural municipality in Manitoba’s waterlogged Interlake region will get public funding to develop models for better dealing with excess water. The Manitoba and federal governments on Monday pledged a total of over $860,000 for the RM of Bifrost’s Excess Water Management Model initiative. The initiative is expected to help […]

Jan. 12, 2011 at 8:57 am CST

Research on cold hardiness in winter wheat will continue for at least another $600,000 with a funding extension from Ducks Unlimited Canada and seed and ag chem firm Bayer CropScience. The company’s Calgary-based Canadian arm and the national conservation organization on Tuesday pledged a total of $200,000 for each of […]

Jan. 10, 2011 at 7:32 pm CST

Saskatchewan’s flax development group has picked up funding for breeding work on flax varieties that can better tolerate seeding into cold soils. The Canadian Agricultural Adaptation Program (CAAP) will put up $500,000 for the Saskatchewan Flax Development Commission, which is spearheading a joint project involving several research organizations and industry […]

Jan. 7, 2011 at 9:30 am CST

A new Institute of Environmental Toxicology at the University of Calgary will look at agricultural runoff among other pollutants in its study of “the nature, fate and persistence of chemical in the environment.” The institute, launched before Christmas, will also study “remediation of terrestrial and aquatic contamination activities,” the university […]