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Researchers visit six Manitoba farms
Manitoba Canola Growers held its second annual Research Camp in June. Ten canola researchers got on a bus and visited six Manitoba farms over two days.
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BeGrainSafe with a “zero entry” policy
Canola grower organizations contribute to the Canadian Agricultural Safety Association’s BeGrainSafe program, which promotes grain safety to farmers and trains first responders on life-saving extraction techniques.
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Saving forests
“Innovation is the reason one quarter of all forests exist.” Jack Bobo made this statement during a presentation at the Grow Canada conference at the end of November. “There are 3.6 billion hectares of forest left on the planet,” he says. “If we farmed today the way we did in the 1960s, we would need...
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Market Diversification
The Canola Council of Canada co-hosted Canola Week December 6-9 in Saskatoon. The Canola Industry Meeting on day one featured a few presentations on canola market development, including the big goal for Protein Industries Canada, canola meal potential as fish food and massive growth in renewable fuels.
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Fix or set aside unprofitable acres?
Should farmers make a substantial investment to fix their unprofitable acres? Or cut farm losses and set them aside? The Canola Discovery Forum had a session on this topic, with two presentations on fixes and one on setting acres aside.