This year's AGM theme is "Water - a polarizing resource."
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Keynote speaker: Dr. David Sauchyn, research professor at the Prairie...
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Living in Manitoba can get chilly, but when you have the Innovaat furnace that Raymond Dueck invented, you don’t have to worry about the cold. This furnace can heat a small town and believe it or not, it burns straw and is environmentally friendly.
The Innovaat 6+ million BTU furnace consumes a...
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Karin Wittenberg has been on the Prairie Improvement Network (P.I.N) (formerly MRAC) board since March 2010. So far, it’s a great fit.
Karin’s rural Manitoba background and her career in agriculture has allowed her to gain an appreciation of the work ethic and independent spirit of people in rural...
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Prairie Improvement Network (P.I.N.) (formerly MRAC), director Wayne Urbonas has been in the meat industry for over 36 years. With all that experience, P.I.N. felt it was a right fit for him to sit on the board. And since 2011 he has, and he says it was an easy choice.
“Through my...
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CAAP Application Deadline February 22, 2013Manitoba Rural Adaptation Council
The next deadline for applications to the Manitoba Rural Adaptation Council (MRAC) for funding under the Canadian Agricultural Adaptation Program (CAAP) is Friday, February 22, 2013.
CAAP is a five-year (2009-2014), $163...
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With the recent launch of Step Forward Paper™, Prairie Pulp and Paper Inc is one step closer to building North America's first pulp and paper mill using straw. President of Prairie Pulp and Paper, Jeff Golfman says that he wants to build a mill in rural Manitoba but the straw based copy paper has...
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With the recently announced changes in funding by the federal government, and the movement towards increasing (not decreasing) funding for innovation and adaptation for the agriculture and agri-product sector under Growing Forward II negotiations with the provincial government, I think clear...
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The Canadian Lamb Initiative is a multiphase project that is focused on the development and implementation of a new business and operations model for the lamb industry in Canada. The Initiative, which is sponsored by the Saskatchewan Sheep Development Board, tested the feasibility of a producer...
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If you live in Manitoba, it’s safe to say you’ve heard of Peak of the Market and the guy that talks into a carrot. Larry McIntosh is the guy that talks into the carrot; he lives in Winnipeg where he is the President and CEO of Peak of the Market (named one of Canada's 50 Best Managed Companies)....
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It’s a smooth powder with a sweet taste. It dissolves well in food and drink. And it contains many important vitamins and minerals - higher than spinach, broccoli, kale and seaweed. It’s Mativa Green.
Mativa Green is a pure alfalfa powder created by drying concentrated alfalfa juice that has...
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CAAP Application Deadlines
- November 30, 2012
- February 22, 2013
- May 31, 2013
- August 30, 2013
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