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PESAI Welcomes Brett Sigurdson on Staff
PESAI Welcomes the Applied Research Technician Brett Sigurdson on Staff. Brett grew up on a grain/hay export farm in Gimli, Manitoba. After graduating from high school, he traveled to Australia to assist with the harvest season. Working on a large grain/livestock...
MHPEC Hires Site Manager for CMCDC Carberry
The MHPEC partners are pleased to announce that Garth Christison has been hired as the Carberry Site Manager for MHPEC at the Canada Manitoba Crop Diversification Centre (CMCDC). Garth is known within the region having lived and worked in the local area. He comes with...
Student Jobs MB online portal
The Manitoba government has launched Student Jobs MB, an online tool dedicated to matching students looking for job opportunities to employers with workforce needs throughout the province. Student Jobs MB is simple and free to use, allowing students to be matched with...
CHTA Annual Meeting and National Convention
Canadian Hemp Trade Alliance: Annual Meeting and National Convention “The energy from our members is incredible,” said Ted Haney, Executive Director of the Canadian Hemp Trade Alliance (CHTA) as the Canadian Hemp Conference was wrapping up in Calgary, AB. “At a time...
Crops-A-Palooza Highlights
Fusarium Head Blight Mitigation
The Manitoba Diversification Centres are pleased to participate in a prairie-wide project to develop weather-based models to assess the risk of FHB infection and DON in spring wheat, winter wheat, barley and durum. The study will develop an interactive prairie-wide...
Governments Invest More Than $4.8 Million for Agriculture Research
May 24, 2019 GOVERNMENTS INVEST MORE THAN $4.8 MILLION FOR AGRICULTURE RESEARCH As part of the Canadian Agricultural Partnership, the Canadian and Manitoba governments are investing more than $4.8 million for 22 projects under the Ag Action Manitoba Research and...
Pollinators and Natural Enemies of Pests
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Canada and Manitoba Announce Support for Four Diversification Centres
The governments of Canada and Manitoba will be supporting four diversification centres, Federal Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay and Manitoba Agriculture Minister Ralph Eichler announced today. “Our government is a strong supporter of innovation in the...