Mud Problems Drive Better Feedlot Design in Prairie Cattle
Manitoba Ag Engineer Robert Rae warns that mud in feedlots hinders cattle comfort and raises costs at slaughter. He advises proper site selection, drainage, wind shelter, and seasonal maintenance to keep pens dry, with slopes of 4 to 8 percent and paved, roofed beds in high rainfall areas.
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Robert Rae
Manitoba Department of Agriculture
Prairies
Rae
Grain Growers Meet on Stampede Herbicide for Weeds
Grain growers are invited to a March 9 meeting at 1:30 p.m. in Miniota Community Hall to learn about Stampede, a new herbicide for green foxtail and other weeds in wheat and barley. The event includes a Stampede movie, free caps, and Foxtail Facts Booklets for attendees.
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Miniota Community Hall
District Happenings and Community Notes
Edward O Callaghan of Flin Flon visiting the W O Callaghan home after illness. Friends and relatives joined a February 12 come and go tea for Mr and Mrs W H Pierce on their 50th wedding anniversary. Funeral of Jim Collingwood held in Brandon. Tom Stewart returns from a month’s holiday at Duncan White Rock and other western points. Three children baptised Sherrie Lynn Dawn Lucinda Dawn Bradley Jeremyson. Tony Rittaler Laura and Shirley Glenewan visited Dale Still home.
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W.H. Pierce
Jim Collingwood
Brandon
Tom Stewart
Duncan
White Rock
Sherrie Lynn Dawn
Murray Sutherland
Lucinda Dawn
Dave Still
Bradley Jeremyson
Edgar Higgins
Tony Rittaler
Laura and
Shirley
Glenewan
Dale Still Home
Winnipeg youth interview locals about UFO sighting
A group from Winnipeg interviewed Mr. and Mrs. Jack Rollo and Mrs. Dawna Derlago about unidentified flying objects. Earlier, Mrs. Lucy Fleury woke her family at 2 a.m. to view a sighting from her window. Sympathy is extended to the Green and Sawyer families on the death of Earl Grey in Brandon on February 15 1978 due to heart failure.
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Winnipeg
Jack Rollo
Dawna Derlago
Lucy Fleury
Stan
Green
Sawyer
Earl Grey
Brandon
Grey
Funeral Attendees Memorialize Sid Riches in Winnipeg
Isabella Jim Lawn and the Georges Lawn attended the funeral of Sid Riches in Winnipeg on Tuesday. Allan Heise of Innisfail Alberta visited with his family here. Tom Stewart and Jim Milne attended a Municipal Meeting in Winnipeg on Thursday. The sympathy of the community is shown.
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Jim Lawn
George Lawn
G. Sutherland
Jessie Wall
Sid Riches
Winnipeg
Allan Heise
Innisfail
Alberta
Tom Stewart
Jim Milne
No-Till Farming Weed Control Tips
The article discusses no till farming benefits and weed challenges. It emphasizes understanding herbicides, spraying small weeds, identifying weed species, and using proper equipment. It urges cautious adoption and collaboration for weed control programs and expects early results from district plans.
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