Harvest Outlook Sours Across Manitoba Farms
Manitoba farmers report uneven progress with 35 percent harvest in Blanchard and Hamiota RM, 75 to 80 percent in Miniota, as wet conditions and frost bite into yields. Wheat graded mostly number two, with future crops expected at three or lower, barley limited to malt quality in a variable district.
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Manitoba Agriculture
John Patterson
Patterson
Blanshard
Hamiota
Miniota
Agricore
Cargill
Council declines joint purchase of road building gear
At Sept meeting the RM of Blanshard denies a joint purchase deal with neighboring municipalities for road building equipment. Council approves property purchase for $1.00 plus transfer fees, hires Fortune's Electric for underground waste site wiring, and sets winter hours. They authorize CAO to seek an economic development officer and approve a hog barn proposal from Elite Swine Inc. The meeting also covers culverts, tax changes, and road and by law actions.
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Blanshard
Audrey Coulson
Portage la Prairie
CAO
Ing
Sam Foote
Fortune's Electric
Guy Beaudry
Elite Swine Inc
Terry Fox
Council
Minnedosa
Vernon Darroch
Brandon
Oak River
Association of Manitoba Municipalities
Barb Peters
MPSP
Froese Bros
Southwest Farm Women's Network Bus Tour this Fall
The annual bus tour by the Southwest Farm Women's Network runs Tuesday or Wednesday with 47 spots per day at 35 dollars each. Participants register 9:15 to 9:30 a.m. at Miniota Motor Inn and visit three groups including Prairie Geomatics and Diamond Valley Enterprises before lunch at a Hutterite colony and tours in Mussumanski’s Ostrich Farm and Arrow River.
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Joanne Baker
Southwest Farm Women
Miniota Motor Inn
Miniota Road
Birtle
Prairie Geomatics
Diamond Valley Enterprises
Secret Garden Tea Room
Secret Garden
Julie Pizzey
Pizzey’s Milling and Baking Company
Angusville
Mushumanski
Isabella
Bernice
Hamiota
Steinburg Studio-O
Wil- Kraft
Arrow River
Ukridge Art Gallery
Southwest Farm Women’s Network
c/o
Valerie MacKay
Box 189
Belmont
ROK
Christi van den Bussche
Manitoba Agriculture
Shoal Lake
Christi
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