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TPP under Beefing uP review qualiTy But support remains Pays off for strong » PG 13 producers » PG 23 November 26, 2015 ServiNG maNitoba FarmerS SiNce 1925 | vol. 73, No. 48 | $1.75 maNitobacooperator.ca Year of pulses declared Legumes have agronomic and health World conference benefits By SHannOn vanraeS an eye-opener for Co-operator staff ove over quinoa and look out soil, pulses M h a ve c l a i m e d t h e Graysville teen podium. Last week the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organiza- FARMING EXPERIENCE Seeing the big picture has changed Bailey Gitzel’s path in life tion announced that 2016 has been christened the Interna- tional Year of Pulses, a title that will lead to co-ordinated ef- forts among growers, scientists, health experts and nations in an effort to encourage the con- sumption of dried legume crops. “We are excited to be a part of this… pulses produced in our province are enjoyed locally and internationally, and we look forward to new opportunities to spread the message that pulses are good for people and good for the planet,” said Francois Labelle, executive director of the Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers association. About $100 million worth of pulses — such as dry beans, dry peas, chickpeas and lentils — are grown in Manitoba each year. In developing countries, pulse crops are considered es- pecially important because of their high nutritional content and low input requirements. The United Nations notes that more than 800 million people See PULSES on page 6 » Bailey Gitzel, 17, was a speaker at the ‘From the Ground Up’ themed Manitoba Farm Women’s Conference in Winkler last week. She lives on a farm near Graysville with her parents, Robyn and Glennis Gitzel, and her two younger brothers. PHOTO: LORRAINE STEVENSON Her foray into poultry just after she Women’s Conference in Winkler last By lOrraine STevenSOn turned 13 became the catalyst for two week. Co-operator staff/Winkler other farm ventures, honey production This ‘farmer’s daughter’ has had and selling her baking as ‘The Farmer’s some more recent opportunities to ou learn a lot growing up on a Daughter’ vendor at the Carman take in prestigious national and inter- farm. Dufferin Farmers’ Market. national events that are helping to Y Graysville farm girl Bailey Those experiences taught her a lot shape her future. Gitzel jokes she’s already starting to about the world of business, including Last month, Gitzel took part in look back to when she was “a kid with supply and demand. an international student delegation too many chickens.” “I miscalculated how many chick- attending the World Food Prize’s Global “I’ve had some life-changing experi- ens a family of five needed. We were Youth Institute in Des Moines, Iowa. ences between then and now,” says overrun with eggs and giving them The October event was held dur- the 17-year-old Grade 12 student in to anyone who wanted some,” she Carman Collegiate. told the 29th annual Manitoba Farm See CONFERENCE on page 6 » Neo Nics: Quebec introduces strict controls » PAG e 18 Publication Mail Agreement 40069240 2 The Manitoba Co-operator | November 26, 2015 INE SiD Di D you know? L iVESToCk Famine forecasts on Poultry code of practice a smartphone? The public comment period closes Dec. 4 12 There’s an app for that The free app combines satellite data with crowdsourced data about how often people eat CRoPS BY MAGDALENA MIS London / Thomson Reuters Foundation Insect pest new mobile phone app designed to roundup help aid workers predict where hunger A may strike and provide help in good Insects were busy time was launched by Austrian scientists on in 2015 but not Nov. 19. as voracious 17 The app, which is free to use, combines and analyses satellite data and information col- lected through crowdsourcing using mobile phones, and creates a map highlighting areas at risk of food shortages and malnutrition. Useful information includes how often FEATuRE people in an area eat or whether there is civil unrest that might prevent people from farming. “Today, smartphones are available even PHOTO:H T inksTOck Ode to the kiwi in developing countries, and so we decided to develop an app, which we called SATIDA “This method works well and it provides us New Zealand’s COLLECT, to help us collect the necessary with very important information, but infor- data,” Mathias Karner, app developer at the mation about soil moisture deficits is not signature fruit isn’t Austrian International Institute for Applied enough to estimate the danger of malnutri- exclusive 33 Systems Analysis (IIASA), said in a statement. tion,” IIASA researcher Linda See said in a Obtaining information about vulnerable statement. regions is essential for aid agencies to plan “We also need information about other fac- early intervention that could minimize the tors that can affect the local food supply.” impact of a crisis, but other risk factors, such The app, which was developed by the CRoSSRoADS as civil unrest, are not always easy to foresee. Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien) For years scientists used satellites to calcu- and IIASA in co-operation with medical late whether areas were at risk of drought by charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), scanning the Earth’s surface with microwave has already been tested in Central African Homegrown beams to measure the soil’s water content. Republic. success Farmers Edge has big expansion plans 36 READER’S PHOTO Editorials 4 Grain Markets 11 Comments 5 Weather Vane 16 What’s Up 9 Classifieds 27 Livestock Markets 10 Sudoku 30 ONn Li E & MoBiLE Visit www.manitobacooperator.ca for daily news and features and our digital edition. (Click on “Digital Edition” in the top right corner.) At our sister site, AGCanada.com, you can use the “Search the AGCanada.com Network” function at top right to find recent Co-operator articles. Select “Manitoba Co-operator” in the pull-down menu when running your search. 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R3H 0H1 The Manitoba Co-operator | November 26, 2015 3 Throne speech takes aim at nutrient loading Selinger also plans to move on taking rail lines out of Winnipeg’s core STAFF “CP is satisfied with ore legislation to the current location cut nutrient loading and operation of M into Lake Winnipeg our rail yard in and other water bodies is among the shorter-term Winnipeg.” commitments in the Selinger government’s latest throne speech. martin cej In the speech, deliv- CP assistant vice-president, ered Nov. 16 by Lt.-Gov. public affairs Janice Filmon, Premier Greg Selinger pledges to “work with all partners to reduce election scheduled for April nutrient loading” in Lake 19, 2016. Winnipeg and work to pre- Pulling up rails in the city vent further spread of zebra core would also affect rail mussels. access for agribusinesses The province, in a related such as ADM Milling on press release the same day, Higgins Avenue, which uses said the work to reduce nutri- Canadian Pacific Railway ent loading would include (CP) track through the Point “restor(ing) the health of Lake Douglas area, and fertilizer Winnipeg by requiring the firm Border Chemical, which reduction of nutrient loading connects to CP track at its in new legislation.” Gunn Road location in north That legislation is to be Transcona. It’s not yet known whether the province’s next legislative steps to cut nutrient loading in Manitoba lakes will involve introduced this fall, and is CP assistant vice-president farming practices.