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NCLE SPECIAL SEMINAR - Environmentally sustainable food production: What is the role for animal agriculture? Watch the full seminar, including Henry Janzen's presentation, panel response and audience questions here Requires RealPlayer ( free download)

Funding announced for new NCLE Agricultural By-Products Processing Research and Demonstration Facility
Media Release Excerpt: The Governments of Canada and Manitoba are investing $999,500 in a new research facility to support the province's livestock producers in addressing production efficiency and environmental challenges. Funding from the Canada-Manitoba Western Economic Partnership Agreement (WEPA). This new facility is an initiative of Manitoba Pork and the National Centre for Livestock and the Environment. Construction slated to begin spring 2011. Learn more

Management team for the Bruce D. Campbell Farm and Food Discovery Centre now in place
The Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences is pleased to announce the appointment of Guy Robbins as visitor services manager and Lorrie Koroscil as assistant manager of the Discovery Centre, expected to officially open in spring 2011. See the release

NCLE delegation visits Texas A&M University
Texas AgriLife Research at Texas A&M hosted Christine Rawluk (NCLE Research Development Coordinator), Kim Ominski (forage-beef systems researcher) and Julieta Frank (pricing, marketing and risk management researcher) during their visit February 3rd and 4th. Research and extension at Texas AgriLife takes place at Texas A&M and thirteen R&E Centers around the state. The group met with individuals from a number of these centers and gained some hands-on learning at a nearby beef research center. The group also met with the Texas Farm Bureau, who visited NCLE last fall as part of a cross-Canada mission. The visit was arranged by the AAFC Market and Industry Services Branch Manitoba office and the Canadian Consulate General in Dallas.

Official naming ceremony and groundbreaking for the
Bruce D. Campbell Farm & Food Discovery Centre
The Discovery Centre will feature exhibits of all aspects of food production, from farming practices to retail sales and will showcase the broad range of careers in the agri-food industry. With 30,000 visitors anticipated annually, the Discovery Centre will be a valuable food production experience for students and families of all ages. The ceremony for the 8,280 square-foot facility, formerly known as the Glenlea Farm Education Centre, took place on December 14, 2009 at the Glenlea Research Station. Construction is scheduled for completion in late 2010. To learn more about the Centre, visit http://www.ffdc.ca

NCLE and Animal Science dairy research showcased at annual Manitoba Dairy Conference
Kees Plaizer, dairy researcher, highlighted some of the dairy research taking place at the Glenlea Research Station as well as some current and upcoming multi-disciplinary NCLE projects during an invited presentation. The University of Manitoba/NCLE research display at the conference provided a good opportunity for Kees and Christine Rawluk, NCLE Research Development Coordinator, to also have one-on-one conversations with conference goers.

NCLE and partners MLMMI, MAFRI and the Manitoba Manure Management Advisory Committee host “Achieving Manure P Balance in Manitoba - Technical Workshop”
On November 30th and December 1st, government, industry and research leaders came together to share current information on available feed, crop/land and manure management options for balancing P and to identify research and extension priorities and develop strategically-minded, objectives-oriented action plans that will help Manitoba livestock producers manage manure phosphorus for balance. Look for a special newsletter feature issue on “Achieving Manure P Balance in Manitoba – Strategic Action Plan for Research and Extension” in the new year. Don Flaten, Soil Science, Nazim Cicek, Biosystems Engineering, and Christine Rawluk, National Centre for Livestock and the Environment, presented.  UM/NCLE researchers Kees Plaizier, Martin Nyachoti, Derek Brewin, Chad Lawley, Charles Grant, Mario Tenuta and Wole Akinremi participated. Visit the website for more details http://pworkshop2009.com

Manitoba Cattle Producers Association members visit Glenlea Research Station
On October 6, NCLE hosted members of the Manitoba Cattle Producers Association at the Glenlea Research Station. During the visit researchers described recent forage-beef research projects, emphasizing the value of multidisciplinary research and partnerships in benefiting the sustainability of Manitoba's cattle industry. NCLE/UM researchers Kim Ominksi, Karin Wittenberg, Don Flaten, Laurie Connor, Denis Krause, Mario Tenuta, Gary Crow, Derek Brewin and Julieta Frank, ruminant technician Terri Garner, and NCLE Research Coordinator Christine Rawluk hosted.

Texas Farm Bureau delegates visit the National Centre for Livestock and the Environment
NLCE researchers hosted delegates of the TFB as well as represehtatives of the Canadian Consulate General in Dallas and AAFC, sharing research and Manitoba livestock production information. The TFB included NCLE as part of their trans-Canada visit the first week of September. NCLE researchers Don Flaten, Laurie Connor, Kim Ominski, Kees Plaizier and Nazim Cicek and NCLE Coordinator Christine Rawluk hosted.

NCLE Research Project Featured in ARDI Video Clip
NCLE PhD candidate Joe Ackerman describes his research looking at ways to improve phosphorus recovery and recycling from hog lagoons. Joe’s project is the first ARDI-funded project featured in ARDI’s latest communication initiative – video clips! Video link courtesy of Rhea Yates, ARDI Communications Coordinator.

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Hear what NCLE researchers in the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences are saying on University News.
Ongoing since November, 2008.

Highlights:
2010
Francis Zvomuya, bioremediation of contaminated soils - Jan 15 & 20, February 25, 2010
Joe Ackerman, low cost phosphorus removal technology - February 12 & 16
Kim Ominski, anticipated outcomes of visit to Texas A&M - February 17 & 18
Christine Rawluk, value of visit to Texas A&M - February 10 & 11
Martin Nyachoti, water use in swine barns - February 8 & 9
Bill Guenter, benefits of enriched poultry cages - January 29 & February 1
Rick Holley, pathogens in livestock feed - January 28
Wendy Molnar, Farm and Food Discovery Centre update - January 25 and 26
Kees Plaizier, reducing risk of SARA in dairy cows

2009
Don Flaten, P loss during snowmelt - September 23, 2009
Martin Nyachoti, swine nutrition - September 2 & 10, 2009
Mario Tenuta, applied soil ecology - July 8 & 16, 2009
Gary Johnson, resource and environmental economics - July 13, 2009
Karin Wittenberg, Glenlea Farm Education Centre - June 29, 2009
Denis Krause, manure pathogen survival during overwintering - June 19, 2009
Nazim Cicek, biosystems engineering - May 11 & 12, 2009
Christine Rawluk, NCLE research development coordinator - May 6, 2009
Don Flaten, soil fertility - May 7 & 8; April 23 & 24, 2009
Rick Holley, food and feed microbiology - April 17 & 20, 2009
Karin Wittenberg, enteric methane emissions, forage utilization - April 15 & 16, 2009
Martin Nyachoti, swine nutrition- March 23 & 24, 2009
Brian Amiro, micrometeorology
Derek Brewin, regional economics
Mario Tenuta, applied soil ecology
Wole Akinremi, soil physics and chemodynamics
Martin Entz, cropping systems
Francis Zvomuya, land reclamation and remediation
Laurie Connor, swine reproduction
Jim House, nutritional biochemistry
Ermias Kebreab, modeling of sustainable agricultural production systems

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