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CTV Winnipeg: ‘It’s devastating’: Manitoba farmers react to Chinese canola tariffs

August 14, 2025 — 
‘It’s devastating’: Manitoba farmers react to Chinese canola tariffs

Canola plants in a field

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CityNews: New trade dispute impacts Manitoba’s agriculture as China imposes duties on Canadian canola

August 13, 2025 — 
A new trade dispute is hitting Manitoba’s agriculture sector, as China moves to slap steep tariffs on Canadian canola, a crop the province exports around the world.

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Wasp sitting on top of a yellow flower.

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CBC Manitoba: The benefits of having wasps buzzing around your backyard

August 6, 2025 — 
The benefits of having wasps buzzing around your backyard

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A beautiful monarch butterfly pollinating a purple aster plant. Photo by: James Wheeler

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CBC Manitoba: What’s Bugging You? A Summer Look at Insects in Manitoba

August 6, 2025 — 
What’s Bugging You? A Summer Look at Insects in Manitoba

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Dr. Linda Schott

Media Release: University of Manitoba welcomes Linda Schott as Potato Sustainability Chair ‌

August 5, 2025 — 
‌The University of Manitoba (UM) has appointed Dr. Linda Schott as the inaugural UM Research Chair in Potato Sustainability, a transformative initiative aimed at educating students and advancing innovation and sustainability in Manitoba’s thriving potato industry.

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Garden heroes, small and mighty

July 29, 2025 — 
When it comes to gardening, biodiversity and pest control, sometimes it’s best to do less! These intrepid insects benefit your soil and keep your garden healthy.

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Natalie Riediger poses on the UM campus.

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Global Winnipeg: University of Manitoba studies Ozempic marketing

July 24, 2025 — 
University of Manitoba studies Ozempic marketing

Healthy foods, including carrots, strawberries, red pepper, kiwi, blue berries, tomatoes, melon, salmon, avocado, olives and corn.

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Manitoba Co-operator: AI made me eat it

July 23, 2025 — 
AI made me eat it

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BROOK JONES/FREE PRESS Poor food intake and subsequent malnutrition can lead to a host of problems for people living in long-term care, University of Manitoba professor Christina Lengyel says.

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Free Press: From unpalatable to appalling

July 18, 2025 — 
The state of long-term care home food is tough to stomach for many residents and their loved ones

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Dr Fuji Jian

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Top Crop Manager: Grain storage expert shares research on canola storage and aeration strategies

July 18, 2025 — 
Fuji Jian shared the results from four grain storage studies.

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