On Wednesday, September 10th, 2008, Stu Briese, MLA (Ste. Rose), Cliff Cullen, MLA (Turtle Mountain), Peter George Dyck, MLA (Pembina), Ralph Eichler, MLA (Lakeside), David Faurschou, MLA (Portage la Prairie), Cliff Graydon, MLA (Emerson), Larry Maguire, MLA (Arthur Virden), Blaine Pedersen, MLA (Carman) and Heather Stefanson, MLA (Tuxedo) visited the University of Manitoba's Glenlea Field Station and our National Centre for Livestock and the Environment.

Top Row, Lt. to Rt.: Mario Tenuta, UM Canada Research Chair in Applied Soil Ecology; David Faurschou, MLA; Don Flaten, UM Associate Professor
Bottow Row, Lt. to Rt.: Karin Wittenberg, Associate Dean, UM Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences; Cliff Cullen, MLA; Stu Briese, MLA; Larry Maguire, MLA; Blaine Pedersen, MLA; Heather Stefanson, MLA; Peter George Dyck, MLA; Ralph Eichler, MLA; Lorrie Connor, Head, UM Department of Animal Science; Cliff Graydon, MLA

Cliff Graydon, MLA examining cattle feed in the beef feed lot barn

Conventional swine production practices in Canada – economic, environmental and social issues

Karin Wittenberg, Associate Dean, UM Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences describing manure storage/processing and odour mitigation capabilities of the anaerobic digestor to Ralph Eichler, MLA and Cliff Graydon, MLA

David Faurschou, MLA examining the fertilizer semi-injector equipment

Cliff Graydon, MLA holding heads of wheat from the Glenlea field plots

Larry Maguire, MLA speaking with Karin Wittenberg, Associate Dean, UM Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences

Discussion regarding the UM Trace Gas Manitoba (TGAS MAN) Greenhouse Gas Field Emission Site