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- Plastic shopping bags make a fine diesel fuel, researchers report
- Manitoba highest-cost processing potato producer: McCain
- Lamb co-op ready for spring launch
- Ag Canada drops flax breeding for agronomy research
- Global warming turned anti-GMO activist Mark Lynas into a promoter
- Poor rail service blamed for some Canadian mills closing temporarily after running out of grain
- Production shortfalls and transportation woes could result in nitrogen shortage
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U.S. proposes new safety rules for farm pesticide use
Farm workers, children and other people working or living near farm fields would have more protection from hazardous pesticides under […]
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Four Rs keep the regulators at bay, MSSS hears
Widespread adoption of voluntary protocols for balancing soil fertility requirements with the need to protect surface water quality will be […]
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Obama pledges $1 billion for climate change
President Barack Obama on Feb. 14 unveiled a $1-billion fund in his 2015 budget to help communities across the United […]
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Lamb co-op ready for spring launch
Four years in the making, the Canadian Lamb Producers Cooperative (CLPC) is ready to start buying finished lambs this spring. […]
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Lamb prices holding steady for February sale
The Winnipeg Livestock Auction had approximately 375 sheep and goats for the Feb. 18 sale. In most cases, the lamb […]
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USDA sees pig virus limiting hog supply; cattle prices up
The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Feb. 20 that the spread of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDv) through the U.S. […]
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Plant Breeders’ Rights (PBR) and Bill C-18
As public plant breeders with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and the University of Saskatchewan for a combined total of over […]
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New U.S. Farm Bill fails to tackle big issues
House Ag Committee chairman Frank Lucas, a fast talker by birth and trade, spared few superlatives when describing, in a […]
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Food Freedom Day — celebrate and support the Canadian value chain
Every year the Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA) calculates the calendar date when the average Canadian has earned enough income […]
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Small farms can be profitable too
It’s not the size of your farm that counts, it’s what you do with it. “It comes down to attitude,” […]
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Irish scientists develop rapid animal-doping test
Scientists at Queen’s University Belfast and the Irish Equine Centre say they are developing a new way to test for […]
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Winter getting you down?
If winter seems to be dragging on for you and your family, consider a different outdoor activity — try building […]
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Boissevain men’s wear store still going strong after a century in business
Century farms are rare enough, but family-owned rural retailers that have managed to survive — and even thrive — in […]
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‘Binder Wars’ changed Prairie farming
The 1880s were known for the “Binder Wars” — a time farm machinery manufacturers slugged it out for supremacy in […]
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OUR HISTORY: August 1970
The history of Canadian agriculture is marked by periodic interest in exotic livestock that has not always lived up to […]
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Stanley Soil Management Association annual meeting »
Morden Friendship Centre — 306 N. Railway St., Morden, Man. -
Pullet Growers of Canada annual general meeting »
Governor General Ballroom, The Westin Ottawa — 11 Colonel By Dr., Ottawa