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Study finds organic’s sustainability ‘context-dependent’

When weighed for sustainability, the purported benefits and costs of organic agriculture can actually “vary heavily” from case to case, a new University of British Columbia study finds. The UBC study, titled “Many shades of gray: The context-dependent performance of organic agriculture,” published Friday in the U.S. journal Science Advances, sets out to “systematically review

Livestock

Caterpillar says compliant with tax laws after IRS claim

By GFM Network News, Reuters March 11, 2017

Reuters — Caterpillar Inc. said Friday it was compliant with tax laws, a week after federal law enforcement officials raided three of the company’s buildings in connection with a probe into the heavy machinery manufacturer’s offshore tax practices. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has challenged the company’s taxes for the years 2007-2012, the company said

Southeastern Saskatchewan’s accumulated snowpack, as shown here east of Weyburn on March 9, i expected to lead to above-normal runoff in the area. (Leeann Minogue photo)

Crops, Weather

Runoff levels up in Saskatchewan’s forecast

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff March 9, 2017

Saskatchewan has raised its expectations for spring runoff across the board, now predicting “near normal” levels for much of the province and “above normal” to “well above normal” levels in its southeast. The province’s Water Security Agency on Thursday released a March spring runoff forecast pointing to two “areas of concern” — the province’s far

Proposed labour rules for Alberta farms go public

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff March 6, 2017

The Alberta public will get about a month to speak its mind on proposed changes to provincial labour laws, with the goal of applying those changes to farms and ranches. The province on Monday released a pair of reports from technical working groups (TWGs) reviewing farm and ranch operations’ status under the Employment Standards Code

Livestock

B.C. rural plan includes livestock tag reader rebate

By GFM Network News March 3, 2017

A new provincial rural economic development strategy for British Columbia includes extra money for livestock and invasive plant programs, among them a new rebate plan for livestock tag readers. The province on Friday released “Building on our Rural Advantages: B.C.’s Rural Economic Development Strategy,” a document laying out investments expected to support up to 26,600

Livestock

U.S. authorities raid Caterpillar’s Illinois facilities

By GFM Network News March 2, 2017

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. federal law enforcement officials searched three facilities of heavy machinery manufacturer Caterpillar on Thursday, prompting a sharp sell-off in the company’s stock. A spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney Office for the Central District of Illinois, Sharon Paul, confirmed that federal law enforcement officials conducted searches at locations in Peoria, East

Premier Stephen Harper and Manitoba Premier Greg Selinger examine flooded areas around Brandon in July 2014. (PMO photo by Jill Thompson)

Livestock, Weather

Major flood risks seen in southern Manitoba

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff February 27, 2017

Areas of Manitoba are at moderate to major risk of flooding, according to the province’s first full flood outlook for the spring. Levels of future snowfall and/or rainfall, the timing and speed of snowmelt, and the runoff timing in Manitoba, the U.S., Saskatchewan and Ontario are still “key factors,” the provincial government said Monday in

B.C. Agriculture Minister Norm Letnick, shown here last month in Kelowna, ordered new performance measures last year for the province’s Agricultural Land Commission. (Government of British Columbia photo)

Crops

Extra funds, orders help B.C. ALC clear backlog

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff February 25, 2017

British Columbia’s Agricultural Land Commission credits new funding, and a new regime of performance measures, with helping it to clear its backlog of applications. The ALC, the tribunal overseeing provincial measures to conserve farmland and enable farming-related land use, recently announced it has “eliminated” a backlog of 185 applications — and has processed over 90

A rail car from SGCC’s fleet. (Dave Bedard photo)

Crops, Weather

Warm Saskatchewan weather spells early load limits

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff February 22, 2017

A long spell of spring-like weather in Saskatchewan’s southwest has softened roads to the point where winter weights are about to be removed. Increased winter weights will end in southwestern Saskatchewan, including several major roads and 70 rural municipalities, starting at 12:01 a.m. Friday (Feb. 24), the provincial highways department announced Wednesday. Affected roads will

Swaledale, a dale (valley) in Yorkshire. (CIA.gov)

Livestock

U.K. farming minister seeks big changes to farm policy post-Brexit

By GFM Network News, Nigel Hunt February 21, 2017

Birmingham | Reuters –– Britain’s farm policy is set for a major shake-up when the country leaves the European Union because the current system is poor value for money, has too much red tape and provides few incentives to use the latest technologies, farming and environment minister Andrea Leadsom said Tuesday. Leadsom said she was

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Hay

Study finds organic’s sustainability ‘context-dependent’

Caterpillar says compliant with tax laws after IRS claim

Runoff levels up in Saskatchewan’s forecast

Proposed labour rules for Alberta farms go public

B.C. rural plan includes livestock tag reader rebate

U.S. authorities raid Caterpillar’s Illinois facilities

Major flood risks seen in southern Manitoba

Extra funds, orders help B.C. ALC clear backlog

Warm Saskatchewan weather spells early load limits

U.K. farming minister seeks big changes to farm policy post-Brexit

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