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File photo of barrels on display in a Nova Scotia vineyard. (Tashka/iStock/Getty Images)

Wastewater regulation eased for Nova Scotia on-farm processing

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Nova Scotia has introduced regulatory changes that allow on-farm processing operations to better manage wastewater on their smaller scale. The changes, which took effect May 11, come at the request of the Nova Scotia Federation of Agriculture (NSFA) — which has said that owners of small farm-level processing facilities shouldn’t be treated the same as
“These amazing, powerful women in my life, they just deserve so much more than oversized men’s clothing.” – Tomina Jackson.
Farmit Manitoba, Other

Clothing line for farming women, ‘just meant to be’

A Manitoba-based workwear company was inspired by a family history of farming women

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The women in Tomina Jackson’s family have farmed for generations, but for years they’ve had to work in clothes that didn’t fit. “It came up that we were all just kind of wearing men’s and boy’s clothing,” Jackson told the Co-operator. “Men’s clothes aren’t made for women’s bodies,” she added. “Depending on the person, that
Left to right: Prairie Trichomes co-founder Adam Carritt, quality assurance and horticulturalist Rebecca Sokol, master grower Jamie Snow stand outside of one of their growing rooms.
Farmit Manitoba

The business of cannabis

Micro-grower brings pot production to farm level

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Calcium-deficient cannabis plants get armpits. “Armpits?” a Co-operator reporter asked. Horticulturalist Rebecca Sokol held up her arm and showed what she calls the “chicken wing” women get. He’s got that too, Adam Carritt protested. “You’re never going to wear a shawl over a dress because you have that. I will,” Rebecca said. The weed plants
(Stephen Ausmus photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Livestock

Avian flu hits more Alberta, Ontario poultry flocks

Alberta cases spread north, east

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Three additional poultry flocks in central Alberta and one in eastern Ontario were confirmed over the weekend to be infected with highly pathogenic avian influenza. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency said Monday it had confirmed high-path H5N1 avian flu on Friday in a commercial poultry flock in Kneehill County, between Calgary and Red Deer, and
Workers in the JBS beef plant at Brooks, Alta. appear in a screen shot from a 2018 corporate video. (JBS Canada video screengrab via YouTube)

Changes to TFW program to expand worker availability

Workplace LMIAs now valid for 18 months

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The federal government is boosting the availability of temporary foreign workers (TFWs) to ag and other understaffed sectors under a list of policy changes announced Monday. Employment and Workforce Development Minister Carla Qualtrough announced what’s called the Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW) Program Workforce Solutions Road Map, which the government said “marks the next step in
AAFC’s Drought Monitor map for the period ending March 31, 2022. (Agriculture.canada.ca)
Crops, Weather

Drought severity easing across much of Prairies, AAFC reports

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MarketsFarm — Drought conditions persisted across much of the Prairies during the month of March, although the extent and severity of the dryness was reduced in many areas, according to the latest Drought Monitor report from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC). “While there have been substantial improvements to drought conditions across Western Canada since last
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Crops

Advance Payments Program to offer 100 per cent up front

Feds temporarily waive 60 per cent up-front limit

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Canadian farmers seeking pre-production cash advances under the federal Advance Payments Program ahead of this year’s spring seeding will be able to get the entire eligible amount up front. Federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau on Wednesday announced a “temporary waiving” of the program’s usual requirement that pre-production cash advances be issued in instalments of 60
File photo of chicks on a genetic map of a chicken. (Peggy Greb photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Livestock

Ontario backyard flock hit with avian flu

No commercial flocks in area, feather industry says

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A fourth flock of domestic birds in southwestern Ontario has come down with highly pathogenic avian influenza, this time a backyard flock with no commercial farms nearby. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) said Thursday it confirmed high-path H5N1 avian flu that day in the township of Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation on the

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