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A drone photo from the Sampona commune of Madagascar on Feb. 11, 2022, shows Zebu cattle drinking water from a large puddle created from Cyclone Batsirai. The island nation’s south has been experiencing severe drought for the past four years, putting it in danger of what the World Food Programme calls “the world’s first climate change famine.” (Photo: Reuters/Alkis Konstantinidis)
Weather

Last year tied as world’s fifth-warmest on record, U.S. scientists say

Global CO2 emissions continue to rise

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Brussels | Reuters — Last year was the world’s joint fifth-warmest on record and the last nine years were the nine warmest since pre-industrial times, putting the 2015 Paris Agreement’s goal to limit global warming to 1.5 C in serious jeopardy, U.S. scientists said on Thursday. Last year tied with 2015 as the fifth-warmest year
Year in review: hearing hard truths about First Nations farmers
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Year in review: hearing hard truths about First Nations farmers

Digging into the history of oppression and neglect of Indigenous farmers on the Prairies a heartbreaking but necessary endeavour

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“They said agriculture is going to be your new buffalo. That’s how you’re going to feed yourselves,” Robert Maytwayashing told me. By ‘they’ he meant the Canadian government, many years ago. Maytwayashing is a former cattle farmer from Lake Manitoba First Nation, and he’s worked in multiple advocacy, leadership and cultural training roles. Farming went
Undated image of a participant at the fall ag fair at Rocklyn, Ont., about 40 km southeast of Owen Sound. (Ontario Visited video screengrab via YouTube)

Ontario trims minimum memberships for ag, hort societies

Eligibility thresholds for provincial operating grants lowered

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Rules taking effect with the new year are expected to make it easier for Ontario agricultural and horticultural societies to qualify for provincial grants in the face of a membership crunch. The province on Friday confirmed amendments to regulation 16, attached to its Agricultural and Horticultural Organizations Act, kick in effective Sunday (Jan. 1, 2023).
Ian Tyson, shown here in Corb Lund’s 2019 video for “Ride On,” died Dec. 29, 2022 at age 89. (Corb Lund video screengrab via YouTube)
Livestock

Country icon, Alberta rancher Ian Tyson dies at 89

Musician hailed as 'compassionate rancher and environmentalist'

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Ian Tyson, the British Columbia-born cowboy who became a Canadian folk and country music legend and southern Alberta rancher, died Thursday at age 89. Among his many accolades, Tyson was named to the Order of Canada since 1994 and the Alberta Order of Excellence in 2006. A cause of death was not released Thursday but
(Dave Bedard photo)
Markets

Farm cash receipts on the rise, StatCan shows

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MarketsFarm — Farm cash receipts improved 13.7 per cent during the first three quarters of 2022, Statistics Canada reported Monday. From January to September, those receipts reached $66.7 billion. That increase of more than $8 billion was due to higher receipts for crops, livestock and program payments. The report noted crop receipts rose 7.3 per
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Livestock

Ontario seeking new rules on scope of vet services

Changes also considered to veterinary sector oversight

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Updated Nov. 23 — Ontario’s government is considering new legislation to more clearly spell out who can provide what kinds of animal care in the province’s veterinary sector. The provincial ag ministry on Monday launched a round of public consultation on the Veterinarians Act, which governs licensing of veterinarians and accreditation of veterinary facilities in
Horse training programs need to start with an awareness of how horses learn.
Livestock

A lonely horse is often more prone to injury

Horse Health: Horses are social creatures and social isolation has been found to be among their strongest stressors

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Horses have major advantages associated with domestic life but they have also incurred disadvantages that deeply affect their overall health and well-being. Perhaps the greatest of these disadvantages is the disruption of their social structure due to frequent social isolation. Social support in humans has been found to protect individuals from the mental, physical and
Dr. Gillian Muir, dean of the Western College of Veterinary Medicine, welcomes new funding announced by Manitoba’s provincial government.
News

Rural kids prioritized for new veterinary seats

Manitoba will be getting five new slots per year at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine, and farm experience is the golden ticket

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The province has released more details on its plan to increase Manitoba vet student seats at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine (WCVM). In particular, Manitoba Agriculture Minister Derek Johnson says his department will work with the college to target future poultry and large animal veterinarians. “The health of these animals is the most visible
Researchers struggle to quantify the healing properties of honey.
Livestock

The use of honey in wound care of horses

Horse Health: The right kind of honey is key if you want to try this technique

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Medicinal honey shows impressive results in combatting antibiotic resistance, improving patient welfare and economizing wound management for humans and companion animals. When the source of honey is well chosen, there are no mentionable side effects or contra-indications. Bees make honey from the nectar collected from flowers. Honey is roughly 80 per cent simple sugars like glucose and fructose and 20

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