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Call your vet before you go to clinic during COVID-19

Different vet clinics have adopted different protocols

By Alexis Kienlen, GFM Network News March 18, 2020

Animal welfare is paramount during COVID-19 — but so is human health. That’s why Darrell Dalton, registrar of the Alberta Veterinary Medical Association, recommends you call ahead before you go to your vet. “Different practices have taken different measures and different steps,” he said. “Some of the small practices are limiting the number of people

File photo of Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland in the House of Commons in Ottawa on March 9, 2020. (Photo: Reuters/Blair Gable)

Markets

Parliament hustles through CUSMA ratification

Implementing bill passes before Commons adjourns until April 20

By David Ljunggren, GFM Network News March 14, 2020

Ottawa | Reuters — Canada’s Parliament rushed through ratification of the new Canada-U.S.-Mexico (CUSMA) trade pact on Friday before taking a three-week break to help stop the spread of the coronavirus, a top government official said. Canada was the last of the three signatories to formally adopt the pact, prompting congratulations from the United States

Sea surface temperature anomalies (°C) over the tropical Pacific for the week centred on March 4, 2020. (CPC.ncep.noaa.gov)

Weather

U.S. forecaster sees 65 per cent chance of no spring El Nino, La Nina

By GFM Network News, Reuters March 12, 2020

Reuters — There is about a 65 per cent chance that neutral weather conditions will prevail in the Northern Hemisphere this spring with no El Niño or La Niña, up from 60 per cent last month, a U.S. government weather forecaster said on Thursday. The El Niño-Southern Oscillation-neutral (ENSO) weather pattern is marked by average

Weather

Business risk management program reforms in development

Changes expected to be announced in July

By D.C. Fraser, GFM Network News March 11, 2020

Recommendations are now being crafted for Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau on how to improve business risk management (BRM) programs for farmers in Canada. It’s expected changes to BRM programs will be announced in July when Bibeau and her provincial counterparts meet in Guelph. The recommendations are coming after a study by MPs on the Commons

The right combination of horse and rider is very important to the health of the horse.

Livestock

Suitable rider weights for horses

Horse Health: There aren’t clear-cut formulas but there are some good guidelines and common sense goes a long way

By Carol Shwetz March 4, 2020

To date there exists no scientific studies and/or simple mathematical equations that determine what is — or isn’t — too heavy for a ridden horse to comfortably carry. Current research would seem to suggest that once the combined weight of a rider and tack falls into the range of 15 to 20 per cent of

Fraser: In ag marketing, emotions need to start trumping facts

Emotional transparency 'actually goes a long way'

By D.C. Fraser, GFM Network News February 19, 2020

Go to an agricultural event and someone will inevitably point out how bad farmers are at getting their message to consumers. As annoying as it is, those comments underscore an increasingly important theme in Canadian agriculture: communication. It used to be enough to grow and market your crops, but that has changed dramatically over the

Livestock, Weather

More tax deferral zones announced for ranchers

Final list released for 2019 tax year

By GFM Network News, Gfm Staff February 18, 2020

More ranchers who were up against a dry 2019 may now be eligible to defer some income from their livestock sales for the income tax year. The federal government on Tuesday released the “final list” of designated regions where income tax deferral on sales of breeding livestock has been authorized for 2019. In a prescribed

EU flags in front of the headquarters of the European Commission in Brussels. (Jorisvo/iStock/Getty Images)

EU-Canada trade deal clears hurdle in Dutch parliament

By GFM Network News, Reuters February 18, 2020

Amsterdam | Reuters — The European Union’s free trade agreement with Canada cleared a political hurdle on Tuesday, when a slim majority of lawmakers in the Dutch lower house voted to ratify the contested deal. Votes by members of the country’s governing coalition were enough to approve the deal, which was rejected by opposition parties

To truly sleep a horse cannot be standing.

Livestock

Let sleeping horses lie

Horse Health: We all need our beauty sleep, and our equine companions are no exception

By Carol Shwetz February 12, 2020

All land mammals require deep sleep for proper physical, mental and emotional functioning. Yet equine sleep is rarely considered as a significant contributor to the well-being of the horse. Perhaps this arises from the flawed presumption that horses can “sleep standing up.” Unfortunately this misunderstanding can have serious implications to the well-being and welfare of

File photo of a pumpjack in an Alberta field. (ImagineGolf/E+/Getty Images)

Alberta farmers warned against oil well tampering

Advocate warns off 'reckless advice'

By GFM Network News, Gfm Staff February 4, 2020

Alberta’s Farmers’ Advocate Office (FAO) is warning any farmers and ranchers in dispute with resource companies over compensation for well sites not to go in and tamper with the taps. The FAO last week issued a statement reminding the public that “interfering with any oil and gas infrastructure or that of an electrical distribution utility

Daily Network News

Europe, North America face early wave of bird flu cases

Spain reports first swine fever case in three decades, jeopardizing exports to China

Feed Grains Weekly: Good export demand pushing up domestic prices

Horses