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Feed: Ranchers turn to unwanted veggies for feed

By GFM Network News, MarketsFarm Team October 21, 2015

CNS Canada –– Following are a few highlights in the Canadian and world feed grains markets on Wednesday, Oct. 21. • Barley yields in the U.K. have reached a new record. According to the Department of Environment, Farming and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), the winter barley crop is projected at 3.32 million tonnes. That is up

Livestock

Guelph animal science department rebrands

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff September 23, 2015

The Ontario Agricultural College’s department of animal and poultry science has hatched a new name meant to better take in the scope of its work. The new name, the Department of Animal Biosciences, “helps describe the department’s evolution from a livestock husbandry department in the 1870s to the highly dynamic and integrated department it is

Farm managers seek a few good aggies for awards

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff September 10, 2015

Agriculture students may be eligible for financial encouragement to improve their communication, critical thinking and leadership skills through Farm Management Canada’s national awards program. FMC and the Canadian Association of Diploma in Agriculture Programs (CADAP) recently opened the 2015-16 edition of their Excellence Award for Agricultural Students, with a top prize of $1,500. The awards

Livestock, Weather

Alta. cuts ranchers’ water pump rental fees

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff August 6, 2015

Ranchers and farmers renting the Alberta ag ministry’s pumps and pipes to move water for livestock watering and domestic use in dry areas may now get the equipment for half the going rate. The province announced Thursday it will cut the rental fees charged under its annual Water Pumping Program, through which producers, or groups

Livestock

Ont. group to weigh school models for Kemptville

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff July 18, 2015

The Ontario government has set up its working group to consider options for the Ontario Agricultural College’s Kemptville campus beyond this year. The University of Guelph, which operates OAC, announced in spring 2014 it would wind down operations at its Kemptville and Alfred satellite campuses and consolidate its ag education and research operations at its

Quebec Agriculture Minister Pierre Paradis. (MAPAQ.gouv.qc.ca)

Beef cattle, Dairy cattle, Hogs, Livestock

Quebec plans new legal status for animals

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News June 5, 2015

Quebec’s agriculture minister has tabled a new provincial government bill to raise the legal status of domestic and farmed animals in the province beyond that of “furniture.” Pierre Paradis on Friday introduced Bill 54 in the provincial assembly, with the stated goal of enshrining animals in Quebec’s Civil Code as sentient beings — that is, feeling and

Oneil Carlier, shown here in an NDP video posted May 5 on YouTube, is Alberta’s new minister for agriculture, forestry and rural development. (YouTube.com)

Livestock

Alberta NDP taps ex-AAFC staffer as ag minister

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff May 24, 2015

A former technician with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada has been named as the Alberta New Democrats’ first minister of agriculture, forestry and rural development. Premier Rachel Notley on Sunday named Whitecourt-Ste. Anne MLA Oneil Carlier to the now-expanded portfolio, which takes over responsibility for forestry from the department of environment and sustainable resource development. Including Notley

Daily Network News

USDA defends $12 billion subsidy amid farm economy challenges

Canada December retail sales down 0.4 per cent; seen up 1.5 per cent in January

Feed Grains Weekly: Domestic prices remain flat

Horses

Feed: Ranchers turn to unwanted veggies for feed

Guelph animal science department rebrands

Farm managers seek a few good aggies for awards

Alta. cuts ranchers’ water pump rental fees

Ont. group to weigh school models for Kemptville

Quebec plans new legal status for animals

Alberta NDP taps ex-AAFC staffer as ag minister

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