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Poultry care codes released

The Canadian poultry codes of practice were developed by a committee that included animal welfare groups

By Alex Binkley July 5, 2016

Canadian chicken and turkey farmers now have a book to go by. The industry has released a set of care guidelines for their birds to help address consumer concerns about how poultry is produced. The codes of practice were developed under the auspices of the National Farm Animal Care Council by representatives of producer, veterinarian,

Livestock, Opinion

Farmers getting caught in regulatory net

By Paul Bootsma July 4, 2016

Here in Ontario, over the next four years, poultry and livestock producers who use unvented gas heaters in their facilities will be required to have them verified for proper installation. According to Section 7.36 of the Gaseous Fuels Code, Technical Standard and Safety Authority (TSSA) requires a professional engineer to verify installations for farmers to

Comment

Farm cash receipts should be stable for 2016-17

By J.P. Gervais June 29, 2016

Here’s some encouraging news. Farm cash receipts should be relatively stable across all provinces in 2016-17. Each province combines a different mix of crops and livestock products that result in varied provincial receipts, but the overall trends appear steady. There are a number of reasons this is likely to be the case. Commodity prices show

Livestock, Markets

Trump vows to renegotiate or withdraw from trade deals

By Emily Stephenson, GFM Network News June 28, 2016

Reuters — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Tuesday promised to renegotiate international trade deals, withdraw from them if he is not satisfied and use executive power to remedy trade disputes with China if he wins the White House. Trump, speaking at an aluminum scrap metal factory in Monessen, Pa., south of Pittsburgh, said he

Livestock, News

Postal workers pledge to move bees, chicks if striking

Postal workers are taking strike votes this month across the country

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff June 28, 2016

Canada Post and its unionized staff have agreed to set up a system in which workers would volunteer to move live animals, such as day-old chicks or bees, during a strike or lockout. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) announced June 14 it has a new agreement with the Crown corporation to move and

Livestock, Markets

Loonie tanks post-Brexit, but benefits minimal for farmers

By GFM Network News, Jade Markus June 27, 2016

CNS Canada — The Canadian dollar slipped after Britain voted Thursday to leave the European Union, a trend which one financial analyst expects to continue in an otherwise uncertain environment. But the loonie hasn’t fallen far enough to bring support to Canadian commodity markets. “Short-term, we’re going to be dealing with the day-to-day volatility and

Livestock

Cattle play role in bird habitat

Bird populations have declined on the Canadian Prairies as grassland areas have shrunk rapidly

By Shannon VanRaes June 24, 2016

As a rancher, Kristine Tapley’s passions are split between the large ruminants she raises and the land that sustains them — sort of. “I probably shouldn’t say this, but I’m less interested in the cattle and more interested in using cattle as a tool to protect and maintain grasslands, because I think there are so

Local news

KAP has first meeting with Ag Minister Ralph Eichler

Manitoba’s general farm organization covered a number of issues, including  education tax, in a meeting with the new Manitoba agriculture minister

By Allan Dawson June 24, 2016

School taxes, red tape, ALUS and Growing Forward 3 were topics of discussion during the first meeting between the province’s general farm organization and the newly minted provincial agriculture minister. The Keystone Agricultural Producers and Ralph Eichler sat down last week for the first time since the change in government this spring. “School taxes (on

Editorial, News & Opinion

Editorial: Time to change

By Gord Gilmour June 23, 2016

Afew years back, while working as a writer for our sister publication Country Guide, I spoke at some length with Saskatchewan-based agriculture economist Murray Fulton, about how farm policy is typically set in Canada. He told me that what tends to happen is something he called “punctuated equilibrium” — which is to say that Canadian

Queen Victoria's statue at the Manitoba Legislature. As in North America, Britain's farmers are considered by many to be political and economic conservatives by birth and disposition.

Comment, News & Opinion

Brexit: ‘Taking farmers for fools’

By Alan Guebert June 23, 2016

U.K. farmers find themselves torn between their innate conservatism and  economic interests that may be best served by staying in the EU

With electronic ignition, fuel injection and more computing power than the space shuttle, today’s cars and trucks never backfire. Our politicians — with less horsepower and far less memory — often still do. The latest may be British Prime Minister David Cameron who, during his 2015 re-election campaign, promised British voters a referendum on whether

Daily Network News

ICE weekly: War news driving canola markets

War is increasing food prices, insecurity say IMF, World Bank and UN food agency

B.C. agrochemical startup gets $1.2M in federal funding

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