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Low and slow

It’s a lacklustre time for sheep and goat sales

By Mark Elliot March 6, 2018

With no holidays sparking demand, the latest sheep and goat sale at Winnipeg Livestock Auction was a subdued affair, with just 106 animals delivered Feb. 21. Most market observers are casting an eye towards Easter at the end of this month, and the summer months. The bidding on the wool ewes did not reach the

Livestock, Livestock Markets

Sheep and goat sale wild and woolly

It looks like the local auction is acting as strangely as financial markets

By Mark Elliot February 21, 2018

The local sheep and goat market must be watching the wild swings on Wall Street and taking notes. Prices at the Feb. 7 sale at Winnipeg Livestock Auction were taking their own dramatic legs up and down. The 80 animals that went into the ring were also clearly following the trends noted in the latest

Former 4-H Canada president Rob Black will be stepping down from his role as CEO of the Rural Ontario Institute to take his place in the Senate. (Photo courtesy ROI)

Rural Ontario leader appointed to Senate

By GFM Network News, John Greig February 16, 2018

A leader in Ontario’s agriculture and rural community is one of Canada’s newest senators. Rob Black, executive director of the Rural Ontario Institute and a former president of 4-H Canada, was named Thursday as one of two new senators from Ontario by Governor General Julie Payette. Why is this significant? It has been a long

University of Guelph president Dr. Franco Vaccarino (right) and Ontario Agriculture Minister Jeff Leal sign a new research partnership agreement, with Guelph-area MPP Liz Sandals. (John Greig photo)

Ontario, U of Guelph renew ag research partnership

By GFM Network News, John Greig February 15, 2018

Up to $713 million in agriculture research will be funded at the University of Guelph over the next 10 years through a renewal of the university’s agreement with the provincial ag ministry. The new agreement has been updated to manage digital data and is aimed to provide a base from which to leverage more research

Livestock, News

Gates backs ‘super’ cows and crops

Investments will be targeted at innovations  that will aid poor farmers around the globe

February 14, 2018

Computer mogul Bill Gates is backing agriculture innovation in a big way. He’s funding research into “super crops” and breeding higher-yielding dairy cows along with the British government, he announced recently in Scotland. The work could lead to cows producing more milk, chickens laying better-quality eggs and crops being able to withstand droughts or disease,

Forages, Livestock, Weather

Saskatchewan, B.C. areas up for livestock tax deferrals

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff February 6, 2018

Livestock producers in several more parched municipalities in Saskatchewan and British Columbia will be able to defer income from sales of animals on their 2017 tax returns. The federal government on Tuesday announced its final list of designated regions for 2017, including 20 more municipalities in Saskatchewan and seven in British Columbia. The initial list,

Sale results from Winnipeg Livestock auction on Jan. 24, 2018.

Livestock, Livestock Markets

Latest sheep and goat sale a ‘silent auction’

Few animals and few buyers in physical attendance made for a quiet sale again Jan. 24

By Mark Elliot February 5, 2018

The local sheep and goat market is keeping quiet and watching the action to the east very closely. Just 80 animals were delivered to Winnipeg Livestock Auction for the Jan. 24 sale that saw few buyers physically present, but ‘invisible’ buyers were said to remain interested. There was good interest in the ewes. Most appeared

Our History

Mechanization, ‘that extra hired man’

Our History: January 1960

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff January 31, 2018

More than 100 Manitoba livestock producers had purchased this electric mix mill advertised in our January 7, 1960 issue. It could mix and grind up to four ingredients at a cost of 23 cents per ton. Free trade, or the lack of it, was the main news item on the front page that week. Manitoba

Comment/Feedback, Opinion

Comment: Time to tax meat?

Many think so but they’re advocating for this measure from an ideologically driven perspective

By Sylvain Charlebois January 30, 2018

The idea of having to pay a sin tax for environmentally detrimental foods seems to be gaining more support — but who gets to decide what’s a sin? For some, eating meat is considered a sin, and therefore meat products should be taxed, like alcohol and tobacco. A new report published recently by a group

Alistair MacGregor is the NDP’s new critic for agriculture. (Video screengrab from AlistairMacgregor.ndp.ca)

B.C. MP named NDP ag critic in shadow cabinet shuffle

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff January 30, 2018

The federal New Democrats have picked a rookie MP and small farm owner from southern Vancouver Island’s Cowichan Valley as their new lead critic for agriculture. NDP leader Jagmeet Singh on Thursday named Alistair MacGregor as critic for agriculture and agri-food, a role in which he’ll also serve as second vice-chair of the Commons standing

Daily Network News

Australian farmers shift to less fertilizer-intensive crops as Iran war costs surge

India, Japan canola crops to be steady in 2026/27 – USDA

ICE Weekly: Trade waits for canola to break out

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