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Some of the animals more commonly known to carry rabies are bats, skunks, raccoons, and foxes.

Beef 911: We all need to be ever vigilant when it comes to rabies

This fatal disease is very rare, but always be on the lookout for telltale signs

By Roy Lewis June 21, 2017

We don’t hear this disease mentioned very often, but when we do there is a very scary connotation attached to it. Rabies is virtually always a fatal disease to all mammals, and zoonotic to humans with no curative treatment once clinical signs develop. Only prevention through vaccination and strong surveillance programs have kept incidence of

Livestock, Livestock Markets

Unknown expectations at latest auction

Neither buyers nor sellers knew quite what to expect at the May 17 sale

By Mark Elliot June 20, 2017

It was a sale that could — and at times did — go either direction. Sellers delivered some 200 sheep and goats, but admitted they didn’t have any great expectations for this sale. Meanwhile, the buyers were feeling much the same way. About the only trends that did seem to emerge were that sellers were

Livestock

Report sees Canadian meat prices rising at faster pace

By GFM Network News, MarketsFarm Team June 19, 2017

CNS Canada — Canadians will be paying more for meat than earlier thought in 2017, according to a new report from Dalhousie University. Expected price declines for other foods, however, will limit the impact on the total grocery bill in the country. In the mid-year update for Canada’s Food Price Report, researchers at Dalhousie in

Machinery

CONTEST CLOSED: Last-minute Farm Progress Show tickets!

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff June 12, 2017

Editor’s Note: The contest is now closed. If you’ve entered the contest and won tickets, expect to hear from us by email. If your entry arrived a little too late or if you’re just reading this item now, thanks for all your visits to our site, have a great time at the show and have a

Results from the 2016 Census of Agriculture show Manitoba had the second-youngest population of farm operators in Canada.

News

Fewer farmers in total, but more young ones

Farms are larger and more valuable than in 2011, but profitability is unchanged

By Lorraine Stevenson May 19, 2017

There are fewer Canadian farmers, and those over 55 still outnumber their younger peers, but the latest Census of Agriculture shows a slightly larger number of those 35 and under now farming too. Statistics Canada takes an extensive look at farmers and farm practices every five years, and the results of the 2016 census were

The Collins Bay Institution at Kingston, Ont. includes maximum, medium and minimum security facilities for up to 720 male inmates. (CSC-scc.gc.ca)

Livestock

Four farmers named to panel on Ontario prison farms

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff May 15, 2017

Four eastern Ontario farmers have been named to a new seven-member advisory panel on the “potential reopening” of two federal penitentiary farms at Kingston. Correctional Service Canada (CSC) on Thursday announced the panel members, who are expected to hold their first meeting next month and to “engage with community stakeholders” on the farms’ possible reopening.

Closeup of the flags of the North American Free Trade Agreement NAFTA members on textile texture. NAFTA is the world's largest trade bloc and the member countries are Canada, United States and Mexico.

News

Canada and Mexico now the two amigos

The countries are teaming up to sell NAFTA to the U.S.

By Dave Graham, David Ljunggren May 15, 2017

From launching a data-mining drive aiming to find supply-chain pressure points to sending officials to mobilize allies in key U.S. states, Mexico and Canada are bolstering their defences of a regional trade pact President Donald Trump vows to rewrite. Trump has blamed the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) for the loss of millions of

Livestock, Livestock Markets

Summer slows sheep and goat bidding

It was buyer’s choice in many cases at the most recent sheep and goat sale

By Mark Elliot May 15, 2017

It was a case of differing expectations May 3 at the Winnipeg Livestock Auction, as buyers and sellers gathered to trade the 233 sheep and goats delivered to this sale. Sellers were hoping for decent prices, while buyers were looking for bargains. In the sheep sale, ewes were of mixed quality and the bidding highlighted

A pygmy goat and duck own the farmyard during a yoga session at 10 Acre Woods in Anola.

Country Crossroads

Goat yoga makes Manitoba debut

Yoga moves out of the studio and into the farmyard as enthusiasts flock to goat yoga

By Shannon VanRaes May 15, 2017

Move over Vancouver and look out New York, goat yoga is taking Anola by storm — but there is a Manitoba twist to the growing fitness trend. “It’s goat yoga, but it’s also more than that,” said Tara McKean, owner of 10 Acre Woods near Anola, which recently added yoga sessions to its roster. “It’s

Country Crossroads

VIDEO: Baby goats and yoga poses come to Anola

By Shannon VanRaes May 15, 2017

Want to stretch and get fit amongst some furry and feathered friends? Reporter Shannon VanRaes of the Manitoba Co-operator visits 10 Acre Woods in Anola, Man., where yoga and four-legged farm animals combine in a curious and unique approach to exercise.

Daily Network News

New strategies needed for Canadian agriculture to stand out in global trade

Feed Grains Weekly: Cash prices for wheat, barley largely flat

The Canadian GMO mustard wars: Dijon vs canola

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