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Close-up from the federal government’s initial assessment map for the livestock tax deferral provision for the 2023 tax year as of Aug. 10. (AAFC map)

Livestock tax deferral list begins in West for 2023

AgriRecovery work 'progressing,' feds say

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News August 22, 2023

The level of drought in parts of Western Canada so far this year has given the federal government a head start in drafting its list of jurisdictions where producers can get in on the livestock tax deferral provision. Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay on Monday announced an initial list of designated regions for the provision for

An irrigation pivot stands in a field of blooming canola south of Neepawa, July 16.

Farmit Manitoba

PHOTOS: Through the Lens: July in photos

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff July 28, 2023

This month saw more damaging storms, some hitting the same areas as June, while crops from potatoes to canola went into full bloom. Have a quick look, here.

Tiffany Wood, a Scottish physicist is CEO of Dyneval, a company with new semen analyzing technology. Photo: John Greig

Beef cattle, Dairy cattle, Livestock

At Ag in Motion: New tester monitors bull fertility

By GFM Network News, John Greig July 22, 2023

Glacier FarmMedia – Slow-swimming bull sperm will have no place to hide. A Scottish company, Dyneval, has created a new semen analyzer that measures a wider range of concentrations of semen than previous testing methods. This will allow veterinarians, beef and dairy producers to have more control over semen quality. The Dynescanl analyzer is also

Livestock, Markets

Brazil’s JBS reboots plan to list shares in New York

International meat packer hopes for access to lower-cost capital

By Ana Mano, GFM Network News, Roberto Samora July 12, 2023

Sao Paulo | Reuters — JBS SA, the world’s largest meat packer, on Wednesday proposed listing its shares in New York, hoping the move will bring its multiples closer to peers and that a broader investor base will give it more access to cheaper capital, sending its shares up eight per cent in mid-morning trade.

News, Weather

Northern China drought-wracked

By Dominique Patton July 12, 2023

Reuters – About 7.4 million acres of Chinese farmland is suffering from drought, state media agency Xinhua reported June 25 after record-high temperatures hit a large part of the country’s north. About 200,000 people and 760,000 large livestock do not have access to sufficient water as of the last week of June, Xinhua reported, citing

File photo of cattle in an Alberta feedlot. (Geralyn Wichers photo)

Beef cattle, Livestock

Alberta lifts feeder loan guarantee limit

Amendment boosts individual limit by 50 per cent

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News July 12, 2023

Alberta has boosted the limit on the size of loan available under its Feeder Associations Loan Guarantee program, aiming to help producers keep up against rising livestock prices. An order in council amending the provincial Feeder Associations Guarantee Regulation was approved Monday, raising that program’s individual and joint-membership loan limit to $3 million, from $2

Nyssa Guilbert is a student at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine and Guy Hobman Award winner.

Faces of ag, Farmit Manitoba

The draw of rural vet practice

Faces of Ag: Nyssa Guilbert is the first Manitoban student to receive the Guy Hobman Award

By Geralyn Wichers July 5, 2023

With her love of rural life and penchant for the problem solving needed to treat many types and sizes of animals, Manitoba-born veterinary student Nyssa Guilbert says she hopes to work in a country practice once she graduates. “It’s just kind of like what I’ve always known and what I’ve always loved,” said the Anola-area

News

Vet districts get funding

Joint federal-provincial funding will amount to $2 million for new large-animal veterinary equipment

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff July 4, 2023

Rural veterinary districts are getting a financial boost. In a joint release June 22, the federal and provincial governments announced $2 million for “the capacity of rural veterinary services districts throughout Manitoba.” The funding is earmarked for new large-animal equipment. Districts can apply for up to $75,000 for purchases. The districts “provide essential veterinary services

Weather

Saskatchewan drainage work rebates expanded to farmers

Channel clearing, drain maintenance program shares eligible costs

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News June 30, 2023

A program to help rural Saskatchewan municipalities and local authorities cover costs of channel clearing and maintaining drains for flood prevention will now expand to include individual landowners. The province’s Water Security Agency (WSA) said Friday its $1 million cost-share rebate program will expand its eligibility beyond RMs, conservation and development area (C+D) authorities and

Markets

Ontario extends deadline to lock in RMP coverage

Final date to secure coverage moved to June 30

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News June 7, 2023

Grain and oilseed growers and cattle, hog, sheep and veal producers in Ontario now get until June 30 this year to secure coverage under that province’s Risk Management Program (RMP). The province on May 29 announced the deadlines for grain and oilseed producers to submit their completed RMP applications and make any coverage changes —

Daily Network News

OPINION: Understanding how plants pause and restart growth can help develop climate-resilient crops

Moroccan fertilizer maker OCP expects output to drop 30 per cent in Q2, sources say

Feed Grain Weekly: Demand rises despite war uncertainty

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