More pork will be running through HyLife Foods in Neepawa in the near future. The company has completed two years’ worth of upgrades, HyLife announced April 3, a move that HyLife president Claude Vielfaure says will lengthen their product’s shelf life and quality as well as doubling space on the cut floor. “An example of
HyLife Foods wraps expansion
It’s been two years coming, but the new cut floor is ready to go at HyLife Foods in Neepawa
Manitoba Pork worries after Chinese tariffs against U.S.
Canadian pork will not suffer the same Chinese tariff hikes as the U.S., but those tariffs will still be felt locally, experts warn
Manitoba’s pork producers may not know the exact impact from China’s tariffs against the United States, but they know it’s coming. The U.S. pork sector has been caught up in the latest round of trade volleys between the United States and China. The Chinese government announced a sweep of tariffs April 1, blaming new U.S. tariffs against
Can Manitoba support 300,000 acres of field peas?
Right now there are headwinds but looming local processing capacity bodes well for the crop
Could Manitoba see 300,000 acres of peas a year? That was the self-admittedly provocative question Manitoba Agriculture pulse extension Terry Buss raised at a March 20 pea producers’ meeting in Brandon. Hitting that mark would mean an acreage five times larger than this coming season’s projected acreage, which has been pegged at 65,000 acres, up
Plainview Colony brings home the bacon from Royal Manitoba Winter Fair
Organizers say the annual competition was smaller than normal, but judges had nothing but good feedback for the entries that were there
Quantity may have been lacking, but there was no shortage of quality on display at the 2018 Royal Manitoba Winter Fair pork quality competition. Judge Jason Care said the smaller-than-average show was one of the few he has seen where every entry earned warm carcass points. “Most of the shows that I do, I have
Discount reports put a new focus on soybean protein
Soybean producers are used to focusing on yield, but the new threat of discounts or rejection has some reconsidering where protein fits in their priorities
Calvin Penner suddenly has a new risk to contend with — the possibility his soybeans could be discounted or even outright rejected for low protein levels. Penner, who farms southeast of Elm Creek, says the threat’s a new one and makes him more aware than ever of the clauses contained within the contracts he signs
Fall stand counts pegged as a better measure for canola production
CanoLAB speakers say it’s time to add a fall stand count to the schedule to see how close that target density really is
Few farmers track stand density after the combine rolls, but the Canola Council of Canada says those are the numbers that really count. “That’s going to give you your absolute measure of success,” Gregory Sekulic, agronomy specialist with the council, said. “When you’re talking about seed mortality, we quite commonly see in excess of 50
CanoLAB speaker: It’s time to check your flea beetle species
Striped flea beetles haven’t seen the dramatic rise here as they have in Alberta, but one of the CanoLAB speakers in Dauphin says the insects are still more common than they were decades ago
There’s a new flea beetle in town, at least according to some datasets. University of Manitoba entomologist Tharshi Nagalingam says striped flea beetles are on the rise in the province, something that may impact farmer choices on early management. “It affects them a lot because striped flea beetles are less susceptible for seed treatments… we
CanoLAB adds soybeans to the agenda
The two-day event hoped to get a better idea on managing canola and soybeans for growers who increasingly want to grow both
Growers were looking for more than just canola knowledge from CanoLAB this year. Soybeans also stole the show. Put on annually by canola commodity groups, CanoLAB is usually a major stop for everything from canola fertilization and weed control to disease pressures and beneficial insects. This was the first year, however, that the Manitoba Pulse
National Beef Quality Audit shows carcass defect cost on the rise
One of the biggest and growing issues for processors is a significant jump in liver defects
Canada’s beef processors are paying more to deal with carcass defects, even though body condition scores have improved. Results from the 2016-17 National Beef Quality Audit show that the cost of carcass defects has risen steadily since the first national audit in 1994 and now tops well over $100 million. The first national audit since
Confronting climate change through the power of plants
Carbon sequestration was front and centre as producers gathered in Pipestone to ponder how agriculture could change the conversation around climate change
Blain Hjertaas insists farmers already have the key to solving climate change. It’s growing in their fields. Ground should never be bare, the holistic management instructor argued in Pipestone March 14, part of an event dissecting agriculture’s role in climate change. Hjertaas argued that conventional annual cropping leaves gaps in early spring and in fall