Glacier FarmMedia – Hundreds of cattle in Brandon’s Keystone Centre Oct. 25-28 produced tens of thousands of plops, splats and manure splashes as livestock did their business in the barns, rings and hallways. And thousands of times, the producers – especially young ones with little family rank – shovelled and forked the patties into manure
Breaking out the shovels at Ag Ex
A generous side helping of snow added to bedding needs at this year’s show
ASF compartmentalization moves a step forward
Plan not an attempt to download responsibilities, CFIA says
Canada is one step closer to a compartmentalizing regime that hog farmers and the rest of the industry hope protects them against market impacts of African swine fever. Practical application can be developed now that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency has released its National Standards and National Framework for the Canadian ASF Compartment Program. From
At Ag in Motion: ‘Small iron’ revolution brings bikes to farms
There’s a “small iron revolution” happening on farms across Canada. Even though most farmers and people in agriculture probably see “fat bikes” and “e-bikes” as urban phenomena, these new versions of bicycles are leaping into the farmyards and farm fields in hundreds of places. “I have some farm friends who have e-bikes (or) big fat
At Ag in Motion: Farmers gung-ho about digital integration system
'Having a single data point... was number one for us'
For a committed user of the Climate FieldView digital integration system, Mike Ferguson had an unusual observation about himself. “I’m not a big technology guy,” said Ferguson, who with his wife Regan farms 3,000 acres at Melfort, Sask. But for him, using the various data-based management tools available in farming today isn’t just helpful, but
VIDEO: Pigs won’t fly — at least not to Europe
Glacier FarmMedia Special Report: The tariff-free quota access could be worth $400 million, but there are other complications
Our March 31, 2016 issue marks the third and final instalment in a series of Special Reports prepared by Glacier FarmMedia reporters on how the Comprehensive Trade and Economic Agreement (CETA) between Canada and Europe will affect Canadian food producers and processors. No load of hogs will ever travel from James Hofer’s Hutterite colony to
VIDEO: Flax growers skeptical of EU deal
Glacier FarmMedia Special Report: Individual countries and special interest groups will continue to find ways to block trade
Our March 24, 2016 issue marks the second in a series of Special Reports prepared by reporters from the Glacier FarmMedia network, which includes the Manitoba Co-operator. In these articles, reporters explore the implications of the yet-to-be- ratified Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between Canada and the European Union. Western Canadian farmland is a long
VIDEO: CETA deal or no CETA deal, Europe a tough market to enter
Glacier FarmMedia Special Report: But trade agreements offer a place to start the process of ironing out the details
Our March 24, 2016 issue marks the second in a series of Special Reports prepared by reporters from the Glacier FarmMedia network, which includes the Manitoba Co-operator. In these articles, reporters explore the implications of the yet-to-be- ratified Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between Canada and the European Union. Grain-marketing professionals in the towers at
CETA opens the door to new relationships
Glacier FarmMedia Special Report: Once the deal is ratified the real market development work begins
Glacier FarmMedia assembled a team of reporters from its network of publications, which includes the Manitoba Co-operator, to examine the implications of Canada’s new trade deal with the European Union on Canadian agriculture and food processing. In coming weeks, watch for a series of articles that zero in on the challenge Canadian agriculture faces turning
VIDEO: Canola is weak today, but hope glimmers on the horizon
The Western Producer's Ed White talks with the SciBabe, one of the speakers at the Canola Council of Canada's annual conference in San Diego
Day one of the Canola Council of Canada’s main program in San Diego was threaded together with concerns about weak crop prices, volatile markets, food politics and the management skills needed to run businesses in industries that not only involve changing technologies, but also disruptive factors and different expectations. And as always in recent years across
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