A new partnership with the Canadian Cattle Identification Agency will help Canada’s certified sustainable beef system find out where cattle are dropping out of the supply chain, according to the Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef. It will also allow producers to track certified animals through the value chain, said the CRSB. Why it matters: Under
CCIA to track certified sustainable beef
The Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef says greater data visibility will help it find the holes in its pipeline
Senators get technical on Bill C-234
Clean grain drying technology years away, experts tell Senate committee
Options to fuel farmers’ grain dryers are limited and grain drying without fossil fuels is still years away. That’s the message the Senate’s standing committee on agriculture and forestry heard as expert witnesses were called to give their two cents on the state of grain drying technology. Why it matters: Bill C-234, which would exempt
A literary ‘tribute album’ to rural Manitoba
Bill Redekop’s new book spans the oil fields of Melita, the country’s longest-running polka show and a famous outlaw’s local connection
In 2010, Greg Barrows was an insurance broker who wanted to be an oilman. His home in Melita, known across rural Manitoba as the home of the giant banana, sat right in the middle of the province’s oil country. His boss at the time owned a few low-producing wells. Barrows’ late-night internet research turned up
Senate committee pulls barn, greenhouse heating from carbon exemption bill
Groups expressed disappointment over the amendment, which will also slow the bill’s progress
Groups expressed disappointment over an amendment to Bill C-234, which will not only remove barn and greenhouse heating from a proposed exemption from the carbon price but will also delay the bill’s progress.
The murky future of Prop 12 trade impacts
Canada’s pork industry says California can’t force other jurisdictions to play by its rules, but the populous state has done it before
Canada’s pork industry says California’s attempts to impose animal care orders on out-of-state farmers aren’t allowed under trade regulations, but there’s little clarity on which rules that would break. “It’s not permitted to create non-tariff trade barriers … this clearly has done that,” said Stephen Heckbert, executive director of the Canadian Pork Council. He said
Razed elevator was a 70-year fixture of the St. Jean skyline
Originally holding 40,000 bushels, the former Manitoba Pool elevator evolved with the town
The St. Jean Baptiste grain elevator that burned down over the weekend was a fixture of the town’s skyline since the early 1950s. “The St. Jean skyline feels empty now and it will take some time to get used to,” wrote NuVision Commodities Inc., which owned the building, on Facebook on Oct. 15. The elevator
Envirothon camp schools teachers in science of water management
The Redboine Watershed District annually hosts a competition for students, but 2023 was the first teachers-only camp
Teachers recently got a taste of what their students experience during the Redboine Watershed District’s annual environmental issues competition. Thirteen teachers from across the province made their way to Kiche Manitou Lake in Spruce Woods Provincial Park in late September for a three-day boot camp of water science and outdoors skills training. Activities were based
Producers called to speak on Bunge-Viterra merger
Canada’s Competition Bureau is reviewing the deal, but some farm groups call for further government action
Producers who have something to say about the merger of Bunge and Viterra have been given a platform. The Manitoba Canola Growers Association is calling on its members to provide feedback on the deal. A survey has been launched by the group, based on questions from the Competition Bureau, the MCGA said in an Oct.
Ag in the Classroom expansion plan gets multi-year funding
Organization wants to increase its reach in Manitoba by six per cent by 2026
Agriculture in the Classroom says its plan to expand ag education programs in Manitoba is a step closer to reality after the Manitoba Egg Farmers (MEF) pledged multi-year financial backing. The financial commitment was announced in a Sept. 26 news release. “There is a recognition that most of the population is moving further and further
Anti-activist bill back before Commons committee
Bill adds protections for biosecurity, farmers' mental health, Barlow says
A bill to create harsher penalties for unlawful entry onto farms and biosecure zones is back before the House of Commons after a previous iteration died on the order table in 2021. Conservative MP John Barlow brought forward Bill C-275, “an Act to amend the Health of Animals Act (biosecurity on farms),” as a private
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