The invention has proven it can successfully reduce rodent populations, but a cash injection is needed to scale it up
An Arizona-based company has developed a rat-control product that could spell the end of the adage, if you have one rat, there are probably more. “I call it rat-o-pause,” SenesTech CEO Loretta Mayer told a crowd at the annual Agri Innovation Forum in Winnipeg last month, explaining the compound her company has developed essentially causes
Menopausal rats could prove solution to rodent problem
Producers slowly becoming aware of antimicrobial resistance
Their misuse has the power to render the most powerful tools in modern medicine impotent, yet in Manitoba there is more regulation around the sale of pesticides than antimicrobials used in livestock production. Mounting evidence points to an increase in antimicrobial-resistant diseases worldwide, and a research paper published recently in The Lancet calls for greater
Manitoba leads country in farm receipts gain
Increasing farm cash receipts don’t tell the whole story, as the cost of inputs like fuel and fertilizer continue to rise
Farm cash receipts are up in Manitoba for the first nine months of 2013. Way up. According to numbers released by Statistics Canada, Manitoba has seen an increase of 14.7 per cent or $500 million — the largest increase in Canada — over the same period last year. Farm cash receipts for Canadian farmers totalled
Population growth not the cause of world hunger: economist
For some the equation is simple — more people on the planet means more people go hungry. Not for Haroon Akram-Lodhi. The economist and Trent University professor who specializes in the political economy of agrarian change in developing capitalist countries, says equating a growing population with global hunger is not only incorrect, but creates a
Saudi millers wrap up program at Cigi
Agroup of millers is taking home a host of new skills, after trading sand dunes for snowbanks to study in Manitoba. Eleven wheat processors from Saudi Arabia have spent the last six months learning all aspects of milling and wheat processing at the Winnipeg-based Canadian International Grains Institute (Cigi). “For me I can relate what
Transmission projects anger landowners
Many southern Manitoba residents fear a trio of new transmission lines will hamper their ability to farm or lower their home’s value
Rural Manitobans shouldn’t expect help from their urban cousins in battling three proposed power transmission lines because they don’t care what happens in farm country, according to a Conservative MLA. “The people in Winnipeg don’t give a sh** about what happens on your land,” said Emerson MLA Cliff Graydon, although he also said two newly
Rancher’s fate rests with judge in cattle starvation case
A complicated family feud over an inheritance has left the courts to decide whether cattle were deliberately starved
Arancher accused of deliberately starving cattle to death over an inheritance feud has pleaded to 13 offences under the Animal Care Act. With tears welling up in his eyes, Thomas Jeffery McLean, 49, told provincial court Judge Mary Kate Harvie last week he was “ashamed” of his actions. Harvie delayed sentencing, seeking time to considerLivestock price insurance in works for Manitoba
Price volatility could soon be a thing of the past for Manitoba’s beef producers, if a proposed livestock price insurance program comes to fruition. The provincial government on Tuesday pledged such a plan in the speech from the throne by Lt.-Gov. Philip Lee. “Building on the recent introduction of forage insurance, in the year ahead
And this little piggy goes to…? New traceability program on the way
Few producers are currently using PigTrace, but officials are urging them to become familiar with the system
It’s coming, so you might as well prepare. PigTrace — a nationwide traceability initiative — is expected to come into force on July 1, 2014, following changes to the federal Health of Animals Regulation. But so far, pork producers aren’t jumping on board. “The compliance rate across Canada is pretty low — no one is
Price insurance for livestock on its way
There’s been no official announcement, but commodity groups say price insurance for livestock producers will soon be a reality
Price volatility could soon be a thing of the past for Manitoba’s beef producers, if a proposed livestock price insurance program comes to fruition. The insurance plan could be announced within weeks, said Cam Dahl, general manager of the Manitoba Beef Producers. “I’m very hopeful that there will be an announcement made very soon,” saidCyber-Savvy Farmer
