Expert says pasture rotation is key and since barber pole worms stay low, allowing pastures to grow a bit higher before grazing can help
With two hot and wet summers under their belts, Manitoba sheep producers need to be on guard against the barber pole worm. “It’s a problem in all of North America, and actually most of the world,” said Dr. Reuben Neumier, a veterinarian who raises sheep between Virden and Pipestone. “This is the parasite that causesSheep producers warned to be on the lookout for deadly parasite
Lamb prices fall back to earth
Sheep prices are down, way down from when Gail Kasprick decided to get into the business. But she’s looking at the bright side. “It sounds as though it’s going to improve,” the Neepawa-area producer said while attending a session on sheep marketing at Ag Days. “But for someone like me just getting into it, it
COOL damage pegged at $2 billion for pork alone
Canada could retaliate if the U.S. fails to comply with COOL ruling, but expert says picking a fight with your neighbour requires serious thought
It’s illegal under international trade rules and is estimated to have cost producers billions in lost sales, but Canada doesn’t have a lot of options for ending the pain caused by the American country-of-origin labelling (COOL) legislation. A recent report by the Canadian Pork Council estimates the sector has lost nearly $2 billion in revenueWarning issued over rodent infestations in vehicles
Rural residents are being warned that mouse infestations in parked vehicles pose a serious health hazard. Manitoba Public Insurance has seen a sharp jump in claims for rodent damage and MPI spokesman Brian Smiley says people need to take extreme care if there’s a chance those rodents were deer mice. “With deer mice there could
Major retailers urged to help end use of gestation stalls
The new owner of a now infamous Interlake hog barn says it will be getting rid of all its gestation stalls within four years. Video secretly shot in the Puratone weanling barn recently drew national coverage — and widespread condemnation — with its graphic scenes of castration and piglets being euthanized by slamming them onto
Farmer’s privilege open to interpretation
A farmer’s ability to save seeds could be threatened if the Comprehensive European Trade Agreement (CETA) includes the changes to plant breeders’ rights, says the National Farmers Union (NFU). Canada’s current system of plant breeders’ rights is based on the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants Convention’s (UPOV) 1978 framework. But
Antimicrobial resistance monitoring on the way for broiler operations
A rise in antimicrobial resistance has prompted officials to start monitoring chicken operations in four provinces. The Canadian Integrated Program for Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance (CIPARS) will begin monitoring broiler chicken operations early this year, the Public Health Agency of Canada said in a statement. The expanded surveillance project will gather data from farms in Ontario,
Keen on quinoa? Growers wanted
From the high Andes to the Canadian Prairies, quinoa could be the next little seed to hit the province
Once a largely obscure Andean seed, quinoa has made in-roads into Canadian pantries, but is having difficulty taking root on Canadian farms. “Right now we don’t really turn down any interested growers, the challenge is still getting enough interested growers,” said Michael Dutcheshen, general manager of Saskatoon-based Northern Quinoa Corporation, a processor and distributer of
Pork sector reeling as hidden-camera footage goes national
Video shot at a farm in Manitoba’s Interlake region by an undercover animal rights activist unfairly depicts animal care practices in the province, farm groups say. Featured on CTV’s newsmagazine program W5, the grainy footage shows sows in gestation stalls, castration, tail docking, a cull sow being repeatedly shot with a captive bolt and piglets
Farmers decry plan to put transmission towers in fields
Bipole III will see 148-foot-high towers placed mid-field in a swath of farms stretching from Langruth to St. Claude and nearly as far east as Steinbach
Manitoba Hydro just doesn’t understand modern farming and its Bipole III route will cause headaches across much of the province’s farming heartland for decades to come, a series of witnesses told the Clean Environment Commission over the past several weeks. The southern portion of the multibillion-dollar transmission line is slated to come down south ofCyber-Savvy Farmer
