Dairy Farmers of Manitoba is looking at ways to assist producers in the face of an upcoming ban on winter manure spreading, which will also affect milk house waste. Under the Save Lake Winnipeg Act, milk house wastewater is considered a manure product, and must be stored until spring. This regulation also rules out the
Milk house waste considered manure
Renowned climatologist says it’s time to recognize “we’re in nature’s crosshairs”
Dave Phillips may be the most likable prophet of doom this country has ever seen. The avuncular Environment Canada climatologist used his latest visit to Winnipeg to once again warn that climate change is here and we’re all going to pay the price. But where others focus on blame and pain, Phillips peppered his remarks
Manitoba Pork Council prepares for end of gestation stalls
Dealing with aggression, finding the best design, and retraining barn workers are some of the issues producers will have to deal with when they shift to open housing
If it’s time to update your hog barn or if you’re thinking about new equipment, then it’s also time to think about converting your sow gestation stalls to open-housing systems. “We’re working with the date of 2025, and we’re continuing to encourage producers to look at that date as well,” said Mark Fynn, animal careProvince to back new loan program for hog producers
A financial stabilization program is on the horizon for Manitoba pork producers. Speaking to hog farmers and industry representatives in Niverville, Manitoba Pork Council chairman Karl Kynoch outlined a new loan program designed by the council — one that would see cash loans distributed by financial institutions, administered by Manitoba Pork Council Corporation, and guaranteed
Farmers search for ways to combat cross-border dairy shopping
Provincial and national dairy organizations are rolling out programs to convince consumers that Canadian milk and cheese is the better choice
Cross-border shopping is taking a bite out of Canadian dairy sales. “They go for gasoline and then end up picking other supplies up, too,” said Henry Holtmann, vice-chairman of Dairy Farmers of Manitoba. British Columbia is the epicentre for cross-border dairy sales, he said, adding it has seen approximately 10 million litres lost to AmericanUrban poultry enthusiasts want bylaw changed
Winnipeg chicken flocks may still run a “fowl” of the city’s exotic animal bylaw, but activists hope city changes rules
There were a few ruffled feathers at Winnipeg’s city hall when a group came to lobby for the right to keep laying hens in their urban backyards, but city officials are studying the issue. One woman was ordered out of council chambers when she produced a live chicken during a meeting of the city’s protectionFood Development Centre eyes increased cost recovery
The Manitoba Food Development Centre in Portage la Prairie has raised its rates for the first time in 14 years. Manitoba clients recently saw their rates increase by five per cent, while out-of-province clients have experienced a 13 per cent increase. “These increases are needed to ensure it is recovering cost and to more accurately
Maple Leaf to buy Puratone
Maple Leaf Food’s agreement to purchase the Niverville-based Puratone Corporation is good news for Manitoba hog producers, according to Manitoba Pork Council. “We’re happy to see that a Canadian company has purchased Puratone,” said council chairman, Karl Kynoch. “We want to see plants here that can compete with their American counterparts.” With two of the
No new funding for hog producers
Hog producers won’t be getting any additional government help. Weeks of talks between Ottawa, the provinces, and producer representatives have ended with producers being told to make use of existing support programs. “I was pretty disappointed to see that,” said Karl Kynoch, Manitoba Pork Council chairman. “This shows us that government is not taking the
Water cycles on the great plains have changed
A water crisis isn’t coming. It’s already here. And unless action is taken, Robert Sandford says the hydrological changes the Lake Winnipeg Basin is experiencing will bankrupt the province. “More extreme weather events are clearly already a reality,” said the author and adviser to the United Nations Water for Life Decade. Rising global temperatures have
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