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In northern Spain, lamb farming feels chill winds of coronavirus

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Reuters – At this time of year, Miguel Angel Rivilla is usually swamped with work, selling his prized sheep to markets throughout Spain for “lechal” — a cherished dish of roasted, unweaned lamb popular at Easter and other times of celebration. But as with so many businesses in a globalized economy, the coronavirus has managed
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MPI temporarily relaxes medical suspension for commercial drivers

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Manitoba Public Insurance has told the Keystone Agricultural Producers it’s temporarily waiving notifications to commercial drivers for medical reports. For the time being no automated suspensions will be issued, though the process for reviewing the licence of a driver with a newly diagnosed medical condition will still occur and suspensions may apply if appropriate. The
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Ukraine 2020 spring grain sowing one-third complete — ministry

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Ukrainian farmers have sown 4.8 million hectares of spring grains as of April 16 or 32 per cent of the expected area of 15.3 million hectares, the Ministry for Development of Economy, Trade and Agriculture said on April 17. The sown area included 872,700 hec­tares of barley, 115,500 hectares of spring wheat and one million
“When Canadians are unavailable or unwilling... farmers need international workers to help grow and harvest food for our tables.” – Canadian Horticultural Council.
Farmit Manitoba, News, Other

A temporary foreign worker solution

With tens of thousands of Canadians laid off due to COVID-19, people may wonder why farmers are hiring foreign workers. That’s a good question

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Mid-March, amidst the initial panicked onset of a COVID-19 pandemic, Canadian borders closed to most international travellers and a swath of the ag sector panicked. They were counting on foreign workers — tens of thousands of them — to fill their ranks for the busy season ahead of them. Without workers from countries like Mexico
Green Gold canvassing for 2020 alfalfa fields
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Green Gold canvassing for 2020 alfalfa fields

The Manitoba Forage and Grassland Association is looking for farmers to submit samples as the Green Gold alfalfa quality program enters its 25th year

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The call is out for producers willing to feed data into this year’s Manitoba Forage and Grassland Association Green Gold program. The annual program, which monitors alfalfa quality through May and June, publishes weekly reports on alfalfa crop progress leading up to the first hay cut and is entering its 25th year this season. Why
Survey finds Manitoba’s rural internet, cell service still bad
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Survey finds Manitoba’s rural internet, cell service still bad

Results of KAP’s rural connectivity survey show nearly two-thirds of rural Manitobans dissatisfied with internet, cellular access

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Poor rural internet and cell services obstruct communication, stall business and impede technology uptake, according to survey results KAP released April 16. “We have heard deep-seated frustration from both farm families and non-farmers about the state of connectivity in rural Manitoba, and providers cannot continue to ask us to pay for a service that is
Postmedia closing several rural Manitoba newspapers
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Postmedia closing several rural Manitoba newspapers

The financial downturn from COVID-19 has rendered the publications no longer financially sustainable

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Postmedia is closing eight rural Manitoba newspapers due to dwindling revenues aggravated by the COVID-19 crisis, the company announced April 28. The publications include the Altona Red River Valley Echo, Carman Valley Leader, Interlake Spectator, Morden Times, Selkirk Journal, Stonewall Argus & Teulon Times, Winkler Times, and The Prairie Farmer. In addition several other newspapers
Is food security anxiety seeing a Victory garden revival?
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Is food security anxiety seeing a Victory garden revival?

Local seed companies see intense spike in demand amid COVID-19 pandemic

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Some local garden seed companies have temporarily stopped taking orders amid abnormally high demand for fruit and vegetable seeds this spring. Headingley-based T&T Seeds said between March 15 and April 4, sales were up 167 per cent from the same period last year. Overall, T&T has seen a 56 per cent increase in demand for
Delta 9 gets green light for automated cannabis packing line
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Delta 9 gets green light for automated cannabis packing line

Other expansions to the grow facility postponed in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic

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Cannabis company Delta 9 has government clearance to begin using its on-site, automated packing and processing facility. “This approval will allow us to streamline and automate our packaging and labelling activities and improve our ability to bring consumer-packaged cannabis products to market,” said Delta 9 CEO John Arbuthnot in a news release on April 13.
This field of soybeans near Altamont was snow covered Oct. 17, 2019, but was eventually harvested last fall. However, more than 400,000 acres of annual insured crops weren’t harvested as of Nov. 20, 2019.
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What acres remain from harvest 2019 unclear

It’s believed a lot of corn and sunflowers were combined this winter, but it’s not clear how much of other crops remain to be harvested

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Last fall thousands of acres went unharvested because of wet conditions. How much crop was taken off between then and now is unknown, as are the number of acres still worth harvesting. “From what we understand most producers really haven’t been able to address their unharvested acres in any fashion either to combine it, or destroy it, or whatever,” David Van Deynze, Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation’s

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