Daily Network News

More News →

Opinion

Most North Americans use velvet antler as dried powder in capsules, for recovery from injury or exercise, to boost testosterone, and improve circulation.
Livestock, Oilseeds, Opinion, Other livestock

Regaining access to China markets

Tainted food scandals have convinced Chinese buyers that imports are safer

By
Cervid (elk and other deer) products have been used and prized in China for at least 2,700 years. That makes China a very valuable marketplace for cervid products. Indeed, it was a good market until Canada and the U.S. took action to contain and eradicate BSE in early 2003. China immediately closed its markets to
Opinion, Poultry

The rooster’s wake-up call

By
Anyone who has lived on or near a farmyard with chickens is well aware of the rooster’s ability to trumpet the arrival of morning long before the sun peeks over the horizon. But roosters have been delivering a wake-up call of a different sort lately — sounding the alarm over the risks inherent with the
Crops, Opinion

Worn down by the weather

A Manitoba farmer asks 
the sky ‘why?’


By
Dear Mother Nature, As Manitobans, we have developed a deep appreciation for the change of seasons and the wide variety of conditions you throw our way. We consider ourselves hardy, tough and adaptive. Normally, we embrace each season, grateful for the opportunities our environment provides for agriculture. But this year, sigh… you are wearing us
Opinion

Difficult questions

The short-term questions arising from what is shaping up to be another billion-dollar-plus flood for the province are clear, although they may not be easily answered. How do you care for livestock that has no pasture and for which there is vastly reduced prospects for winter feed? Or how to get people back into their
Opinion

Looking below the surface

By
Some of the world’s top soil scientists and conservation agriculture exponents convened for the sixth World Congress on Conservation Agriculture in Winnipeg last week. The message from speakers was on one hand sobering, if not frightening — massive soil erosion continues around the world, and in both developed and undeveloped countries. The good news is
Opinion

Worthwhile trade-off

By
New drainage and water management initiatives announced earlier this month will make it easier for Manitoba farmers to drain low spots in their fields, but harder — much harder — to convert wetlands into annual crop production. It may seem like a nuanced distinction and it will undoubtedly make many in the farming community nervous
Hogs, Livestock, Opinion

Province won’t budge on hog barn restrictions

By
I would like to take this opportunity to share with your readers some of the important issues facing our watershed, and the steps our government is taking to maintain jobs while upholding our aggressive measures to protect our lakes and streams from pollution. Our efforts to clean up and protect our environmentally sensitive lakes can
Dairy cattle, Livestock, Opinion

A cause for dairy industry reflection

By
Milk is not just any food — as the first meal for humans and all fellow mammals, it is literally the giver of life, and as such has spiritual and even religious significance. We have special feelings about milk. One of the most successful advertising slogans in history was Carnation’s “From contented cows.” It connected
rooster and hen in a farmyard
Opinion, Poultry

Finding a better balance

By
There once was a rooster on our farm that was so nasty and unpredictable, he wound up in the stewing pot after a violent confrontation with Uncle Jerry — an event that even decades after the fact remains a cherished bit of family folklore. That rooster was big, beautiful and fearless. He ruled the roost with
Opinion

So much for the ‘cheap food’ defence

By
Ag boosters habitually fall back on two defences whenever someone questions why farmers do things the way they do — usually on ethical or environmental sustainability issues. We’ve dealt with fallacies of the first mantra — our farmers must feed the world — previously in this space. Increasing the productivity of small-scale farmers — most

Upcoming events

AgCanadaTV

AgCanadaTV Special Feature: Crop pest insects to watch out for in 2026

Sponsored by:
More Videos →

Latest Market News

More Market News →