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2023 saw the sector once again grappling with porcine epidemic diarrhea.
Hogs, News

Hog sector sums up 2023

From wild pigs and disease to price trends and market concerns, here’s what was on the pork sector’s mind in 2023

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Glacier FarmMedia – Hog producers are hunkered down for a tough year as reduced margins combine with trade chaos to create a cloudy outlook. Yet beneath those stormy skies, hog farms continue to invest in open housing systems. They are building new barns, successfully tackling tough disease issues and setting bold targets for further improvements. That was the message
Field stress can translate to potato skin flaws.
Crops, News

The ugly truth of tuber trauma 

Field stresses may mean less than pretty potatoes come fall

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Life can be tough on a tuber. Lots of things can cause blemishes or otherwise diminish the visual quality of a potato. It could be herbicide injury, North Dakota State University plant pathologist Andy Robinson said. Or the tubers might have been jostled by harvest equipment. Maybe it’s just a consequence of field conditions. “Lots
Trina Semenchuk, founder of The Little Greenhouse That Could, standing in front of Government House at the Manitoba Legislative Grounds.
News

Vertical farming champion looks to stack Manitoba’s future

Vertical farming has garnered significant interest as a food security solution in remote areas

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Trina Semenchuk wants to make Manitoba the vertical farming capital of the world. “It’s a very bold vision, but yeah, it’s my vision,” she said. “Why not? We have a short growing season and we have so much talent here. We have quite a lot of resources already available in Winnipeg.” Why it matters: Vertical farming, which stacks crops
Markets, News

China cancels large Ukrainian corn purchases

It’s the latest cancellation, as China lowers imports in face of low prices

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Chinese buyers have cancelled shipments of Ukrainian-origin animal feed corn totalling several hundred thousand tonnes, traders said April 11. The precise volumes were unclear, but some traders spoke of about 300,000 tonnes cancelled in up to five Panamax shiploads that had previously been bought for April/May shipment. Most of the cancellations were in the last
A significant amount of liquidity for grain farms comes from harvest still in the bin.
News, Other

Are farm finances on a slippery slope?

Canadian agriculture’s balance sheet is strong, but eroding margins and rising costs may temper producers’ optimism

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At the end of 2017, Canadian farm debt topped $100 billion. At the time, it was a bigger number than the national debt of 135 countries, noted Country Guide columnist Gerald Pilger. The climb hasn’t stopped. The figure rose steadily since crossing the $100-billion threshold. As of 2022, the most recent year on Statistics Canada’s
“In farming, there are lots of assets where you can use the capital gains exemption, but farmers tend to think they can use it for absolutely anything. That’s not true. There are very specific rules around when and how it can be used and what assets are eligible.” – Edith Frison, MNP.
News, Other

Don’t get beat up by taxes this year

Running down best practices and common misconceptions for this tax season

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Tax season is back and experts say there are a few things farmers should consider as they prepare their 2023 returns. Understanding the implications of certain business activities can reduce tax amounts. For farms that run as corporations, Dec. 31, 2023, was the last day for the temporary immediate expensing option. This program allows corporations
Moving on from a preg check wreck
News

Moving on from a preg check wreck

The story of a reproductive wreck, and what we’re learning from it

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A “black swan event” is a term well-used in stock market analysis to describe an unpredictable event that is beyond what is normally expected of a situation and has potentially severe consequences. As ag producers, we all will, at some point and time, have a black swan event that puts us to the test and
Bert Tichelaar (right), owner of Aryquip Ltd., discusses how Aryquip pig sorter software could be mounted on an existing sorter with Peter Mettler (left) who runs a 300-sow farrow-to-finish operation in Ontario.
News

Swine sorter software garners interest

Ayrquip software is fully enclosed to protect it against the barn environment

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Glacier FarmMedia – Hog barns are hard on electronics. Unfortunately, electronics are a key component in pig sorters. Ayrquip says its newest pig sorter and software match-up are meant to overcome that operational challenge. The company’s stainless steel open concept unit is six inches longer than its competition, designed to accommodate heavier animals for accurate weight readings. The
Victoria Park in Souris goes under water in 2017 under pressure from both the Souris River and Plum Creek.
News, Weather

Free water forecasting tool on tap for flood season

Spring flooding risk still relatively low for most of Manitoba, but storms are on the way

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Farmers, land managers, Indigenous communities and municipalities will be able to get a handle on what kind of flood conditions are headed for them for free this spring. The Manitoba Forage and Grassland Association (MFGA) will be offering free access to their water forecasting tool during the spring runoff.  “As a farmer-led group, we want
Tim Sopuck and Devin Borus pose with a pike they took through the ice on a large dead bait.
News, Other

Lock targets on pike for spring fishing

Northern pike make for some memorable early season action as the open water season gets underway

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It was a calm spring day as my son Mark and I made our way up a grassy creek, swollen with the yearly influx of meltwater. Our targets for the day were post-spawn northern pike or, in common parlance, jackfish or jacks. We were moving under paddle power, having previously made the mistake of motoring

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