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The Canadian Pork Council wants to leave AgriStability’s trigger where it is, but bolster compensation levels
Workers tell the Co-operator of crowded bathrooms, locker rooms, stairways, cafeterias without handwashing facilities, forced overtime
They may be more evident this year as a dry August forces them higher into the canopy
insects Flea beetles may be more evident this yearas a dry August forces them higher into the canopy
Some Manitoba farmers have been spraying for flea beetles a little later than they’re used to, but experts say this year’s jump in late-summer flea beetle sightings shouldn’t automatically sound the alarm. “Canola can handle a fair amount of flea beetles late in the season,” according to an Aug. 19 crop pest report from theU.S. cold storage facilities haven’t been so low on pork inventory since 2011
Ottawa wants producers to use the money in their AgriInvest accounts, but farm groups say thoseindividual accounts often don’t amount to much
Harvest underway in the west, albeit with a few more steps due to COVID-19 restrictions
Manitoba’s resurgent cases have taken a turn for the rural, just in time for harvest
It’s not hard to socially distance when you’re alone in a combine. Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) president Bill Campbell said he’d been “voluntarily self-isolating” on his farm near Minto — and by that, he meant he’s been stuck inside a swather, combine or tractor. As harvest has kicked into high gear across the province, the
The event will be free to attend across four Thursdays in November
Program put on hold in 2018 after financial, management irregularities discovered
RURAL DEVELOPMENT The program was put on hold in 2018 after financial and management irregularities were discovered
The province announced it will resume providing funds to rehabilitate spent quarries into usable land after a two-year pause while the program was investigated. Under the Quarry Rehabilitation on Private Land Program, $6.7 million will be available this year for landowners looking to restore quarry sites, Agriculture and Resource Development Minister Blaine Pedersen said in a news release Aug. 13. The province is once
Both Ag Ex and Ag Days have announced they're cancelling
EVENTS This month, Provincial Exhibition of Manitoba’s Ag Ex and Manitoba Ag Days announced their upcoming shows were cancelled
An organization representing fairs, exhibitions and ag societies is asking the Canadian government for $74 million to keep 743 shows afloat after many, including Brandon’s Ag Ex, cancelled over COVID-19 concerns. “The bulk of us have one shot to generate the majority of our revenue every year for the next 365 days and we’ve lost
Lawyers weigh in on precedent to be set in quarry appeal
