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Quarantined Alberta ranches to get AgriRecovery

Ranchers in southeastern Alberta having to feed and maintain quarantined cattle they can’t move or sell can expect a federal/provincial AgriRecovery plan to help cover those costs in the next few days. Federal Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay and his Alberta counterpart Oneil Carlier on Wednesday announced producers faced with “extraordinary costs” due to federal quarantines

Beef cattle, Livestock

More culls, quarantines added to bovine TB probe

By GFM Network News November 28, 2016

Thousands more cattle and calves in southeastern Alberta are now booked to be destroyed, as a search continues for animals that had contact with one or more of six tuberculosis-infected Alberta cattle. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Monday announced its “herd” of animals known to have commingled with the TB-infected cattle has expanded to

An apple tree branch with “scorched” leaves after a severe fire blight infection. (Peggy Greb photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Crops, Weather

N.S. fruit, maple syrup producers get AgriRecovery

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff February 1, 2016

The federal and Nova Scotia provincial governments will put up AgriRecovery funding for tree fruit growers dealing with fire blight, and maple syrup producers dealing with snow damage. The two governments on Tuesday announced separate AgriRecovery programs, budgeted at up to $2.69 million for fruit growers and up to $950,000 for maple syrup producers. The

In 2014, nearly one million Manitoba acres were too wet to seed and thousands of acres of crop were damaged by too much moisture.

Crops, Local news, Weather

Risk management review task force seeks farmer input

It’s looking for ideas to mitigate the impact of increasing severe weather on producers

By Allan Dawson July 10, 2015

Everybody complains about the weather, the old saying goes, but nobody does anything about it. Well, Manitoba’s Agriculture Risk Management Review Task Force can’t fix the weather, but it wants to hear Manitoba farmers’ ideas for mitigating its impact. “We’re hoping there will be some real thinking out of the box by people on the

Crops, Livestock, Opinion

Editorial: Risk management on the farm

What does the future hold for farm stabilization payments in Canada?

By Laura Rance-Unger May 11, 2015

Changes to AgriStability three years ago that were designed to limit the exposure of federal and provincial coffers appear to have been more successful than politicians and bureaucrats ever imagined. The changes implemented for 2013 reduce the potential for a payment as well as the potential size of payment. It now appears the number of

Local news

Task force has one year to finish review

As weather events continue to produce multi-year effects, stakeholders are being invited to help suggest ways to improve insurance programs

By Shannon VanRaes February 5, 2015

Early forecasts may indicate spring flooding is unlikely in Manitoba this year, but for producers, high water is still front and centre as they cope with consecutive wet years and limited risk management tools. In response, a task force has now been struck by the province to examine how climate-related risks like flooding can be

Crops, Local news

With no AgriRecovery yet in sight, farmers face a tough winter ahead

KAP is still pushing for AgriRecovery to offset what was for many farmers a terrible growing season

By Allan Dawson November 12, 2014

It was a tough year for many Manitoba farmers and it could be an even tougher winter, according to farmers speaking at Keystone Agricultural Producers’ (KAP) fall General Council meeting Oct. 30. “There will be farmers who will not make land payments and machinery payments due to the fact they have not got their crop,

Livestock, Weather

Man. cattle producers get AgriRecovery feed assistance

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff November 12, 2014

Eligible livestock producers in parts of Manitoba excessively soaked during the growing season will get federal/provincial backing to buy and haul feed and forage. The federal and provincial governments on Wednesday announced AgriRecovery funding for what they call the 2014 Canada-Manitoba Forage Shortfall and Transportation Assistance Initiative. The program will offer support worth up to

Local news

AgriRecovery talks continue between Manitoba and Ottawa

Stay tuned for a ‘potential announcement,’ says agriculture minister

By Allan Dawson October 23, 2014

An AgriRecovery program for flooded Manitoba farmers is still on the table, but they shouldn’t get their hopes too high, warns Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) president Doug Chorney. AgriRecovery is supposed to help farmers following disasters when existing programs such as AgriStability, AgriInvest and AgriInsurance fall short. Discussions about AgriRecovery continue between the Manitoba and

Crops, Opinion

Editorial: The waiting game

Support is greatly needed for farmers affected by flooding, but what will it be and when?

By Laura Rance-Unger September 15, 2014

“May the odds be forever in your favour” is a memorable quote from the The Hunger Games, a popular book trilogy later made into movies. Although it is voiced as a cheery sendoff into competition, the irony is that the child protagonists face unspeakably cruel odds, pitted against one another in a fight-to-the-finish match from

Daily Network News

Feed Grains Weekly: Good export demand pushing up domestic prices

Beef DNA testing now available in Canada

Domestic abuse survivors may need extra support when livestock is involved, experts say

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