Curried Egg And Potato Salad

RECIPE SWAP Are the kids looking for something to do now that summer holidays have arrived? When we were asking readers to share their community cookbooks earlier this year we were delighted to receive What’s Cooking in Pembina? from the Pembina 4-H Council. This cookbook was put together in 2006 when two former 4-H Districts–

Hog Herd Shrinkage Is Tapering Off

Canadian hog farmers continued a four-year downsizing trend in the first quarter, but the pace is slowing even though the government is paying some to cease production. Farmers reduced the national pig herd 2.1 per cent from a year earlier to 11.635 million head as of April 1, Statistics Canada said April 28. Canada’s hog


Meat Price Surge Not Expected In Canada

“There’s definitely a stall on here.” – PERRY MOHR Canada is unlikely to see a surge in meat prices this summer, unlike the United States, where pork and beef prices soared earlier this spring. The wholesale price of pork in the U. S. increased as much as 25 per cent in April, while beef rose

Russia Gains Taste For U. S. Beef

Russia may not like U. S. chicken or pork, but it likes U. S. beef and has bought over 6,000 tons of it this year, a nearly thirtyfold increase from 2009. This has been good news for U. S. beef and cattle producers, who are enjoying huge profits for the first time in nearly two


Still The Local “Go-To” Group After 60 Years

RECIPE SWAP They’re the group this north Interlake town regularly turns to when help is needed in the community. That’s because the Fisher Branch Women’s Institute, in place for over 60 years, never rested on its laurels after years ago successfully rallying to bring a hospital to this community. This is an active group of

May 1 Is Crocus Festival In Arden, Manitoba

RECIPE SWAP Thank you for supporting the recipe swap! We love receiving readers’ favourite recipes and recipe requests. All towns are proud of their heritage and regularly preserve it in neatly kept museums. The tiny town of Arden, east of Neepawa has taken preservation a step further, by highlighting the natural heritage around them too.


Consumers Have A Role In Beef Safety

The safety of our beef supply starts in the pasture and ends at the dinner table. That means that consumers have a role to play, as do producers, packers, retailers and food service vendors. The vast majority of food-borne illness occurs at the consumer level due to inadequate handling, cross-contamination of raw meat products and

An Alternative Solution To The Cattle Crisis

I suggest we have been suckered into export dependency and are now trapped on a treadmill of keeping more cattle to make up for declining margins. Many people have been pondering the question of whether there is a future for beef production in Canada. We are continually told that there is light at the end


Manitoba Producer Elected CCA Vice-President

It’s been nearly seven years since BSE nearly wrecked the Canadian cattle industry and producers have never fully recovered. But Martin Unrau believes things are finally improving. “I’m very confident we’ve turned the corner,” said Unrau, a cow-calf producer from MacGregor, Man. Of course, producers, who have been down so long it looks like up,

Ottawa Offers $6 Million For Beef Research

“The politics of market access often demand ministerial intervention to get over the hurdles presented.” The federal government is making $6 million available to boost research on beef cattle nutrition and productivity, Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz told the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association March 22. The research will encourage “Canadian breakthroughs that make the farm gate more