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New Building Code Will Boost Barn Construction Costs – for Sep. 9, 2010

By Ron Friesen September 9, 2010

The cost of building a barn in Manitoba will go up this year because of new provincial safety standards for agricultural buildings. Construction costs for farm buildings will rise between one and three per cent for farm buildings now included under the new Farm Building Code, the province estimates. But others warn the increase could

Dairy cattle, Forages, Livestock

A Herd Of Cows Is A Group Of Individuals

By Kris Ringwall July 22, 2010

Animals are individuals. A group of animals is a commingled set of individuals. At no time do the individual animals actually become a component of a group. That is a fundamental principle that those who engage in animal husbandry come to understand. This point is very important. While care may be applied to the group

Livestock, News

Livestock Livestock Equipment

April 22, 2010

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Assessing Snow Load On Rooftops

February 25, 2010

After the many recent roof collapses of agricultural buildings caused by excessive snow loads, we have been monitoring conditions in a research effort to relieve or reduce the amount of snow that builds up on a roof. Although people are rightfully concerned about their other buildings once they’ve had one collapse, buildings handle snow loads

Country Crossroads, Forages

Still In Use Today – for Oct. 8, 2009

By Penny Dixon (simpson) October 8, 2009

A recent article regarding a barn sparked memories in our family of the barn built on our farm in 1915. The owners emigrated from Iowa to a farm on the edge of the Turtle Mountains in 1914, and built the new barn the following year. It is said that originally the barn was used only

Hogs, News

Closing A Barn: Things To Remember

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff September 17, 2009

The upcoming federal hog aid program, which allows producers to mothball their barns for three years, raises some interesting questions, such as: If producers in Manitoba’s hog moratorium area decide to mothball their barns for the required three years, can they reopen them? Do barns still have to contain a few pigs to qualify for

Country Crossroads

Barn Filled With Memories

By Neil Funk May 28, 2009

Our farm was homesteaded in 1905 and about 1913, the farmer built the barn shown in the picture, which still stands and is in use today. It is 26 feet wide and 50 feet long and is supported by four rows of 6×6 posts which have simply been dug into the ground. The farm was

Country Crossroads

The livery barn — not just for horses

By Albert Parsons January 1, 2009

Today, in every town and city, parking space is vital to the success of local businesses. Customers have to have a place to park their cars while they shop and run errands. When I was a boy, we travelled by horse-drawn vehicles, but even so, we needed a place to “park.” That parking place in

Hogs, Livestock, News

Air filters can help contain disease

By Jim Romahn December 18, 2008

Air filters are working to keep pigs safe from porcine respiratory and reproductive syndrome (PRRS), Dr. Scott Dee of the University of Minnesota told a recent industry day organized by the Ontario Pork Industry Council (OPIC). The lab and research farm results are confirmed by farm experience, said veterinarian Darwin Reicks of the nine-veterinarian Swine

Daily Network News

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Tag Archives Barn

New Building Code Will Boost Barn Construction Costs – for Sep. 9, 2010

A Herd Of Cows Is A Group Of Individuals

Livestock Livestock Equipment

Assessing Snow Load On Rooftops

Still In Use Today – for Oct. 8, 2009

Closing A Barn: Things To Remember

Barn Filled With Memories

The livery barn — not just for horses

Air filters can help contain disease

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