New French Farm Leader Brings Change In Style

Plans to develop contracts to cushion price swings between French cereal and livestock sectors show how farmers can play a more active role in the food industry and not rely solely on public subsidies, the head of France’s main farm union said. France’s cereal and livestock sectors have agreed on the outline of such supply

Organic Farm Dream Contest Winner Announced – for Aug. 19, 2010

An avid backyard gardener who dreams of setting up an organic greenhouse operation is the winner of the Manitoba Farm Mentorship’s “So You Want to be an Organic Farmer!” contest. Drew Bouchard, 21, is currently taking the Prairie Horticulture Certificate Program, specializing in greenhouse crop production. Upon being notified of his win, Bouchard promptly chose


Brewing Antitrust Fight In Seed

Key players in the U. S. seed industry are working to head off an antitrust probe into allegations of unfair competition even as farm groups ratchet up pressure on the government to take action against what they say are escalating prices and constriction of market choice. Fresh concerns about unfair market dominance were raised on

In Brief… – for Jun. 18, 2009

Ag Growth’s gone corporate: Winnipeg-based Ag Growth, owner of grain-handling equipment makers including Rosenort auger firm Westfield Industries, has wrapped up its conversion from an income trust to a publicly traded corporation. The common shares of what will be named “Ag Growth International Inc.” were expected to begin trading on the TSX around about June


Safety message tough sell

For the province’s farm safety co-ordinator, throwing a Farm Safety and Health meeting once meant booking a hall, picking up dozens of doughnuts and a coffee urn, then presenting to a near empty room. Glen Blahey quickly learned not to take the low turnouts personally. Having a farm background himself, he knows that while most

LETTERS – for Nov. 13, 2008

Reasonable returns needed by all Just a comment on the article in your paper last week entitled Stand Up For your Farm Organizations – written by the manager of the Keystone Agricultural Producers. One part of that commentary sticks out: “No one will deny that the livestock producer wants grain prices to be low…” I