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In Brief… – for Jun. 16, 2011

By Reuters June 16, 2011

Road repairs underway: Assessments are still underway, but repairing roads and bridges damaged during this year’s flooding could cost $40 million, Infrastructure and Transportation Minister Steve Ashton says. Advances of up to 60 per cent or $100,000, whichever is greater, of repair costs will be made to municipalities against disaster financial assistance claims. These advances

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Farmland Value Increases Slow Down

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff May 19, 2011

The value of farmland in Manitoba continues to increase but at a slower rate. Manitoba farmland values increased by an average 1.3 per cent during the second half of 2010, Farm Credit Canada reported May 9. That was down from gains of 3.4 and 5.9 per cent in the two previous six-month reporting periods. In

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Low-Stress Cattle Handling For Injury Prevention

By Lorraine Stevenson May 19, 2011

The Lundar Agricultural Society is hoping to make life a little more boring for Manitoba cattle producers. The society is bringing in Dawn Hnatow, a livestock manager for Addison Ranch in Bowie, Texas who conducts workshops on low-stress cat-t le handling across North America. There will be two days of workshops, on June 17 and

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Include Children In Your Farm Safety Plan

By Theresa Whalen March 17, 2011

Unlike most other industries, in farming, the workplace is also usually the home. Adults frequently work with their children nearby and that can increase the risk of children getting injured. “Farm life can put families in situations that are uncommon to the average household,” says Greg Stewart, president and CEO of Farm Credit Canada (FCC).

Livestock

Outlook Improving, But Problems Remain, Politicos Tell CFA

By Alex Binkley March 3, 2011

The next few years appear positive for farmers with both crop and livestock prices on the rise, says Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz. Farmers have rebounded from the BSE crisis in the beef industry, influenza outbreaks in the poultry sector, widespread bankruptcies among pork farmers and depressed grain prices, he told the annual meeting of the

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Good Records Equal Good Management, Says Expert

By Daniel Winters January 6, 2011

In all his years as a farm extension adviser, a remarkable set of records on a 300-cow herd one rancher meticulously maintained in a ringed binder stands out as a highlight for Grant Palmer. “He said, ‘These are my calving records,’” said Palmer, in a presentation at the recent Manitoba Grazing School. “We started flipping

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As Canada Farm Values Rise, Investment Kept Limited

By Carey Gillam November 25, 2010

Growing investor interest in high production farmland in Canada’s Saskatchewan is helping push up farmland values, but the province’s limits on foreign agriculture investment are not likely to ease any time soon, according to a leading agriculture official. Saskatchewan is one of several Canadian provinces that restricts farmland ownership by non-Canadians. The Farm Land Security

Cereals, News

In Brief… – for Sep. 9, 2010

By Reuters September 9, 2010

Contractor dies in fall at greenhouse:An electrical contractor has died of injuries in a fall at Vanderveens’ Greenhouses, a major bedding plant and potted plant operation west of Carman, RCMP reported. The contractor, a 58-year-old man, was on a ladder propped up against a pole where he was unhooking hydro lines on the morning of

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FCC Posts Strong Results, Watching This Year Carefully – for Jul. 29, 2010

By Alex Binkley July 29, 2010

Farm Credit Canada came through the recession of 2009 with impressive results but is keeping a close watch this year on its customers in the rain-saturated areas of Western Canada. Dan Bergen, FCC’s chief operating officer, said in an interview farmers whose crops were lost or never got planted this spring because of excessive rainfall

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Land-Grab Warning

By Allan Dawson June 10, 2010

Canadian farmland is not immune to the global land grab that’s underway as corporations and countries position themselves for the prospect of future food shortages, the National Farmers Union says. “We may be on the verge of a new system wherein those who work the land do not own it – a situation that would

Second Harvest redirecting surplus food to those in need

U.S. grains: Soy futures top one-week high, US crop outlook limits gains

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures down, hogs rise

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Second Harvest redirecting surplus food to those in need

U.S. grains: Soy futures top one-week high, US crop outlook limits gains

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures down, hogs rise

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In Brief… – for Jun. 16, 2011

Farmland Value Increases Slow Down

Low-Stress Cattle Handling For Injury Prevention

Include Children In Your Farm Safety Plan

Outlook Improving, But Problems Remain, Politicos Tell CFA

Good Records Equal Good Management, Says Expert

As Canada Farm Values Rise, Investment Kept Limited

In Brief… – for Sep. 9, 2010

FCC Posts Strong Results, Watching This Year Carefully – for Jul. 29, 2010

Land-Grab Warning

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