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Traceability initiatives announced

Staff / New regulations will soon make traceability mandatory for pigs, the federal government has announced. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is proposing regulations that would require custodians of pigs to identify all farmed pigs and farmed wild boars using approved methods and record and report all movements of pigs from birth or import, to
Livestock, News, Oilseeds

USDA opens idle land for livestock feed

washington / reuters / U.S. farmers facing the worst drought since the 1950s can use environmentally fragile land for livestock feed, the U.S. Government said July 23, as it also asked crop insurers to give growers more time to pay premiums. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced those steps during a teleconference from Iowa and called
Cereals, News, Opinion

Province active in Growing Forward discussions A letter (“Where is the vision?” July 5) from the PC member from Midland, Blaine Pedersen, failed to provide Manitobans and producers in our province with helpful information when it comes to Growing Forward 2. Growing Forward is often referred to as the single most important Agricultural Policy Framework
Cereals, Crops, News, Oilseeds

An early seeding start is not worth the risk

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Test plots seeded this April ducked frost but didn’t gain much of a head start because soil temperatures were too low

If you ask a group of farmers what’s at the top of their wish list in early March, many would say an early spring, because it eases the logistical challenges of seeding large acreages and reduces the odds of being caught by an early-autumn frost. This year’s exceptionally early spring had the phones ringing off
Crops, News, Oilseeds

Fiddling with soybean seed depth brings risks

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Experts say you’re supposed to plant soybeans one inch deep, give or take a quarter of an inch. But many producers are going deeper when searching for moisture in dry periods, or shallower when the soil is moist and they’re keen to get the crop off to a quick start. More and more growers —
Crops, News, Opinion

An innovative way to encourage agricultural development

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Canadian Foodgrains Bank is always looking for creative ways to fight hunger. That’s why the organization welcomes a new idea announced by the G20 at its recent meeting in Mexico that offers rewards for companies that can solve certain food-related problems. Called AgResults, the new program offers incentives to the private sector to pursue new
Cereals, News, Oilseeds

OUR HISTORY: July 12, 1973

The back page of our July 12, 1973 issue featured a full-page ad for an institution and an event which have passed into history — Manitoba Pool Elevators and the wheat board permit book. The same applies to the subject of the front-page photo — an aerial view of the new Co-op Implements manufacturing plant
Crops, Oilseeds, Opinion

No way to duck crop insurance disaster

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  Many on Capitol Hill are quick to point out that “if it walks like a duck and talks like a duck, it’s a duck.” What they never add is that this little blinding glimpse of the obvious has never stopped legislative quackery in the past, and it’s not stopping it now. For example, as
Cereals, Crops, News, Oilseeds

Rain welcomed; winter wheat harvest has begun

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Southwest region Isolated showers of 20-35 mm were welcome in most areas. Winter wheat and fall rye are maturing. Most cereal crops are heading with early-seeded crops filling. Disease pressure remains a concern. Root rot is prevalent in some fields. The later-seeded crops are progressing well and producers are applying fungicides. Canola is progressing well

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