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Survey shows good help really is hard to find in farm sector

By Shannon VanRaes February 15, 2012

Good help is hard to find. As the number of farms in Canada decrease and remaining farms grow larger, producers need to look at new methods of recruiting employees, Debra Hauer of the Canadian Agricultural Human Resource Council told attendees at Keystone Agricultural Producers annual general meeting. A survey done by the organization found farm

News, Opinion

Agriculture takes three of five “useless” college degrees

February 15, 2012

Internet news site Yahoo Education recently published an article titled “College Majors that are Useless.” Agriculture topped the list, followed by fashion design, theatre, animal science and horticulture. The Yahoo article’s rationale was largely based on the projected continuing decline in the numbers of farms in the U.S. “In fact, the U.S. Department of Labor

Country Crossroads, News

Top 10 ways to recruit and engage youth volunteers

February 14, 2012

Recruit them online. Today’s youth is wired, to the extreme. Post opportunities on your own website but change them frequently so your pages look fresh and appealing. Respond immediately to inquiries. Speak in a youthful way. Make your opportunities relevant to the interests and needs of young people. Young people like language that is quick,

News

Manitoba government preparing to ban cosmetic pesticides

By Allan Dawson February 14, 2012

Farmers will be allowed to spray their crops if the Manitoba government bans the use of cosmetic “chemical” pesticides. But farmers will still suffer, say CropLife Canada and the Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP). And so will homeowners. Last week Conservation and Water Stewardship Minister Gord Mackintosh confirmed this spring the Manitoba government will consult the

Country Crossroads, Hogs, Oilseeds

Breakfast of champions

By Darrell Nesbitt January 27, 2012

The bodies and minds of students at two area communities were nourished when the famous Made in Manitoba Breakfast program was featured, connecting students to where that food came from. The breakfast and agriculture education program is one of a number run by Agriculture in the Classroom-Manitoba Inc. (AITC-M), a non-profit organization supported by individuals

Country Crossroads, News, Recipe Swap

The greens of winter

By Lorraine Stevenson January 27, 2012

Cabbage or kale? If your family’s origin is European, chances are your great-greats survived the dark, cold months eating a whole lot of one or the other. Our ancestors couldn’t explain it, but they knew both kept strength up and sickness away in the days of extremely meagre diets. Today we know cabbage and kale

International news, News

India’s farmers struggle to adapt to changing consumer tastes

By Jo Winterbottom, Rajendra Jadhav January 27, 2012

Ajit Govind Sable’s family have owned their farm in India’s western Maharashtra state for 10 generations, which even for a region that has been farming for more than 10,000 years is long enough to witness plenty of changes. Two generations back, they started cultivating sugar cane here in Shivthar, a village in Maharashtra’s highlands near

International news, News

Probe finds Italian crime syndicates control a big part of food business

January 27, 2012

Organized crime in Italy controls agricultural and food businesses worth 12.5 billion euros (US$16 billion) a year, or 5.6 per cent of all criminal operations in the country, according to a parliamentary investigation. It has spread its involvement through the entire food chain from acquisition of farmland to production, from transport to supermarkets, said Coldiretti,

News

Food industry wants say in new legislation

By Alex Binkley January 27, 2012

Food safety is a job for the companies that make food, and government should focus on setting nutrition and health standards and policing the industry. That’s the pitch being made by large processors as the federal government prepares to revamp food-safety legislation. “Let’s not lose perspective: We can’t regulate bugs out of our food,” said

Beef cattle, Dairy cattle, Livestock, News

“Natural” is their middle name

By Lorraine Stevenson January 27, 2012

St. Claude dairy farmers Roger and Rachel Philippe were raising their male calves instead of disposing of them, but they weren’t happy with the prices they received when they sold them for slaughter. The couple, who has 200 milk cows, don’t use antibiotics or growth hormones and use feed regimes that produce quality meat. But

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures rise on first WASDE since September

U.S. export sales include only small soybean business to China

U.S. corn and soybean yields revised down by USDA

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