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High Prices May Push Bacon Off Menus

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The recent royal wedding celebrations at London’s Buckingham Palace featured bacon sandwiches on the menu for the morning after the night before. The fact that bacon featured so prominently alongside other delicacies in such revered surroundings is quite fitting given that bacon prices are closing in on all-time highs and look set to continue pressing
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Celebrate Local Flavours

Celebrating Local Flavours was the theme of the evening kickoff to the 2011 Direct Farm Marketing Conference held in Portage la Prairie March 4 and 5. Twenty direct marketers of fine jellies, greenhouse-grown greens, artisanal baked goods, wines, gourmet sausages and other fine Manitoba-made foods and beverages brought their wares for the public to sample.
Country Crossroads

Recipe Swap – for Mar. 3, 2011

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Sendyourrecipesorreciperequeststo: ManitobaCo-operatorRecipe Swap Box 1794, Carman, Man. R0G 0J0 or email [email protected] The beginning of March marks the start of Nutrition Month, an annual campaign by Dietitians of Canada encouraging Canadians to eat healthier and enjoy a wider array of foods. This year’s theme is a carry-over from last year’s highly successful Celebrate Food… From
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Nutrient Run-Off A Concern When Overwintering Livestock

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Nitrogen and phosphorus loss in snowmelt run-off from in-field cattle overwintering can be an environmental concern, says a researcher from the University of Saskatchewan. Wintering cattle directly in the field creates concerns with increased nutrients being deposited where they may be susceptible to movement with snowmelt run-off, Jeff Schoenau told the Manure Management Update conference
Hogs, Livestock

Chef Trumpets Need To Promote Pork

Bernie Peet is president of Pork Chain Consulting Ltd. of Lacombe, Alberta, and editor of Western Hog Journal. His columns will run every second week in the Manitoba Co-operator. Edmonton chef Brad Smoliak is passionate about food and especially pork, but he says barriers need to be overcome in order to increase consumption. “Pork has
Cereals, Crops

Take Extra Care When Storing Grain

Getting the crop in the bin is only the first part of the harvest; safe storage is the rest of the story. “Safe storage of the crop depends on two main variables, the temperature of the crops going into the bin and the moisture content of the crop,” says Harry Brook, crop specialist with Alberta
Hogs, Livestock

Another Pork Importer Considers COOL

Bernie Peet is president of Pork Chain Consulting Ltd. of Lacombe, Alberta, and editor of Western Hog Journal. His columns will run every second week in the Manitoba Co-operator. In 2017 Australian producers are due to phase out sow stalls for all but a maximum of six weeks of gestation. This change has been accepted
Hogs, Livestock

Bringing A Bit Of Home For British Pork Lovers – for Sep. 9, 2010

Bernie Peet is president of Pork Chain Consulting Ltd. of Lacombe, Alberta, and editor of Western Hog Journal. His columns will run every second week in the Manitoba Co-operator. When Alan and Nicola Irving set up their new business producing fresh British-style sausages and bacon, they knew they would be popular with ex-pat Brits like
Crops

CGC Changing Grain Shrinkage Regulations

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“It’s about creating an even regulatory playing field and there is grain price transparency for producers.” – REMI GOSSELIN The Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) is making more changes regarding grain shrinkage. Effective August 1 licensed primary elevators will no longer include a 1.1 per cent moisture rebound factor for grain artificially dried at primary elevators.
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Proposed Changes For Moisture Shrink Allowance

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The Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) is ending the 1.1 per cent “rebound factor” licensed primary elevators are now allowed to use to calculate the moisture shrinkage deducted from farmers on grain the elevators have dried. The CGC will continue to regulate how moisture shrinkage is calculated. The 1.1 per cent will be replaced with a

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