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There are numerous options when building new sow housing for sows in pens and the best choice is a topic of debate.

Choosing a sow housing model that works for you

A U.S. hog farm with 20 years of loose sow experience has tried four major systems with varying success

By John Greig March 27, 2024

Glacier FarmMedia – There are many options when choosing a loose sow housing system and the decision mostly depends on hog farmers’ confidence in husbandry and technology. Canadian hog farmers are gradually moving toward loose housing for gestating sows, but debate continues over which system is best. Why it matters: Making decisions on which sow

Other

Feds plan to ease Underused Housing Tax reporting load

New exemption also proposed for employee housing outside cities

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News November 24, 2023

Federal Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s latest Fall Economic Statement offers to take some of the reporting burden off certain farmers and other Canadians when filing for exemptions from the national Underused Housing Tax (UHT). The federal finance department on Nov. 16 posted its legislative and regulatory proposals for changes to the UHT online and has

‘As urban populations cry for housing, there’s a long list of rural communities that have watched their populations shrink for decades.’ – Alexis Stockford.

Editorial, Op/Ed, Other

Editorial: The rural housing solution

By Alexis Stockford November 20, 2023

Canada’s housing crisis is getting a lot of attention. In September, Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre introduced a private members bill that would tie the infrastructure funding the federal government provides to municipalities to a stated threshold of extra homes built in that municipality per year. On Nov. 7, federal Public Services and Procurement Minister Jean-Yves

Underused housing tax undue burden on farmers, ag groups say

Many farms can apply for exemption, but the process can be expensive, a letter to federal ministers says

By Geralyn Wichers, GFM Network News August 30, 2023

Agriculture leaders say a federal tax on ‘underused’ housing is causing an unintended and undue burden on farmers. “We urge the government to exempt farmers from the requirement to file a [underused housing tax] return,” said a letter sent to federal ministers. The Canadian Canola Growers, Canadian Federation of Agriculture, Canadian Cattle Association, Ontario Fruit

Hogs, Livestock

U.S. Supreme Court upholds California’s pig confinement law

Dissent suggests 'substantial burden against interstate commerce'

By GFM Network News May 11, 2023

Reuters — The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday preserved a California law banning the sale of pork in America’s most-populous state from pigs kept in tightly confined spaces, rejecting an industry challenge claiming that the voter-backed animal welfare measure impermissibly regulates out-of-state farmers. The justices voted 5-4 to uphold a lower court’s dismissal of a

Cows on a Grunthal, Man. dairy farm. (Manitoba Co-operator photo by Geralyn Wichers)

Dairy cattle, Livestock

Continuous tie-stall housing to be phased out in new dairy code of practice

Producer, animal welfare groups praise new code; some drawbacks were noted

By Geralyn Wichers, GFM Network News April 1, 2023

New guidelines for dairy cattle care will improve animal welfare while also potentially increasing farm productivity, Dairy Farmers of Canada says. “I think that we’ve come to a very solid revised code,” David Wiens, DFC’s vice-president, said in an interview. The National Farm Animal Care Council (NFACC) on Thursday released its revised Code of Practice

Laying hens in the free-run aviary at University of Manitoba photo: Manitoba Egg Farmers

News, Poultry

Bringing egg farming into public view

State-of-the-art 4,500 laying-hen research centre slated for 2023 opening

By Don Norman July 19, 2022

A new, high-tech egg-laying research centre is on the horizon for the University of Manitoba’s Glenlea Research Station. The 4,500 laying-hen barn is expected to be a world-class facility outfitted with cutting-edge scientific testing equipment. The facility will replace the current one on the University of Manitoba (UM) Fort Garry campus that is out of

Beef cattle, Livestock

JBS to help fund home purchases for Brooks staff

Company offering zero-interest loans for down payments

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News March 4, 2022

One of the biggest beef packers operating in Canada is pledging $1.7 million for a one-year pilot program to help employees buy or upgrade homes. JBS Foods Canada, which operates Brazilian meat packer JBS’s plant at Brooks, Alta., on Tuesday announced the launch of what it calls the “Homebuyer Dream Fund,” providing zero-interest loans to

Crops

TFW program to be overhauled after COVID-19 outbreaks on farms

"The piece that's missing is enforcement"

By GFM Network News, Rod Nickel June 19, 2020

Winnipeg | Reuters — Canada is overhauling its temporary foreign worker program, a government spokeswoman said on Friday, after coronavirus outbreaks on Ontario farms sickened hundreds and led Mexico to demand assurances of proper safeguards. As part of the review, surprise inspections of working and living conditions on farms will immediately increase, Ashley Michnowski, communications

Hogs, Livestock, Weather

Maple Leaf lands ‘sustainability-linked’ credit

By GFM Network News, Gfm Staff December 13, 2019

Canadian food processor Maple Leaf Foods is taking its recently-established sustainability cred to the bank. The Toronto food firm announced Wednesday it’s the first Canadian company to secure “sustainability-linked terms” for its credit facilities. Specifically, the company has picked up an unsecured committed revolving line of credit and two unsecured committed term facilities for a

Daily Network News

B.C. ostriches culled, CFIA confirms

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs end week on high note

U.S. grains: Soybeans bounce as Chinese demand assessed, wheat drops

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