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Dairy cattle, Livestock

Milk Board Ready To Help

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The provincial milk board is poised to help dairy producers whose farms are threatened by rising spring flood waters. Dairy Farmers of Manitoba and the Emergency Measures Organization can help producers temporarily relocate their cows if their farms are at risk, says chairman David Wiens. But moving dairy cows is so stressful for the animals
Dairy cattle, Livestock, News

Dairy Expansions Slow, Quota Shortage Feared

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Aslowdown in the consolidation of dairy farms across Canada may create a shortage of quota for producers who want to expand, an industry official warns. The current rate of dairy farm consolidation is about half of what the rate was at the start of the decade. This will put pressure on producers’ ability to expand
Livestock

Farm Workers Exempt From New Rules

Anew cap on how long temporary foreign workers can work in Canada before having to return home will not apply to seasonal farm workers. Changes to the federal Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP), taking effect April 1 will not affect Canada’s Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program, the federal government said in a release Mar. 24. The
Forages, Hogs, Livestock

Deadline Extended

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The deadline for the Canada-Manitoba Feed and Transportation Assistance Program (CM-FATAP) has been extended to March 31. The program helps livestock producers whose feed supplies were reduced due to excessive moisture last year with transportation costs to bring feed to their livestock or take the livestock to the feed. The program also provided money to
Livestock

Equipment Sales Tell Farm Story

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Farm machine sales are showing a divide in French agriculture, with grain growers stepping up investments after a price rally but struggling livestock farmers still holding back, a Deere &Co. manager said. Crop farmers were being much more careful, however, in choosing products after experiencing a market surge in 2007-08 followed by a downturn, Jean-Francois
Opinion

Hold The Thin Green Line

The following is an excerpt of an opinion piece prepared by former U.S. army general Wesley Clark for theKansasCityStar. A former presidential candidate, Rhodes scholar and graduate of West Point Military Academy, General Clark now serves as co-chairman of Growth Energy. When the United States rationed food during the Second World War so citizens and
Crops

Mosaic Offers Fertility Uptake Guide

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The Mosaic Company has developed a website offering soil fertility information and resources. It can be found at www.Back-to- Basics.net. Back-to-Basics is an ongoing initiative that helps keep growers and those who influence fertilizer management decisions informed about nutrient uptake levels, critical trends in soil fertility, the importance of proper crop nutrition and new crop
Country Crossroads

First Open Farm Day A Success, More To Come

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Last September’s first-ever Open Farm Day in Mani toba was an astounding success with more than 4,000 people, mostly from urban centres, visiting the 37 farms that participated. As a result, Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives has decided to make it an annual event, MAFRI agritourism specialist Susan Nicoll told an Ag Days seminar
Livestock

Leave More Grass, Make More Money

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Graziers are quick to tear up pastures, plant the latest “wondergrass,” dump truckloads of fertilizer onto their paddocks or install irrigation in the name of boosting pasture productivity. But many overlook the one strategy they can implement to boost their productivity at little or no cost, says Jim Gerrish, an independent grazing lands consultant from
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As Canada Farm Values Rise, Investment Kept Limited

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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

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