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Editor’s Take: Going up

By Gord Gilmour July 21, 2022

The Bank of Canada removed any lingering doubts last week about its commitment to fighting inflation. It delivered a jumbo rate hike of 100 basis points — or a full per cent — while facing an annualized inflation rate of more than seven per cent, according to the most recent figures from Statistics Canada. South

Andre Corbould (centre), shown here briefing then-Governor General Michaelle Jean (r) in Whistler, B.C. during the 2010 Olympics, is Alberta’s new deputy agriculture minister. (GG.ca)

Alberta names new deputy ag minister

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff March 23, 2018

Alberta’s deputy provincial environment minister, a civil engineer and 28-year veteran of the Canadian Forces, has been named the province’s new top agriculture bureaucrat. Premier Rachel Notley on Tuesday put through an order in council appointing Andre Corbould as Alberta’s deputy minister of agriculture and forestry effective Wednesday, replacing Beverly Yee. Corbould, the province’s deputy

Hogs, Livestock

Maple Leaf to cut 400 middle-management jobs

By GFM Network News, Rod Nickel November 25, 2015

Reuters — Maple Leaf Foods said Wednesday it would cut 400 management jobs, or about three per cent of its workforce, saying it was ready to streamline operations after starting up Canada’s biggest meat plant. Maple Leaf, one of the country’s biggest pork processors, said the majority of the job cuts would be completed by

Local news

Young farmers discuss taking the farm to the next generation

Fourth- and fifth-generation farmers discuss the challenges of developing  a succession plan and taking over the family business

By Jennifer Paige March 17, 2015

More than 100 young producers gathered here for the Manitoba Young Farmers conference late last month. Succession planning, connecting with consumers and financial risk management were among the topics for the fifth annual conference organized by the Keystone Agricultural Producers young farmers’ committee and Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development (MAFRD). “We have had a

Crops

Small communities need to plan for big disasters

The explosion of a fertilizer plant in Texas almost one year ago can offer lessons to other  rural communities when it comes to preparing for the worst

By Shannon VanRaes March 21, 2014

You might think you live in a sleepy rural community — one where “nothing ever happens” — but you’ll want to think again when it comes to planning for disaster management. “Just because you’re a small community, it doesn’t mean it’s not gonna happen,” said Frank Patterson, director of the Waco-McLennan County office of emergency

News

Pilot Mound prosciutto makers start over

Dried meat seizure off the farm last summer brought a simmering debate to a boil

By Lorraine Stevenson February 18, 2014

Six months after food inspectors raided their on-farm meat shop and seized their award-winning prosciutto, a Pilot Mound couple has learned all charges against them have been dropped. Clint and Pam Cavers, whose old-world-style sausage earned top honours at the Great Manitoba Food Fight last year, have also been given the green light to go

Rancher’s Risk and Return will be an important tool as producers consider new ways to manage downside risks and upside potential. file photo

Livestock

New calculator assesses financial risk for cattle operations

By Alberta Agriculture November 27, 2013

Can show how sensitive an operation is to different selling prices  and cattle price insurance coverage levels

A new decision support tool to assist cattle producers in calculating their cost of production and risk exposure has been posted to Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development’s website. Rancher’s Risk and Return is an Excel spreadsheet calculator that takes an innovative approach to assessing the market price risk that cow-calf and feedlot producers continually face.

Livestock

Bid to furlough U.S. meat inspectors squashed

April 9, 2013

Congress approved $55 million to prevent the furlough of all U.S. meat inspectors this summer, a step that could have driven up meat prices and created spot shortages in grocery stores and restaurants. The USDA was planning the furloughs to deal with a $1.9-billion cut in funding. But in a special step, lawmakers shifted $55

Crops, Grain Markets

New professorship in agricultural risk management

March 25, 2013

Staff / Lysa Porth has been selected to head the new Guy Carpenter Professorship in Agriculture Risk Management and Insurance at the University of Manitoba’s Asper School of Business. The professorship was made possible through a gift of $750,000 from Guy Carpenter & Company, a global leader in risk management and reinsurance intermediary services. The

News

We’re all recovering safety offenders: Recognizing hazards on the farm

By Carolyn Van Den Heuvel March 16, 2013

In the not-too-distant past, I took pride in getting things done around the farm quickly. Everything from jumping in the grain bin without a second thought to performing feats of acrobatic wizardry in order to unclog jammed machinery (I had smaller hands). You name it, I did it. Looking back, it’s not so much that

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle rebound on technical buying

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall as rapid harvest overshadows China trade hopes

Good weather pushes Alberta harvest along

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