Faces of Ag: Harley Siemens invites people into his free-run facility so they can see how his hens live, and how they produce the eggs they eat
Manitoba’s new provincial safe work awards noted egg producers have developed an industry-wide plan
Small-scale farmers can now have 300 laying hens without quota
Shipments are costing more and taking longer to get here
The best line of defence is at the farm gate and barn door
Falling grain prices have cut feed costs and so egg farmers will get a nickel less — but none of the big grocery chains will say if the savings will be passed on
For the first time in years, the price Manitoba egg farmers receive for their products is going down. Following a year of bumper grain crops, feed costs have declined — resulting in a five-cent reduction in the producer price of eggs in Manitoba. “The cost of production is updated as input costs change, it couldThe Doerksen’s of Blumenort become the 46th Manitoba farm family honoured by the Red River Exhibition
The Red River Exhibition Association (RREA) has named the family behind Doerksen Poultry Farm Ltd., of Blumenort as the 2012 Farm Family of the Year. Orville and Beverly Doerksen, and their children Ken and Lorisa Wall, Alan and Myra Brydges and Joel and Christine Doerksen, join a distinguished list of 46 other Manitoba families who
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