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Mink ranchers get reprieve from depressed market

The federal government has extended the deadline for repaying cash advances

By Ron Friesen July 30, 2014

Canada’s financially beleaguered mink producers received a bit of good news last week when the federal government extended the deadline for repaying their 2013 cash advances. Producers now have until June 1, 2015 to repay their Advance Payment Program (APP) cash advances instead of September 30, 2014. The move provides some relief for producers who

Crops

Conservation not a hippie delusion

Small-scale farmers can implement conservation agriculture and improve soil health  in developing areas, often by using a mix of science and local knowledge

By Shannon VanRaes July 16, 2014

The damaging effects of tillage on soils is well documented on Europe and North American soils. So why is that approach still being exported to developing nations, proponents of conservation agriculture asked the recent World Conference on Conservation Agriculture. “We’re taking that paradigm to developing countries, so one has to ask, what is actually going

Gerbert Oosterlaken standing in a production facility.

Hogs, International news, Livestock, News

Dutch farmer finds animal health and welfare go hand in hand

Gerbert Oosterlaken wants animal welfare advocates on his side instead of the opposition

By Laura Rance-Unger January 17, 2014

Some have described the Netherlands as a living laboratory for sustainable intensive livestock production. With 16.7 million people living with 11 million hogs, 80 million chickens and 400,000 cows in an area that is one-fifteenth the size of Manitoba, it is impossible for the animal industry to operate below the public’s radar. Growing public distaste

Hogs, Livestock, Opinion

Editorial: Everybody is responsible

By Laura Rance-Unger January 17, 2014

The livestock industry in the Netherlands has had to make a lot of changes to comply with growing public pressure for more environmentally sustainable and humane practices. But it hasn’t had to do it alone. That fact was inescapable during a recent whirlwind tour of Netherlands livestock operations by a Canadian delegation, courtesy of the

Country Crossroads

Rugs elevate bygone Prairie symbol

An exhibit of exquisite hooked art rugs by the Heritage Rug Hookers of Saskatoon on six-community tour of Manitoba

By Lorraine Stevenson April 10, 2013

An art exhibit of the gone-but-not-forgotten Prairie grain elevator is helping revive a once common craft of Prairie homemakers, too. A collection of 40 hooked rugs, each depicting a grain elevator, is now on display in Carman. The collection — which has been displayed at about 20 galleries in Alberta, Saskatchewan, and, most recently Virden

Daily Network News

Health Canada stops sales of coccidiosis medication Deccox on procedural issue

Canadian cattle herd sees first annual increase since 2018

Olymel parent company sees increased earnings in 2025

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Mink ranchers get reprieve from depressed market

Conservation not a hippie delusion

Dutch farmer finds animal health and welfare go hand in hand

Editorial: Everybody is responsible

Rugs elevate bygone Prairie symbol

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