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Ottawa asks world trade body to investigate, saying recent amendments have made the COOL law more harmful and unfair
Ottawa has asked the World Trade Organization to form a compliance panel to look into the U.S. refusal to follow its order to stop discriminating against Canadian and Mexican livestock. “Canada considers that the U.S. has failed to bring its country-of-origin labelling measure into conformity with its WTO obligations,” Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz and Trade
A free web-based program uses local weather data to make recommendations
With higher cattle prices, some consultation can be a good investment
The view from Northern Blossom Farms - Part 4
In Letter 4 from Northern Blossom Farms, Gary Martens discusses how hard it is to move away from component farming
In previous letters I have discussed the components of a farm; crops, livestock and trees. It is time to discuss the whole farm as a unit. Thinking about something as a whole does not come naturally and is difficult for me to do. I like to make lists of things that need to be doneThe weekly crop report by Manitoba Agriculture Food and Rural Initiatives for July 2, 2013
Researchers are working on an interactive map to help producers assess potential for weevil infestations
Many Saskatchewan forage growers dutifully waited for alfalfa to reach the 15 per cent bloom stage before cutting last year, but their patience went unrewarded. Thanks to the alfalfa weevil, a nasty little pest that has been gradually spreading across the southern Prairies since its arrival here in the 1950s, they were waiting for a
