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This barn at the Glenlea Research Station will be retrofitted for dairy research.

Mechanization focus of new dairy research

Dairy research facilities to get update at  Glenlea Research Station

By Shannon VanRaes August 28, 2017

Dairy research in Manitoba has got a $1.4-million boost. Federal Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay and Manitoba Agriculture Minister Ralph Eichler made the announcement at the University of Manitoba last week, indicating the cash will be used to retrofit an existing hog barn for dairy research at the Glenlea Research Station, just south of Winnipeg. “It’s

Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay speaks during an event at the University of Manitoba.

Dairy cattle, News

Dairy issue to be contentious

As the first round of NAFTA talks wraps up, government reaffirms commitment to supply management

By Shannon VanRaes August 25, 2017

Canada’s minister of agriculture says concessions in non-supply-managed commodities will not be offered up to U.S. negotiators as a way to ensure the security of Canada’s dairy industry during the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement. “I’ve never heard that said except in the media,” said Minister Lawrence MacAulay, following an announcement at

Manitoba Agriculture Minister Ralph Eichler says government needs to have the right support programs to meet farmers’ needs.

Comment/Feedback

Analysis: AgriStability review welcomed, but can it be fixed without more money?

KAP says in 2013 the program switched from farm income stability to disaster relief

By Allan Dawson August 15, 2017

After cuts to AgriStability five years ago, then Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) president Doug Chorney predicted “AgriStability will be losing support… from farmers because it really has got to be questionable if you’ll ever see a payment.” He was right. Participation is down. In 2013, there were 7,015 Manitoba farmers enrolled in the federal-provincial ‘business

Editorial, Opinion

Editorial: Less water, more grass

By John Morriss July 27, 2017

A few hundred thousand here, a few million there. Manitoba’s PC government is rightly or wrongly getting plenty of attention for its trimming of the health-care and education systems. But it’s time for this government to start saving some real money. The Red River Basin Commission recently held meetings to mark the 20th anniversary of the

Annual food contest has new category for alcoholic beverages

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff July 24, 2017

Aspiring Manitoba entrepreneurs with creative ideas for new foods or alcoholic beverages are invited to enter the 11th annual Great Manitoba Food Fight (GMFF), Agriculture Minister Ralph Eichler announced yesterday “Manitoba is home to many budding entrepreneurs with a passion for food and drink and the skill to create innovative and delicious new products,” said

Manitoba’s pork producers say building code changes recognize what barns are, rather than treating them as factories occupied by humans.

Hogs, Local news

Barn building code changes under fire after blaze

Hog Watch Manitoba is concerned that proposed building code changes will decrease fire safety;  the province and pork industry don’t agree

By Alexis Stockford June 23, 2017

Manitoba Pork is standing by the province’s proposed building code changes, even as advocacy group Hog Watch Manitoba argues they might increase the risk of hog barn fires. In January 2017, Agriculture Minister Ralph Eichler announced plans to repeal the Farm Building Code and instead roll farm structures into the provincial building code. The changes

Members of the Manitoba Soil Science Society celebrated the sign’s unveiling alongside Newdale residents and visiting dignitaries.

Local news

Newdale sign tells the story of Manitoba’s official soil

A committee in the village worked alongside soil scientists and others to see signs developed and placed in and around the southwestern Manitoba village. They tell the story of the province’s official soil and the farm community it’s named after

By Lorraine Stevenson June 22, 2017

Newdale’s name is officially a “dirt-y” word and those living and farming here are proud of it. This past weekend local farm families and townsfolk unveiled a large sign on its Main Street showing how their community shares its name with the province’s official soil. The celebration comes precisely seven years to the day since

Editorial, Opinion

Editorial: Thanks coach

By Gord Gilmour June 1, 2017

What seems like a lifetime ago now, I was a reporter with a small rural weekly in northwestern Saskatchewan. As one does when staffing a small media outlet, I wound up covering a bit of everything, including the local senior hockey team. They were a fun bunch of mill workers, mechanics and local farm kids,

Hog Watch has returned after a decade-long hiatus fuelled by concerns over changes to environmental regulations.

Hogs, Local news

Proposed changes fuel return of advocacy group

Hog Watch is back and fearful that proposed changes to environmental regulations  could do serious damage to Manitoba waterways

By Shannon VanRaes May 8, 2017

Hog Watch is back. Proposed changes to manure management in the province have revived the dormant activist group. Hog Watch first formed in 1999 with the aim of monitoring the expansion of Manitoba’s hog industry, but after a moratorium on new hog barns was introduced by the previous NDP government in 2006, the group disbanded.

Beef producers say better access to capital will help grow the provincial herd, a stated goal of Agriculture Minister Ralph Eichler.

Livestock, Local news

Livestock industries eye growth with provincial strategy

Livestock producers are starting to see details of the provincial government’s livestock growth strategy 

By Alexis Stockford May 2, 2017

As details of the provincial livestock growth strategy begin to trickle out, the industry says it likes what it sees. The strategy was unveiled earlier this month along with the 2017-18 provincial budget but at that time there were few details forthcoming. Now producers are finding out it will include ongoing red tape reduction and

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: CME cattle tick lower in thin pre-holiday trade

U.S. grains: Wheat extends gains on short covering, war risk

Prairie forecast: Plenty more chances for snow over Holidays

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