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Producers from throughout the Prairies and Ontario made the trip to Brandon’s Keystone Centre for Ag Ex in late October.

Cattle numbers up at Manitoba Ag Ex

More cattle and new sheep-based events dominated the Ag Ex highlights this year

By Alexis Stockford November 14, 2022

Brandon’s Ag Ex is on the comeback trail after weathering COVID-19, judging by the number of cattle drawn to the Keystone Centre grounds in late October. Mark Humphries, general manager with the Provincial Exhibition of Manitoba, said cattle show entries were more than double those of 2021. About 430 cattle took to the ring Oct.

Mandy Furney, Manitoba Fibre Festival volunteer co-ordinator.

Farmit Manitoba

Fibre Festival brings farmers and crafters together

Producers say it’s often more economical to dispose of the fleece

By Don Norman October 12, 2022

What to do with a mountain of wool? It’s a question Manitoba sheep producers ask every year. Ingrid Stalman, who was at the Manitoba Sheep Association booth during the recent Manitoba Fibre Festival, talked about the annual problem. “If I don’t do anything with the wool, I still have literally a mountain of wool coming

Fishing accounts for over 90 per cent of the economy on the islands, although there is potential for it to more for more livestock and grains production.

Farmit Manitoba

Fish versus farms on the Faroes

After 1,000 years, the farmers of these islands have some unique insights

By Lilian Schaer September 28, 2022

Glacier FarmMedia – In Canada, and indeed in most western countries, agriculture often struggles to be understood by a largely urban public that has little idea of where their food comes from. In the Faroe Islands, a collection of 18 islands midway between Scotland, Iceland and Norway in the North Atlantic, the fight for agriculture

The new program is a centralized system for Canadian sheep traceability.

Livestock, News, Other livestock

New traceability program soon to be available for Canadian sheep farmers

Program aims to help improve flock management and information availability

By Diana Martin, Jennifer Glenney July 11, 2022

The Canadian Sheep Federation (CSF) AgroLedger, a digital traceability program, is launching a pilot program for early adopters before its sector-wide release. The CFS-funded program will be made available at no cost to Canadian sheep producers to bring them in line with government regulatory amendments that close the loop on full traceability. “We understand that all the

Sheep producers usually don’t ask if a flock is free of maedi visna when buying.

Livestock, News, Other

Maedi visna: The hidden sheep disease

What you can’t see can still be hurting your flock

By Geralyn Wichers, Kristy Nudds June 7, 2022

A fatal disease cost Manitoba sheep farmer Carleen Doerksen about half her flock, but she says few farmers even know the condition exists. Doerksen, who farms near Boissevain, Man., had noticed that some of her ewes couldn’t keep up when moving from pasture to pasture. They couldn’t get enough air, winding up exhausted by the

File photo of a flock of sheep in eastern Idaho. (Samson1976/iStock/Getty Images)

Livestock

U.S. sheep herders’ suit alleges cartel-like wage suppression

By GFM Network News, Leah Douglas June 3, 2022

Reuters –– Sheep herders in the U.S. West have banded together to sue their employers, accusing them of operating an illegal cartel that artificially suppresses their wages, according to court documents filed Wednesday in Nevada. The case could have implications for how antitrust laws are applied to labour markets, according to legal experts, as the

Lambs at the Borst family’s Nu-Dawn farms near Elm Creek, pictured here in late March.

Livestock Markets, Markets

Hot prices, cold lambs at Easter

High feed costs are putting a damper on sheep farmers’ hopes despite strong lamb prices

By Geralyn Wichers April 28, 2022

Sheep producers are seeing record prices for their lambs in some categories, with high demand through the recent Easter season. According to Morgan Moore, chair of the Manitoba Sheep Association, that’s consistent with the market patterns of previous years. “The last five years, year over year, our peak price per pound realized for the lambs

“We think that the way wool has been treated in this country in the last few decades is a tragedy.” – Matthew Rowe, Canadian Wool Council.

Markets, News

Funding announced to revive wool market

The Canadian Wool Council hopes to set a new direction for the natural fibre

By Alexis Stockford March 22, 2022

The Canadian Wool Council is seeking more visibility for its wares and recently received almost $150,000 to make that happen. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) announced the funding in late February, linking the money to development of environmentally sustainable textiles. Why it matters: Meat rather than wool is the main focus of Canada’s sheep sector

As more consumers are cooking at home and other animal proteins have supply issues, lamb has become a more popular protein choice.

News

Lamb sees increased global market demand

Strong sales sparked by supply chain disruption, pandemic-related shortages of other animal proteins

By Diana Martin December 22, 2021

Glacier FarmMedia – Global meat protein supply gaps sparked by African swine fever (ASF) and the pandemic have created expansion potential for the sheep sector. Melissa Clark-Reynolds, a New Zealand entrepreneur, strategist and foresight practitioner, told those at the recent Ontario Sheep Farmers annual general meeting that the sheep sector has a bright future given

File photo of goats on display at the Hanover Agricultural Fair in Grunthal, Man. in August 2019. (Dave Bedard photo)

Livestock

U.S. to lift BSE-related rules off sheep, goat imports

New scrapie-specific rules take effect next month

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News December 9, 2021

U.S. restrictions that have hindered that country’s imports of live Canadian sheep and goats, going back to the start of the BSE crisis in 2003, are set to be scrapped and replaced with rules applying specifically to scrapie. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal Plant and Health Inspection Service (APHIS) on Friday published a new

Daily Network News

Bayer takes its multi-front battle on pesticide liability to Kansas

Pulse Weekly: More Saskatchewan pulse acres very likely in 2026/27

USDA makes few changes in domestic figures

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