social media Archives - Page 6 of 8

Dairy farmer Lisa Dyck launched a line of hand-crafted ice creams made from milk from the dairy farm she and her husband own between Beausejour and Anola. photo: lorraine stevenson

Made-in-Manitoba ice cream flying off store shelves

By Lorraine Stevenson July 4, 2013

Customers are happily forking over between $11 and $12  for a litre of this premium, made-in-Manitoba ice cream

Lisa Dyck is going lickity split as summer arrives, ramping up production of a cool treat Manitobans haven’t tasted in a long time — made-in-Manitoba ice cream. This spring the Anola-area dairy producer launched Cornell Creme, a premium ice cream made from the milk of the 120 cows that she and husband William Dyck milk.

Opinion

4-H something to celebrate

May 29, 2013

The March 14 ‘status’ on my 20-year-old daughter’s Facebook page said it all: “Got a shout out from a prof for being a very “clear and confident speaker and presenter.” Second one this year. All those years of hating 4-H speaking competitions are finally paying off!” Reading that took me back a decade to the

News

4-H legacy fundraiser sets $100,000 goal

By Lorraine Stevenson May 22, 2013

4-H Canada is urging supporters of the program to consider a donation to help secure the program for its next century 

4-H Canada is asking supporters of the Canadian youth program to help raise $100,000 in recognition of the 100th year of 4-H in Canada being celebrated in 2013. The program’s national legacy fundraising campaign encourages $100 donations toward improving and expanding 4-H programs across Canada for future generations. “We’re creating a legacy fund to embrace

Livestock, News

New Mexico coyote-hunting contest pits ranchers against wildlife lovers

By Zelie Pollon November 15, 2012

Reuters / A statewide coyote-hunting contest planned for later this month has caused an uproar in New Mexico, pitting environmentalists against ranchers, as heated words flooded social media networks and thousands signed a petition opposing the hunt as cruel. The furor prompted the Albuquerque gun store owner who originally sponsored the contest to cancel, but

Country Crossroads

The Prairie Wide Web: Virtual communities of pioneer women

By Barb Galbraith November 9, 2012

Before the World Wide Web, women living on isolated homesteads belonged to virtual communities with much in common with today’s social media. These communities involved more than one physical location. They offered an exchange of ideas, opinions and information, and provided networking, education and problem-solving opportunities. Instead of Facebook or Twitter, they had names such

Beef cattle, Livestock, News

TV network wants federal court to hear “pink slime” lawsuit

November 9, 2012

Reuters / ABC News wants a Federal Court to deal with a meat processor’s defamation lawsuit over reports about lean finely textured beef, a product that critics have labelled “pink slime.” Lawyers for the network filed to transfer the case, brought last month by Beef Products Inc., the leading producer of the product, from of

Oilseeds, Opinion

Our response ability

By Laura Rance-Unger October 10, 2012

Did you hear the story about the Winnipeg bus driver who gave away his shoes to a barefoot guy he saw on the sidewalk? It was pretty hard to miss. Perhaps the most enlightening aspect of that story, which was picked up exhaustively locally, nationally and then internationally, was that it was news at all.

Hogs, Livestock, News

No solutions in sight as feds, pork industry talk

By Alex Binkley October 10, 2012

Assistance to help hog farmers survive the current bout of high feed costs and low prices has yet to materialize, says Martin Rice, executive director of the Canadian Pork Council. Driven by soaring feed costs from this summer’s drought and high profile bankruptcies, the council has been holding discussions with Agriculture Canada on what kind

Beef cattle, Opinion

Telling your story

By Laura Rance-Unger June 5, 2012

Cultures in which it is customary to eat pretty much everything but the moo from meat animals must be scratching their heads over North America’s squeamishness over so-called “pink slime” beef. Lean finely textured beef, as the industry calls it, has never been sold in Canada. Health Canada considers the ammonia treatment the product undergoes

Country Crossroads, News, Oilseeds, Recipe Swap

Recipe Swap: Digging into homegrown or local food

By Lorraine Stevenson June 5, 2012

“What a lot of work!” a neighbour exclaimed the other day, peering over my fence. She was looking dubiously at my little garden. “Not work. It’s fun,” I replied cheerfully and I meant it. What my neighbour could see was just a lot of digging, lifting, pulling, hoeing, bending. Possibly, she may have also been

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle extend gains on improving cash prices, packer demand

U.S. grains: Soy futures slide on China demand doubts

Spain probes whether swine fever outbreak was caused by lab leak

AgCanadaTV

AGCanadaTV: In case you missed it; your national ag news recap for Dec. 5, 2025

Cyber-Savvy Farmer