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While the farmer constituency may be small, CFA president Ron Bonnett says the economic activity it generates is over $106 billion each year.

Federal election gaining attention with farm groups

Ag issues will be aired during a candidates’ debate set for Sept. 30

By Alex Binkley September 18, 2015

Clear trade rules, measures to manage financial risk and access to sufficient workers are key issues among farm organizations that have released their positions for the Oct. 19 federal election. The Canadian Federation of Agriculture, the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association, the Canadian Pork Council and Cereals Canada have all waded into the campaign with policy statements.

Our History

Soviet tractor sales and plugged grain terminals

Our History: September 1985

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff September 17, 2015

In tiny print at the bottom, this ad for Belarus tractors in our Sept. 12, 1985 issue hoped to influence farmers by noting that they were manufactured in the USSR, Canada’s largest grain customer. Soviet sales had been a bit slow and a front-page story reported on plugged terminals and slow shipments through Thunder Bay,

PEDv spread like wildfire in the U.S., but Canada successfully limited its spread.

Hogs, Livestock

Standing tall: How Canada’s pork sector survived the attack of a killer virus

PEDv decimated the U.S. hog herd, but Canada showed how to do biosecurity right

By Alexis Kienlen September 16, 2015

When it comes to finding expert advice on biosecurity, cattle producers might want to sit down with their local hog farmer. The country’s outstanding record on controlling the porcine epidemic diarrhea virus has a host of lessons for the cattle sector, says a swine veterinarian who was deeply involved in Alberta’s battle against PEDv. Start

Comment, News

How cattle were raised – grass-fed or grain-fed – does affect that grilling experience

Most consumers prefer grain-fed over grass-fed beef

By Larry Corah September 14, 2015

The great thing about this country is we have many choices. But choices can be a challenge, too. How does the production system impact your grilling and eating experience? Well, for nearly 95 per cent of all U.S. beef produced, the traditional system is weaning a calf at six to seven months. Then it’s placed

Opinion

Canadians love meat, but don’t take them for granted

Demand should stay strong despite higher prices, but cases of meat fraud  could undermine consumer confidence

By Sylvain Charlebois September 7, 2015

What do Confucius, Albert Einstein and Leonardo Di Vinci have in common? Well, not much professionally, but they were all vegetarians. Einstein once claimed that, “Nothing will benefit human health and increase chances for survival of life on Earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet.” With recent record meat prices, some might

MGEX spring wheat weekly nearby. Chart as of Aug. 26, 2015.

Cereals, Markets

Drozd: Harami provides a signal to sell wheat

It is difficult to know when to sell in a rising market

By David Drozd September 4, 2015

The wheat market rallied $1 per bushel in the two-week period leading up to the June 30, 2015 USDA and Statistics Canada acreage reports. But it was all downhill shortly after the July long weekend. This timely rally provided producers with an opportunity to price remaining old-crop wheat and move forward on new-crop sales. From

Hogs, News

Pork producers fear increased disease risk from PEDv

U.S. truck washes are known to harbour a deadly pig virus

By Shannon VanRaes September 3, 2015

A decision by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency to end measures intended to keep the porcine epidemic diarrhea virus, or PEDv, out of Manitoba, has producers worried. As of October 1, trucks returning to Canada after dropping swine off in the U.S. will be required to be disinfected and cleaned at American facilities before entering Canada.

Beef cattle, Livestock, Markets

JBS doesn’t see Brazil beef exports to U.S. before 2016

By GFM Network News, Reuters August 14, 2015

Sao Paulo | Reuters — Meatpacker JBS expects fresh beef exports from Brazil to the U.S. to begin no earlier than 2016, later than the Brazilian government predicted, CEO Wesley Batista said Friday. An agreement between the two countries was signed in June, when Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff visited Washington, but Batista said it would

Dairy cattle, Opinion

Opinion: Dairy farmers get (undeserved) bad rap during TPP negotiations

By John Morriss August 10, 2015

The proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement involves 12 countries representing about 40 per cent of the world’s economy, but some of Canada’s national media coverage would have had you believe that there is only one issue holding it up — access to Canada’s dairy market. The Globe and Mail was the worst offender —

She wouldn’t be so worried if she was assured the processing procedures were the same as in the U.S.

Did you know?

Americans will buy imported meat if assured of standards

USDA should help consumers make more informed decisions 

By Journal Of Retailing Release August 10, 2015

With Congress currently debating the repeal of mandatory country-of-origin labelling (COOL) for meat and poultry — federal law in the U.S. since 2002 — new research from the Sam W. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas shines a spotlight on how COOL labelling affects consumers’ purchase decisions. In “A COOL Effect: The

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle rally, hogs rise

Extreme heat can overcome honeybees’ ability to regulate hive temperature Arizona study shows

U.S. grains: Soybeans, wheat, corn end lower on broad commodities slump

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