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Producer Cars In The Horse-Powered Era

By Manitoba Agricultural Museum August 11, 2011

It’s a showpiece of Prairie ingenuity – and proof that farmers’ interest in producer cars dates back more than a century. While going through a circa 1906 edition of the Canadian Thresherman and Farmermagazine, Manitoba Agricultural Museum director Alex Campbell found an ad for a “portable elevator” built by the Carberry Wood and Iron Works

News

Forty Years Of Corn In Manitoba

By Lorraine Stevenson August 4, 2011

These past two have been the most difficult years Miami-area corn grower Alan Kennedy has seen in 60 years of farming. But they’ve also been the most profitable per acre, thanks to a rare combination of weather and strong markets. “This year looks pretty shakey, but two out of three ain’t bad,” Kennedy joked last

Opinion

Are Higher Commodity Prices The “New Normal?”

By Purdue University Release August 4, 2011

Higher commodity prices might be the rule rather than the exception in the coming years, a Purdue University agricultural economist says. While prices regularly rise and fall, they have trended upward in a way that suggests they’ve reached a plateau, said Mike Boehlje. He attributed much of the price movement to bullish export markets, weather-shortened

Hogs, Livestock

Innovative Research Addresses Industry Challenges

By Co-operator August 4, 2011

BERNIE PEET Peet on Pigs Bernie Peet is president of Pork Chain Consulting Ltd. of Lacombe, Alberta, and editor of Western Hog Journal. His columns will run every second week in the Manitoba The Prairie Swine Centre (PSC) plays a unique role in the Canadian pork industry as one of the few establishments carrying out

Dairy cattle, Livestock

Cattle Numbers Dropping

July 28, 2011

The U.S. fed cattle supply on July 1 was 3.8 per cent larger than a year ago as a devastating drought in the U.S. southwest and high cattle prices pulled young cattle into feedlots, analysts said July 22. In a separate report, USDA put the U.S. cattle herd, which includes all cattle inside and outside

Livestock

Model Fish Farm Now Operating

By Lorraine Stevenson July 28, 2011

The first Canadian model aqua-farm demonstrating the viability of indoor fish rearing on the Prairies is now producing fish. But will it produce profits? “There’s still a lot of things to be worked out yet,” said Rudy Reimer following a ribbon-cutting ceremony and open house June 27 on his Warren-area farm where visitors heard more

Crops

Brazil: The World’s 21st Century Breadbasket

July 21, 2011

Brazil has for centuries been known as a leading producer and exporter of the world’s breakfast foods – orange juice, coffee, sugar and cocoa. But over the past 2-1/2 decades since the opening of the economy to foreign investment, Latin America’s largest economy has also become a leading producer of important grains and meats, through

Hogs, Livestock

U.S. Hog Farms Drive Growth With Genetics, Husbandry

By Bob Burgdorfer July 21, 2011

U.S. hog producers are using genetics, modern farm housing, and animal husbandry to maximize pork production without greatly expanding costs for feed and barn construction, industry sources said. With global demand for food growing quickly and production land limited or even shrinking, pressures are mounting to produce more with the same or less throughout agriculture.

Livestock, Other livestock

Unlike Books, A Horse’s Health Can Be Judged By Its Cover

July 14, 2011

dvm The condition of a horse’s hair coat reveals a great deal of informat ion regarding its overall health. When the elements in a horse’s lifestyle are favourable, a vibrant, shiny hair coat along with a full mane and tail are its natural expression. Nutrition and movement are the primary influences of such expression. One

Beef cattle, Forages, Livestock

Grass-Fed Beef Gaining A Foothold In Cattle Sector

By Ron Friesen July 14, 2011

If you suggest to Jim Lintott that grass-fed beef is tough, he’ll tell you in an second it simply isn’t true. Lintott says tests conducted over two years at the University of Manitoba gave a high tenderness rating to the beef produced by Manitoba Grass-Fed Beef Association members. But you don’t need research to convince

Daily Network News

New strategies needed for Canadian agriculture to stand out in global trade

Feed Grains Weekly: Cash prices for wheat, barley largely flat

The Canadian GMO mustard wars: Dijon vs canola

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