Manitoba Stays on Daylight Time and the Cows Don’t Care
For as long as I remember, changing the clocks twice a year creates confusion, conversation and sometimes a little comedy. Somebody arrives at church an hour early, somebody else comes an hour late, and occasionally someone blames the time change for being late even when
Canadian farmers considering machinery, equipment or imported purchases have two measures to examine before signing contracts or filing customs documents.The first is the proposed Productivity Mega Deduction announced September 15. It would allow businesses, including farms, to immediately expense most eligible depreciable property acquired on or after that date.Immediate expensing means deducting the eligible
Jobs within a modern hog barn are typically well-defined, but it never hurts to review what needs to be done.That’s where the ‘Walking the Room Handbook’ can be a useful reminder for barn managers and staff.The book is the fifth in a series of book from the Prairie Swine Centre, explained Ken Engele Manager,
Manitoba Pork representatives gather aboard the Motor Vessel Namaoduring a Lake Winnipeg tour focused on water quality, research andenvironmental stewardship. Photo courtesy of Manitoba Pork.
Manitoba Pork has supported Lake Winnipeg research for more than 15 years. A recent trip aboard the M/V Namao gave pork producers and industry representatives a firsthand look at how
Canada exports roughly 70 per cent of its total pork production to about 76 countries annually, but the lion’s share – about 85 per cent has traditionally gone to the United States, Japan, Mexico, China, and South Korea.In 2025, Canadian exports of pork and pork products reached a value of $5.7 billion.But exploring new
Farrowing remains one of the highest risk stages in the sow’s production cycle, yet staff cannot always be in the room when labour starts or when a sow runs into trouble. With larger herds, tight labour and pressure to improve welfare and piglet survival, there is growing interest in tools that can quietly watch
Canadian agriculture faces serious risks as trade tensions with the United States escalate, but two farm-sector leaders say long-standing business relationships still offer hope for a negotiated settlement.Canadian counter-tariffs are scheduled to take effect Sept. 8, after the United States imposed 50 percent duties on a range of Canadian products on Aug. 22. Canada
Clinton Monchuk, Executive Director of Farm & Food Care Saskatchewan.Photo courtesy of Farm & Food Care Saskatchewan.
Opening the farm gate and inviting consumers to see where their food comes from sounds simple, but Farm & Food Care Saskatchewan says it makes a measurable difference in how people understand agriculture.Clinton Monchuk, executive director of Farm
Renewed pressure for country-of-origin labelling in the United States could disrupt Canada’s livestock sector unless farmers and processors develop a workable alternative, says Cam Dahl, general manager of the Manitoba Pork Council.Country-of-origin rules are becoming increasingly important as Canada, the United States and Mexico prepare for more trade negotiations. While questions about where food
It is unclear the immediate impacts of the retaliatory trade tariffs on Prairie hog producers, but the list of 700 tariff items don’t appear to target primary agriculture, said the executive director of Alberta Pork.“I don’t think we will get hit that hard unless it is specific things people are bringing in if they
