Don’t give up the right to farm and live to tell it
Communicating, speaking, even breathing and eating the story of farming is something I do every day of my life, and as the adage says, and twice on Sunday. As I noted to a friend on Twitter recently, I started farming when I was
Recent research is showing canola meal can be a significant component of rations for sows.
A recent study at the University of Manitoba, led by Dr. Martin Nyachoti, into the effect of increasing dietary canola meal inclusion on lactation performance, milk composition, and nutrient digestibility of lactating sows has shown good results.
The aim was to
After 20 years of providing Manitoba livestock producers with manure management research and information, the work of the Manitoba Livestock Manure Management Initiative (MLMMI) and other research programs the Manitoba government is amalgamating it into a single research delivery model.
Effective April 1, 2018, Canadian Agricultural Partnership, which is replacing Growing Forward 2, will direct
Organizers of the Brandon Hog and Livestock Show said the success of the 2017 edition indicates a bright future for hog production in Manitoba. The one-day event on Dec 15, the Brandon Hog & Livestock show brought pork producers and their service and equipment suppliers together.
One of the organizers, Ron Bazylo said the attendance
Alberta Pork’s Chair has received a priceless gift from a prominent economist.
Within his report to the 2017 Annual General Meeting in Calgary on Nov. 30, Frank Novak renewed his call for a pricing change based on the cut-out value rather than the US-based cash market.
Novak’s quest got a high-powered boost a few weeks later,
A talented manager is the single most important factor in determining the success of a hog farm, says the Chilean veterinarian who led the design and set-up of a 10,000-sow farm in Mexico.
Gustavo Pizarro, member of the Pipestone Veterinary Services Team, discussed during a breakout session at Banff Pork Seminar the principles around which
Andrew Dickson, the General Manager of Manitoba Pork, said elected U.S. state officials and agricultural leaders he spoke with want to see the North American Free Trade Agreement improved in a way that will increase the volumes of trade among the U.S., Canada and Mexico.
Recently in Kansas City, Missouri, State Agriculture and Rural Leaders
With investment starting to happen and company’s building new finisher barns and feed mills in Manitoba, demand from Asian countries expanding the hog industry in Manitoba is set to take off.
George Matheson, the chair of Manitoba Pork said restoring hog production to levels needed to supply the province’s pork processing plants will be among
The movement to purge anti-microbials from livestock production goes far beyond creating a marketing tool for fast-food retailers.
It’s about managing a very effective group of medications to cut short the development of “super bugs” that are resistant to them.
At Banff Pork Seminar on Jan. 10 and 11, three veterinarians from across the continent –
Canada’s Lawrence MacAulay, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food and François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of International Trade said reaching this milestone in the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) is excellent news for Canadian farmers and food processors. It will help grow the Canadian economy, including the middle class, and deliver prosperity to rural
