News - Agriculture

Manitoba Agriculture reminds farmers to follow best management and disease-prevention practices as they begin seeding their 2017 crops.

Farmers are gearing up for another growing season and that means agricultural equipment will soon be moving along roadways to fields and sharing the roads and highways in rural areas.

The Manager of Quality Assurance and Animal Care Programs with Manitoba Pork says Canada’s new on-farm pork quality and animal welfare assurance program matches and exceeds those being offered in other countries.

The Executive Director of Winter Cereals Canada is calling for patience as winter cereal growers assess the viability of crops that were planted last fall.

The Executive Director of Winter Cereals Canada reports winter survival of the fall seeded cereal crops is variable with crops in eastern Manitoba hit the hardest.

Member representatives at a recent Keystone Agricultural Producers advisory council meeting passed a resolution directing KAP to lobby the federal government to keep the regulation that allows for cash deferral of grain tickets (sales).

The Manager of Quality Assurance and Animal Care Programs with Manitoba Pork says the update of Canada’s on farm food safety and animal care program incorporates the latest research and technology.

Keystone Agricultural Producers says the recent budget is good for agriculture but it is disappointed that no move has been made to reform the school tax system.

Average farmland values in Canada continued to climb in 2016, but lost steam in most provinces, including Manitoba, according to Farm Credit Canada’s latest Farmland Values Report.

At Manitoba Pork’s Annual General Meeting on April 5, 2017, Chair George Matheson presented Dr. Laurie Connor with Manitoba Pork’s 2017 Award of Distinction.