Agriculture News Archives

A former Neepawa area pork producer is calling for common sense in addressing water quality issues in Lake Winnipeg.

The Manitoba coalition representing 250,000 Manitobans says the half-measure promises that politicians are making to get education taxes off property continues to make a patch work quilt out of education funding and a confusing property tax system.

Manitoba’s pork producers are confident a newly opened farm and food discovery centre will play a key role in educating consumers about what it takes to put food on their tables.

Farmers are ready to welcome the public to spend a day on their farms during Manitoba’s second annual Open Farm Day on Sunday, September 18.

PigTrace Canada is confident a national swine traceability system being developed in Canada will be compatible with a new system being proposed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

The University of Manitoba’s new Bruce D. Campbell Farm and Food Discovery Centre is expected to ply a key role in bridging the gap between those who produce our food and those who consume it.

The executive Vice President of Hylife Foods warns the ability of his company’s recently upgraded Neepawa pork processing plant to access adequate hog supplies is being threatened by the Manitoba government’s expansion of its moratorium on new hog barn construction.

The president of the Manitoba Corn Growers Association warns new regulations contained in the recently passed “Save Lake Winnipeg Act” will do little to improve the water quality of the lake.

The results of the 2011 Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) Producer Plebiscite were announced today by Plebiscite Coordinator Ian Craven of MNP LLP.

A U.S. based agricultural economist blames cooler weather and resulting increased growth rates for a substantial reduction in North American live hog prices over the past couple of weeks.