A professor with the University of Minnesota says the wide range of vectors through which PRRS can spread poses the biggest challenge for regional efforts to control the disease.
Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) in conjunction with Acklands-Grainger and major safety manufacturers will showcase the latest in farm safety at Farm Safety Expos to be held February 14 to 17 in rural Manitoba.
An Edmonton based research chef says, when it comes to selecting the foods they’ll feed their families, today’s consumers are looking at value, not just price.
The Government of Canada is investing in a national traceability system for livestock which will provide more market opportunities and strengthen the industry for the long term.
The Manitoba Bio-products Strategy prepares the next step for government, industry and research institutions to work together to grow Manitoba into a world leader in the bio-products industry, Premier Greg Selinger announced.
Canada’s largest producer of pigs and its subsidiary pork processing company will take on new names and a new logo beginning February 1, 2011.
The CEO of Hylife says the expanding use of U.S. corn to produce ethanol has shifted the feed cost advantage for producing swine from the United States to Canada.
New forecasting technology on WeatherFarm™ will greatly improve weather predictions, reducing error in short-term forecasts by as much as 50 per cent.
A communications specialist with the Cause Matters Corporation is encouraging farmers to become directly involved in telling their story about agriculture to the non-farming public.
Recent enhancements to AgriInsurance continue to strengthen insurance as the first and best defence against unforeseen events such as excess moisture, Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives Minister Stan Struthers announced at Manitoba Ag Days.
