Agriculture News Archives

The Canadian Wheat Board’s new program to acquire feed barley from western Canadian farmers is unnecessarily reducing prairie feedgrain prices, says the Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association.

The Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association is calling on the Canadian government to create a more favourable investment climate for wheat breeding research in Canada.

Manitoba will strengthen the building code for agriculture buildings and introduce a new Farm Building Code to make buildings safer and offer increased fire protection to livestock and property, Labour and Immigration Minister Jennifer Howard announced today.

The Manitoba Conservative Party is calling on the provincial government to work more closely with other jurisdictions to address water quality problems in Lake Winnipeg.

Keystone Agricultural Producers says Manitoba farmers are in a much better position than ever before to manage the use of crop inputs and reduce nutrient loss to the environment.

Canadian breeding cattle are back in Colombia after almost 10 years of trade restrictions, Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz announced.

The leader of the Manitoba Liberal Party says the province needs to adopt a science based approach to addressing water quality problems in Lake Winnipeg.

Offshore feed barley prices have strengthened significantly in recent weeks, in large part due to growing conditions in eastern Europe combined with the Russian drought.

Manitoba Water Stewardship says, despite continuing deterioration of water quality in Lake Winnipeg, government efforts to reduce nutrient loading are beginning to have an effect.

Public consultations will be held on proposed new regulations aimed at reducing emissions from incinerators and encouraging the use of natural biomass materials as fuels, Conservation Minister Bill Blaikie announced.