Agriculture News Archives

The Animal Nutrition Association of Canada reports the current low cost of dried distillers grains with solubles is the one variable allowing feed mills to keep a lid on feed costs.

The Animal Nutrition Association of Canada reports drastic reductions in livestock numbers have dramatically reduced demand for feed products forcing widespread consolidation within the animal feed industry.

Saskatchewan pork producers are hailing the reopening of the PSC Elstow Research Farm under new ownership as very good news for the province’s pork industry.

Canola growers can take some steps at swathing time to minimize green seed and maximize the quality of the harvested crop, according to the Canola Council of Canada (CCC).

Officials of the Prairie Swine Centre are confident the sale of the PSC Elstow Research Farm will create new opportunities for collaborative research.

Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives is reminding farmers wanting to burn stubble, straw and other crop residue of the provincial requirement for specific authorization prior to any burning.

Applications are now available for the Business Skills Suite of programs recently launched under the Growing Forward partnership between the governments of Canada and Manitoba.

Applications are now available for the Environmental Farm Action Program (EFAP).

The U.S. based National Pork Producers Council says a Canadian pork industry restructuring plan approved by the government of Canada is far less onerous than what had originally been requested by Canadian pork producers.

Applications are now available for the Manitoba Sustainable Agriculture Practices Program (MSAPP), Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives Minister Rosann Wowchuk announced.