Agriculture News Archives

Researchers with the University of Manitoba hope to improve sow health and comfort by improving the design of slatted floors used in sow barns.

Manitoba’s pulse and soybean growers will benefit from the work of a new applied research specialist and will receive $400,000 in government funding over the next two years.

The Executive Director of Winter Cereals Canada expects fall seeded cereal crops to be available off the combine early this year.

The General Manager of Manitoba Pork says outlooks for live hog prices, grain costs, exchange rates and weanling values will influence how quickly live hog production can be increased to meet western Canadian hog slaughtering capacity.

Promising farm cash receipt projections suggest new farm equipment sales will slowly improve over the next two years, according to Farm Credit Canada’s latest agriculture economics report.

The Executive Director of Winter Cereals Canada reports winter cereal crops that were planted last fall are in excellent condition.

The Canadian Meat Council warns without the ability to hire sufficient numbers of workers the opportunity Canada’s meat processing plants to capitalize on new trade agreements will be lost.

Manitoba Agriculture reports the severe weather that passed through the province this past weekend has taken a heavy toll on some crops.

The National Pork Producers Council fears, if allowed to move forward, a proposed ban on packer ownership of livestock could mean producer ownership of packing plants would also be banned.

The General Manger of Manitoba Pork expects four or five new swine barn projects to be in the works by the end of this summer, with possibly five or six proposals coming forward in 2017.