Agriculture News Archives

Seven provincial pork organizations have agreed to help fund swine industry research being conducted through Swine Innovation Porc.

A Red Deer base swine veterinarian is encouraging swine barn workers to maintain a close watch for any signs of PED.

Delegates to Keystone Agricultural Producers’ recent annual meeting passed a resolution calling for the federal government to enable generic seed developers (which include farmers) to have access to off-patent plant traits at least seven years before these traits come off patent.

The chair of Manitoba Pork reports support in the U.S. for resolution of U.S. Mandatory Country of Origin Labelling to avoid retaliatory tariffs is building.

The chair of Manitoba Pork says swine health issues and the need to better control disease has emerged as a key issue during discussions with pork producers in Minnesota and Iowa.

Researchers working on behalf of the Manitoba Livestock Manure Management Imitative have kicked off an evaluation of air flotation and belt filter press manure separation technology.

The director of sow nursery production with HyLife says improved training programs have allowed the company dramatically reduce staff turnover and improve the morale of employees.

A co-director of the 2015 Banff Pork Seminar reports improved profitability within the Canadian pork industry helped boost attendance at this year’s conference.

Manitoba farmers will benefit from improvements to the AgriInsurance program, Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz and Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development Minister Ron Kostyshyn announced.

The CEO of the Center for Food Integrity says the advent of social media has forced those involved in agriculture to change the way they communicate with consumers.