Agriculture News Archives

h@ms Marketing Services has introduced a new Fixed Forward Price Program that will be provided to hog producers marketing to Thunder Creek Pork in Moose Jaw.

Keystone Agricultural Producers welcomes the announcement from Conservation and Water Stewardship Minister Gord Mackintosh that the ban on burning coal in Manitoba will not be enforced until 2017.

The Canadian Swine Health Board says temporary funding committed by the federal government will allow the organization to maintain its programs while a more permanent funding arrangement can be worked out.

The executive director of the Manitoba Livestock Manure Management Initiative says farmers contending with excess phosphorus now have a range of options.

An agricultural economist with the University of Missouri expects the response of livestock and poultry producers to lower feed costs to influence profitability during the rest of 2013.

Research conducted by the University of Saskatchewan shows populations of feral wild boar are now present in 110 of 296 of the province’s rural municipalities.

The director of swine health information and research with the National Pork Board, says stepped up biosecurity is the first line of defense against the spread of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea.

The chair of the National Farm Animal Care Council’s Pig Code Development Committee says the proposed elimination of gestation stalls for housing pregnant sows is raising both economic and animal welfare concerns.

An agricultural economist with the University of Missouri expects record U.S. corn production to result in greatly improved profitability for North American pork producers.

New research suggests improved efficiency in livestock production and increased crops yields are helping improve the phosphorus balance in rural Manitoba.