Agriculture News Archives

A winter wheat breeder with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada expects western Canada’s first fusarium head blight resistant winter wheat to be of particular interest to grain growers in Manitoba’s Red River Valley.

The executive manager of Winter Cereals Canada reports the late snow melt that’s delayed the planting of cereal crops this spring has given cereal crops planted last fall a good start.

A weather and crop specialist with CWB expects the majority of prairie farmers to be planting more wheat and canola this year.

A researcher with the University of Manitoba says the majority of Canadian pork producers making the switch to group housing of gestating sows will be looking at converting existing operations.

Manitoba’s spring mega project is getting off the ground ounce again, an undertaking that annually sees 12 million acres of land seeded – and farmers are asking for the public’s help in getting it done.

The chair of the National Farm Animal Care Council’s Pig Code Development Committee is encouraging broad public participation during the public comment period for a proposed updated Canadian Pig Code of Practice.

A researcher with the Prairie Swine Centre is encouraging pork producers to focus on the advantages offered by group housing as they consider moving away the use of gestation stalls.

The National Farm Animal Care Council says everyone has a responsibility for ensuring the success of Canada’s codes of practice for the care of farm animals.

h@ms Marketing Services is advising pork producers to consider forward pricing a significant portion of their summer and fall hog production.

The president and CEO of the Prairie Swine Centre says an economic analysis will shed light on the anticipated costs of complying with a proposed updated Canadian Pig Code of Practice.