Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz concluded the 36th Cairns Group (CG) Ministerial Meeting where members assessed the ongoing WTO Doha Round negotiations on agriculture and other issues that impact trade, with the objective of fostering a more open agricultural trading system.
Water testing this week has shown that levels of Escherichia coli (E. coli) were within recreational water quality guidelines at all beaches monitored by Manitoba Water Stewardship.
It’s September and Manitobans with students in the family are in “back-to-school mode.”
The Manitoba Beef Producers (MBP) has released its election “asks” – the key policies that the MBP would like to see implemented by the Government of Manitoba after the October 4th election.
PigTrace Canada hopes proposed federal legislative changes required to accommodate a new national swine traceability system will be ready for public comment by year’s end.
The Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association is calling on the federal government to disregard the results of the Canadian Wheat Board vote, regardless of the outcome, and to move forward quickly with legislation that provides grain marketing freedom to prairie farmers.
Canola harvested in very hot weather has to go on aeration to cool it off. Even if dry, hot canola can start to heat and spoil within weeks.
Manitoba RCMP conducted several check stops over the September long weekend beginning on Friday, September 2 and running through Monday, September 5.
The chair of the Canadian Swine Health Board says the health status of the herd can often make the difference between whether or not a pork production operation remains economically viable.
On September 2, 2011, just before 7am, Selkirk RCMP were dispatched to the scene of a commercial break and enter at Larters Golf and Country Club in the RM of St. Andrews, Manitoba.