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Low-path bird flu turns up in Wisconsin turkeys

By Reuters, GFM Network News March 7, 2017

Paris | Reuters — The U.S. has reported an outbreak of avian flu on a farm in Wisconsin, the second in the country in less than a week although the virus found this time is considered less virulent, the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) said on Tuesday. A strain of low-pathogenic H5N2 avian flu […] Read more

(Stephen Ausmus photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

Bird flu found in Tennessee chicken flock

By GFM Network News March 5, 2017

Reuters — A strain of bird flu has been detected in a chicken breeder flock on a Tennessee farm contracted to U.S. food giant Tyson Foods, and the 73,500 birds will be culled to stop the virus from entering the food system, government and company officials said on Sunday. The U.S. Department of Agriculture said […] Read more

FarmLife

Prairie version of the French salade nicoise

Using leftovers of baked northern pike made a very ‘nice salad’

By Amy Jo Ehman March 3, 2017

One day, my husband came home with a leg of deer under his arm, cleaned, wrapped and frozen. I made venison stew flavoured with juniper berries and thyme. Another day, I answered a knock at the door to find a friend, box in hand, offering me a moose roast and two breasts of grouse. The […] Read more

Columns

Reporter’s Notebook: The Co-op has everything you need

You can get everything at a co-op, from stories  to spinach to investment opportunities

By Lisa Guenther March 3, 2017

Last fall my husband Corey started working at the lumber desk of the Turtleford Co-op. Besides the benefits, I think the best part of that job is the stories he brings home. There’s the customer who brought in banjos for Corey to fix (Corey is a musician). There’s the banter with one of the local […] Read more

This is an image of a four-week old chimera — a pig embryo that has been implanted with human stem cells. The objective of this biotechnology is to determine if scientists might one day be able to use pigs as hosts to produce human organs that eventually will be harvested and used in human organ transplant programs.

Columns, Hart Attacks

Human-pig chimeras! Who knew?

There’s never a dull moment around the old biotech R & D table

By Lee Hart March 3, 2017

Ever since I met my first computer in about 1980, I’ve had this sinking feeling that science and technology is slipping away from me. There I was as a new kid in the Lethbridge Herald newsroom. I had used a typewriter all during my early career, and here I was sitting in front of a […] Read more

Machinery

New machinery in the mountains

Marianne Stamm visits Switzerland’s bi-annual ag machinery show, AGRAMA

By Marianne Stamm March 2, 2017

The Swiss Farm machinery and technology show, AGRAMA, is over. My farming neighbours are back home dreaming about that shiny green 200 horsepower Fendt or John Deere tractor with all the newest gadgets. Some will turn the dream into reality. Although I’ve enjoyed operating farm machinery since I was a kid, I’ve never been one […] Read more

Farm Life, FarmLife

Mexican pork carnitas

There’s lots of oranges and limes available now so this is a perfect time to make this

By Amy Jo Ehman March 2, 2017

I remember the first time I picked an orange. Not from the produce section. Not from a fruit bowl. Not from the recesses of my Christmas stocking. Picked an orange from a real orange tree. I remembered it today because I just picked an orange and the smell took me back to the first time […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

WHO says bird flu outbreaks raise alarm

By GFM Network News March 1, 2017

London | Reuters — The risk of sustained human-to-human transmission of H7N9 avian flu in China is low, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday, but a surge in human cases there is worrying and requires constant monitoring. Outbreaks of H5 bird flu strains in poultry and wild birds across Europe, Africa and Asia are […] Read more

The EWRS Series skid-steer wheels from Evolution Wheel use non-pneumatic rubber tread segments that are resistant to damage but still offer a smooth ride.

Machinery

New skid-steer tire option

Winnipeg manufacturer introduces  its new non-pneumatic tire design

By Scott Garvey February 28, 2017

At last year’s Manitoba Ag Days show in Brandon, Evolution Wheel of Winnipeg debuted its all-steel wheel replacement for skid-steer loaders. The idea was to offer a wheel that provided improved traction and removed the risk of tire damage from hazards. This year, the company introduced another wheel option for producers who want those benefits […] Read more

Columns

Farm Financial Planner: Planning a less taxing retirement

Herb and Martha are working on a plan to retire while their son takes over the farm

By Andrew Allentuck February 27, 2017

In central Manitoba, a couple we’ll call Herb, 54, and Martha, 52, have farmed for 25 years. The farm is in a partnership with Herb’s brother, who we’ll call Larry. Each brother has an interest in the partnership through his own holding company. The main operating entity is the partnership that does the actual farming […] Read more

Daily Network News

India, Japan canola crops to be steady in 2026/27 – USDA

ICE Weekly: Trade waits for canola to break out

Advance Payments Program interest free limit set at $250,000 for 2026

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