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When the Weyburn Multiple 4H Club held its annual public speaking contest in January, speech topics ranged from water polo to intercropping.

Editor’s Column: Our first forays into 4-H

By Leeann Minogue February 22, 2017

I grew up on a farm without ever knowing anything about 4-H. (Don’t call child protective services or Ag Canada. I’ve looked into it, and my parents can’t be prosecuted. Surprisingly, it’s totally legal to let this happen.) Because I grew up with this disadvantage, it didn’t occur to me to enrol my own son […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

China reports more severe form of bird flu, threat to poultry

By GFM Network News February 22, 2017

Geneva/Beijing | Reuters — China is working to assess the prevalence of a new strain of H7N9 bird flu, state radio reported Wednesday, after global health authorities said the strain had evolved into a more severe form in birds. So far the variant strain has only been detected in Guangdong province, but given the wide […] Read more

Wild boar in the western Czech Republic’s Lany game park. Wild boar in the country’s Sumava mountain region, further southwest, are turning up radioactive. (Lslany.cz)

Hogs, Livestock, Reuters

Wild boars roam Czech forests, some of them radioactive

By Reuters, GFM Network News February 22, 2017

Prague | Reuters –– The Czech Republic has an unusual problem this winter with its wild boar meat, a local delicacy. The boars are radioactive. Actually, it’s not the boars themselves, but what they’re eating. A cold and snowy winter is forcing them to feed on false truffles, an underground mushroom common in the Sumava […] Read more

General, Reuters

Canada stresses NAFTA talks to involve all members

By GFM Network News February 21, 2017

Toronto | Reuters –– Any talks to renew the North American Free Trade Agreement would involve all three member nations, a top Canadian official said on Tuesday, dampening speculation the U.S. might seek to sit down with Canada first and then Mexico. “We very much recognize that NAFTA is a three-nation agreement and were there […] Read more

A new Defender joints the Can-Am lineup.

Machinery

Can-Am expands its lineup

New offerings  include another  side-by-side and  6x6 models

By Scott Garvey February 21, 2017

BRP announced it has expanded its Can-Am line of Defender side-by-side UTVs, adding another model, the new HD5, with what the brand calls a “mid-sized” engine. “The 2017 Can-Am Defender HD5 side-by-side vehicle provides full-size functionality and unmatched versatility at an attractive price point,” explained Marc-André Dubois, the brand’s global Marketing director, in a press release. […] Read more

Columns

A rough ride ahead for Canadian farmers

Politics and trade may well be changing, and they certainly won’t be boring

By Lisa Guenther February 21, 2017

As you may have heard, this year marks the 150th anniversary of Confederation. It’s worth taking stock of where we’ve been and where we are now, and so I’m going to use this space to do just that, on issues important to agriculture and rural communities. I’m tapping out this column a few days before […] Read more

Get those conversations with parents started about changes on the farm.

FarmLife

How to get those conversations started

Young people are often wondering how to start talking with parents about changes on the farm

By Elaine Froese February 21, 2017

Februrary 21, 2017 is a HUGE day for me. I feel like an expectant mother, (even at age 60!) as today marks the launch of our baby, an online course “Get Farm Transition Unstuck.” Why have I spent hundreds of hours with my co-writer Dr. Megan Mckenzie to create practical tools? It’s because young farmers […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

Tim Hortons owner confirms US$1.8B deal for Popeyes

By Reuters, GFM Network News February 21, 2017

Reuters — Restaurant Brands International, owner of the Burger King and Tim Hortons fast-food chains, said on Tuesday it would acquire Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen for US$1.8 billion in cash. The deal is a bet by Oakville, Ont.-based Restaurant Brands that it can use its international reach to introduce Popeyes’ Louisiana-style fried chicken and buttermilk biscuits […] Read more

Columns, Crops, Weather

Les Henry’s prairie stubble soil moisture map

In the map of November 2016 soil moisture, there are no “very dry” areas

By Les Henry February 17, 2017

As usual, this map gives only a very general indication of the soil moisture situation on the Canadian Prairies as we went into freeze up November 2016. It can be summed up in a word WET. To make a soil moisture map it is essential that a good database of rain records from many stations […] Read more

Features, News

VIDEO: Canada’s Agriculture Day Celebration in Ottawa

By Grainews Staff February 17, 2017

Members of the agricultural community gathered in Ottawa and in 200 events around the country to Celebrate Canada’s Agriculture Day on Feb. 16, 2017. In this video, Cam Choquette (student), Lane Stockbrugger (farmer) and Michael Hoffort (FCC CEO) share their experiences of the day.

U.S. grains: Soybean futures edge up as Argentina ends export tax waiver

U.S. livestock: Hog futures hit contract high, herd falls short of estimates

Eastern wheat to be included in Cereals Canada’s harvest assessment

GFM Network News