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Supreme Court rules most animal sex acts not against bestiality law

By GFM Network News June 10, 2016

Toronto | Reuters — Canada’s bestiality law only bans sexual acts that involve penetration, the country’s Supreme Court ruled on Thursday, a blow to advocacy groups who argued animals should be afforded the same protection from exploitation that humans are given. Supreme Court judges ruled 6-1 in favour of a man from British Columbia convicted […] Read more

Hand over wheat field in early summer evening

News, Wheat & Chaff

Sun safety at work on the farm

By Canadian Agricultural Safety Association June 8, 2016

Over 264,000 Canadian farmers spend most of their workday in the sun. This means that Canadian agricultural workers are in the highest risk category for sun exposure, according to CAREX Canada, which generates evidence-based carcinogen surveillance. Sun exposure increases your risk of heat stress, skin cancer, and eye diseases. The good thing is that these […] Read more

News, Wheat & Chaff

Close call teaches respect for farm safety

By Canadian Agricultural Safety Association June 7, 2016

Growing up on the family farm near St. Malo, Man., the Racine children experienced a close call while playing in a large truck. All five kids had free range of the family’s grain farm and made toys of anything they could find. Monique Racine remembers how their imagination knew no bounds and how fearless they […] Read more

A few years ago, Inga and I had lunch by the dam. It’s a beautiful site.

Columns

Dam it anyway: the up side of dams

Detractors see the negative side effects, but dams can bring the world many benefits

By Les Henry June 6, 2016

Not long ago I saw a TV short piece with a city dude going on about the wildlife possibilities made possible by letting rivers run wild and flood as they do every so often. The gist of the argument was that all dams are bad and that all rivers should be left to run and […] Read more

Columns

Farm Financial Planner: Manage assets for farm transition

Asset management solves the risk of heavy tax when couple shifts ownership to their son

By Andrew Allentuck June 6, 2016

In western Manitoba, a couple we’ll call Ezra, 58, and Lucy, 56, operate a third generation family farm with 1,280 acres of feed grains, oilseeds and a herd of 60 beef cows. The farm, with a value of $1.25 million plus $100,000 for the farm house, is profitable, but its future is clouded by the […] Read more

(Giuseppe Carotenuto photo courtesy FAO)

General, Markets, Reuters

World food markets set for stable year: FAO

By Reuters, GFM Network News June 2, 2016

Rome | Reuters — Global food commodity markets are likely to remain stable in the coming year, the United Nations’ food agency said on Thursday, even as prices rose for the fourth straight month. Solid output prospects and abundant stocks should keep prices and supplies stable, while lower prices than those seen last year are […] Read more

Saskatchewan farmers Les and Kathy Kroeger have been sold on bison for nearly 30 years.

Cattleman’s Corner, Livestock

The bison industry is on the move

It takes specialized management, but there are opportunities in bison

By Edna Manning May 27, 2016

While North American bison populations are nowhere near where they were 200 years ago, conservation measures and private breeding programs have helped to bring numbers back to support a successful, albeit specialized, agriculture sector. An estimated three to four million bison once roamed freely on the North American continent, providing the aboriginal peoples with many […] Read more

Dairy Cattle, Livestock

Gay Lea buys Ontario artisanal cheesemaker

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News May 27, 2016

Another storied eastern Ontario artisanal cheesemaker is set to go co-op. Gay Lea Foods, billed as Ontario’s biggest and Canada’s second-biggest dairy co-operative, announced a deal Wednesday to buy Black River Cheese Co. effective June 1 for an undisclosed sum. Based in Prince Edward County at Milford, about 45 km southeast of Belleville, Black River […] Read more

Livestock, Machinery, Weather

Alberta lifts off-roading ban

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News May 21, 2016

Citing an outbreak of “wet and cool weather” across parts of the province, reducing the overall fire hazard, the Alberta government has lifted most of its restrictions on off-highway vehicle (OHV) use. The province lifted its OHV ban for “much of the province” except for its forest areas around Lac La Biche and Fort McMurray, […] Read more

Children learn about fire safety at a Progressive Agriculture Safety Day in the Humboldt, Sask., area.

Wheat & Chaff

Rural community promotes safety

By CASA May 19, 2016

Anyone who has ever worked with children has likely wondered at times if those children are listening and learning anything. One rural community knows for sure that their kids are listening and learning. On an annual basis, volunteers come together in the Humboldt, SK region to talk to school-aged kids about safety. The Progressive Agriculture Safety Days […] Read more

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures higher on screwworm news

Trade mission heads for Japan as Canada becomes the country’s top pork supplier

U.S. grains: Soybeans drop on lack of Chinese demand, wheat hits contract lows

GFM Network News