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Water chemistry: the Coles notes

Measure your water in the field before you use it in the house, the field or the barn

By Les Henry April 12, 2016

This piece is all about encouraging the energetic young folk that are advising farmers to measure it in the field when a water question comes up. There are many additives for spray water on the market but check the water source first. A change of water may be the best and cheapest route. Water chemistry […] Read more

Wheat & Chaff

Close call: teach your family respect for farm safety

By Amy Petherick April 12, 2016

Teaching kids to respect hazards is an important part of raising children safely on the farm and much can be learned from close calls. Growing up on the family farm near St. Malo, Man., the Racine children experienced their own close call while playing in a large truck. All five kids had free range of […] Read more

Livestock, Reuters

Bayer to consider shedding animal health unit

By GFM Network News April 12, 2016

Leverkusen, Germany | Reuters –– Bayer might look into selling its animal health division if it continues to struggle to find takeover targets for the business, the German drugmaker’s incoming chief executive said. “Animal Health is a business that we have been trying for many years to strengthen strategically, that is to say inorganically. That […] Read more

Farmland prices, on average, were up 12.4 per cent and 10.1 per cent in Manitoba and Canada, respectively, says Farm Credit Canada’s chief economist J.P. Gervais. The annual rise in farmland values is slowing, but still expected to be positive in 2016 so long farm cash receipts remain stable.

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Manitoba, Canadian farmland values up again in 2015

Farm Credit Canada says the annual percentage increase in farmland values is getting smaller

By Allan Dawson April 12, 2016

Manitoba farmland values led the way with the highest average percentage increase in Canada last year, says Farm Credit Canada (FCC). But the pace of increases the last few years here and across Canada is slowing in step with the plateauing of farm cash receipts, and slower drop in interest rates, J.P. Gervais, FCC’s chief […] Read more

Livestock, Reuters

Investor group launches campaign to curb antibiotic use in food

By GFM Network News April 11, 2016

Reuters — Fifty-four large investors managing one trillion pounds (C$1.84 trillion) in assets have launched a campaign to curb the use of antibiotics in the meat and poultry used by 10 large U.S. and British restaurant groups. McDonalds and JD Wetherspoon were among those to receive a March 15 letter from institutions including Aviva Investors […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

EU deal yet to bear fruit for Ukrainian exporters

By GFM Network News April 9, 2016

Gorodok | Reuters — Ukraine’s Association Agreement with the European Union was meant to lure the bread basket of the former Soviet Union away from its longstanding ties with Russia by offering better access to the EU market. But debate about it was the spark that lit the Maidan street protests in 2013 and a […] Read more

Columns

The wide world of agricultural jobs

At best, non-farmers only have a vague understanding of career opportunities

By Toban Dyck April 8, 2016

I was chatting with someone the other day who got visibly excited when I mentioned the variety of soybeans I would be growing this year. I loved that. Her farm grows the same beans, and they’ve been impressed with the results. This is my life now, I thought, before getting into specifics with this person […] Read more

Eileen Donan Castle, Loch Duich, Scotland. (Cia.gov)

Livestock, Reuters

Scotland moves against wealthy gentry dominating land

By GFM Network News April 8, 2016

Rio de Janeiro | Thomson Reuters Foundation — Centuries-old traditions that led to 430 people owning half of Scotland’s privately held land are soon to become history, as local communities seek to double their ownership in the nation known for its rugged landscape, sheep and fine whisky. While inequality of land ownership is more often […] Read more

Columnist Heather Thomas and her husband Lynn of Salmon, Idaho were joined by their family in March to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary.

Cattleman’s Corner, Rancher’s Diary

Spring coming as water begins to run

It's a good time of year to do some fencing and clean up around the corrals

By Heather Smith Thomas April 8, 2016

February 23 Last Tuesday Michael, Nick and Robbie started replacing the old, falling-down fence along our lane. Michael used the backhoe to dig out chokecherry trees and old fence posts. Lynn went to town for a doctor appointment to have his hip checked; the doctor wants him to have an MRI to try to figure […] Read more

Dairy Cattle, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

Russian cheese lovers find way around import ban

By GFM Network News April 7, 2016

Moscow | Reuters — An entrepreneur has found a way to supply Italian parmesan, Dutch Gouda and British Cheddar to cheese connoisseurs in Russia, sidestepping a ban on importing European food that the Kremlin imposed in the fallout from the conflict in Ukraine. Russia’s government banned wholesale imports of fresh food products from the European […] Read more

U.S. livestock: Cattle markets up ahead of report

U.S. grains: Soybean futures fall after Trump-Xi call

Prairie Wheat Weekly: Western Canadian bids slightly decline

GFM Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle markets up ahead of report

U.S. grains: Soybean futures fall after Trump-Xi call

Prairie Wheat Weekly: Western Canadian bids slightly decline

Other livestock

Water chemistry: the Coles notes

Close call: teach your family respect for farm safety

Bayer to consider shedding animal health unit

Manitoba, Canadian farmland values up again in 2015

Investor group launches campaign to curb antibiotic use in food

EU deal yet to bear fruit for Ukrainian exporters

The wide world of agricultural jobs

Scotland moves against wealthy gentry dominating land

Spring coming as water begins to run

Russian cheese lovers find way around import ban

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