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(Photo courtesy South Dakota Department of Tourism)

Ad Feature: Centrallia puts opportunities on horizon for Plains region

By GFM Network News March 28, 2016

Rock Nelson is a fifth generation South Dakotan — and South Dakota is a few thousand kilometres from Winnipeg, Manitoba and in a different country — but he is an admirer of the entrepreneurial spirit that drives the province, which he thinks is embodied by the World Trade Centre Winnipeg. That may be because his […] Read more

Livestock

Premium Brands buys meat supplier C+C

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News March 28, 2016

Montreal meat distributor and processor C+C Packing is set to become a new eastern arm for Vancouver food firm Premium Brands. Premium Brands last Tuesday announced a $146 million cash-and-stock deal to buy C+C and its in-house processing arm Premier Meat Packers. The company supplies fresh and frozen meats to grocery chains, the hotel and […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs

Mexico clears Canadian poultry meat for import

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News March 27, 2016

Duck and other poultry from Canada may again be exported to Mexico, for the first time since 2004. Canada’s Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay and International Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland on Thursday announced Mexico had reopened its border to fresh poultry meat including chicken, turkey and, “most significant in terms of historical trade,” duck. Mexico had […] Read more

FarmLife

Does anyone care about the farm?

Some questions for farm families to help create a successful legacy

By Elaine Froese March 25, 2016

I’ve just read David Specht’s book The Farm Whisperer…secrets to preserving families and perpetuating farms. It’s a great, quick read of inspiring questions for farm families wanting to transition management and ownership to create a successful legacy. Specht and I met on the Internet… I Googled him, then picked up the phone, then we exchanged […] Read more

Collecting milk samples for bacterial testing. (Canadian Bovine Mastitis and Milk Quality Research Network, via YouTube)

Dairy Cattle, Livestock

Mastitis preventive gets joint Canada/U.S. approval

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News March 24, 2016

A new drug to help limit mastitis in dairy cows — and keep a lid on the use of antimicrobials to treat it — has picked up joint approval from Health Canada and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The two agencies on Thursday announced “simultaneous” approvals for Elanco Animal Health’s injectable drug pegbovigrastim, to […] Read more

News

VIDEO (producer.com): Sask. agriculture debate, March 22

By Glacier FarmMedia staff March 23, 2016

The April 4 Saskatchewan provincial election is just around the corner and five parties with five policies are in contention to guide the country’s largest agricultural province. The Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan and the Western Producer were on-hand to bring producers the agricultural issues from the politicians’ perspectives in a live debate on March […] Read more

These black kernels are ergot in barley, but the disease found in most cereals, can also infect wheatgrass, brome, wild rye and other wild grasses.

Cattleman’s Corner, Livestock

Even a small dose of ergot is harmful

Research may lead to new feeding regulations

By Heather Smith Thomas March 23, 2016

Ergot is a fungus that can grow on certain grasses and grain plants, often under certain growing season moisture conditions, but other crop fertility issues can be at play as well. Ergot becomes a problem mainly after a wet season, rarely during dry conditions. The fungus replaces the seed head with a dark brown/black mass […] Read more

Columns

Four tips for talking to journalists

Here's what you need to know before talking to reporters about your farm situation

By Lisa Guenther March 23, 2016

As a reporter, a big part of my job is getting farmers to talk to me. In this column, I’m going to tell you why you might want to think twice about being interviewed. Or, if you decide to talk to a journalist, what you need to know. Before tapping out this column, I spoke […] Read more

Barley, Crops, Weather

Alberta to launch malt barley insurance

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News March 21, 2016

Alberta is set to launch Canada’s first crop insurance product for malt barley this year. The province’s Agriculture Financial Services Corp. (AFSC) last week said it will now provide insurance coverage for a malting end-use for growers with malt barley contracts. The coverage is subject to a contract from a licensed buyer, with a minimum […] Read more

FarmLife

Prairie Palate: A recipe for Swedish meatballs

By 2011 more than 152,000 people living in the Prairies claimed Swedish heritage

By Amy Jo Ehman March 18, 2016

On a recent trip to Sweden, of course I had to try meatballs. Here on the Prairies, Swedish meatballs seem to represent the culinary tradition of an entire nation that sent so many sons and daughters to Western Canada in pioneer times. And it’s good to know that Swedish meatballs are still popular in their […] Read more

GFM Network News

U.S. grains: Soybean prices rise as China-U.S. truce assessed

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures post limit-down losses

ICE canola weekly outlook: Market rangebound

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