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Riparian habitat at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. (FWS.gov/refuge/Malheur)

Oregon refuge searched for evidence, explosives after occupiers leave

By GFM Network News February 12, 2016

Burns, Ore. | Reuters — Police and federal agents searched a U.S. wildlife refuge in Oregon for explosives and evidence on Friday, a day after the last holdouts in a protest over federal control of Western land surrendered to end a six-week armed standoff. Federal authorities said the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in eastern Oregon […] Read more

(Manitoba Co-operator file photo by Laura Rance)

Livestock

Advance payment program widened, streamlined

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News February 5, 2016

More types of livestock will be eligible and more types of security will be allowed for Canadian farmers to get federally-backed advance payments starting this year. Amendments to the Agricultural Marketing Programs Act (AMPA), made last February as part of the former Conservative government’s omnibus Agricultural Growth Act, have made regulatory changes possible for the […] Read more

Livestock, Reuters

FBI sets up checkpoints around Oregon refuge after deadly confrontation

By GFM Network News January 27, 2016

Reuters — U.S. and state officials in Oregon on Wednesday set up checkpoints around Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, where an armed group pledged to prolong its standoff with the government a day after one protester was shot and eight others were arrested. Authorities said the new security involves a series of checkpoints along key routes […] Read more

News

LIVE BLOG: Alberta FarmTech 2016

Event begins Tuesday, Jan. 26 and runs to Thursday, Jan. 28

By Grainews Staff January 26, 2016

Edmonton’s EXPO Centre at Northlands is the place to be for producers and the public during Alberta FarmTech 2016, running from Jan. 26 to Jan. 28. Want up-to-the-minute information on what’s going on at FarmTech? Check out our live blog page here! FarmTech features more than 50 sessions and a world class lineup of speakers providing […] Read more

The past decade has seen a lot of land turned away from growing grain and returned to pasture for sheep and dairy.

Columns

Agriculture on the Emerald Isle

Like farmers anywhere, Irish farmers are always eager to talk about agriculture

By Brian Wittal January 18, 2016

I recently had the great fortune and opportunity to spend two weeks traveling around Ireland with my wife Kim for our anniversary. Arriving in Dublin, we picked up our subcompact rental car and proceeded south along the coastline to Wexford. We stayed in a remodeled 13th century abbey on the edge of a small town. […] Read more

Columns

Be safe about your safety liability

Reporter's Notebook: Discussions of Alberta’s Bill 6 have left Prairie farmers concerned about their liability

By Lisa Guenther January 12, 2016

As I write this, Bill 6 has passed its third reading in Alberta. That legislation will make workers’ compensation mandatory for paid farm employees, and subject Alberta farms to Occupational Health and Safety regulations. I hope a look at Manitoba’s situation will shed some light on the safety issues Albertans should start thinking about, and […] Read more

Wheat & Chaff

Make your New Year’s resolution an injury-free 2016

By Canadian Agricultural Safety Association January 7, 2016

Get fit, spend less money, eat better and be kinder. These are all typical New Year Resolutions. Fuelled by the determination to get those six-pack abs — OK two-pack abs — we are excited to show the world (and more importantly, ourselves) that we can do it! We have the self-control, the energy and the […] Read more

Livestock, Reuters

Sympathy for jailed ranchers, anger at occupiers in Oregon town

By GFM Network News January 5, 2016

Burns, Ore. | Reuters — Residents of the Oregon town thrust into the spotlight after self-styled militiamen took over a U.S. wildlife refuge voiced sympathy for the jailed ranchers whose plight inspired the action but were critical of the armed protesters. Saturday’s takeover of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge outside the town of Burns, Ore., […] Read more

Livestock, Reuters

Oregon activists picked the wrong battle, militia leaders say

By GFM Network News January 5, 2016

Reuters — Self-styled militia members who seized federal property in rural Oregon in an effort to galvanize opposition to the U.S. government appear to have made a tactical error — potential allies say they picked the wrong battle. As armed anti-government activists occupied a snowy wildlife refuge for a third day to call attention to […] Read more

Livestock, Reuters

Protesters occupy Oregon wildlife refuge as rangeland dispute flares

Array

By GFM Network News January 4, 2016

Princeton, Ore. | Reuters — A group of self-styled militiamen occupied the headquarters of a U.S. wildlife refuge in eastern Oregon to protest the imminent jailing of two ranchers, officials said Sunday, in the latest skirmish over federal land management in the U.S. West. The occupation, which began on Saturday, followed a march in Burns, […] Read more

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Sheep-lambs

Oregon refuge searched for evidence, explosives after occupiers leave

Advance payment program widened, streamlined

FBI sets up checkpoints around Oregon refuge after deadly confrontation

LIVE BLOG: Alberta FarmTech 2016

Agriculture on the Emerald Isle

Be safe about your safety liability

Make your New Year’s resolution an injury-free 2016

Sympathy for jailed ranchers, anger at occupiers in Oregon town

Oregon activists picked the wrong battle, militia leaders say

Protesters occupy Oregon wildlife refuge as rangeland dispute flares

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