Reading Time: 2 minutes A group of millers is taking home a host of new skills, after trading sand dunes for snowbanks to study in Manitoba. Eleven wheat processors from Saudi Arabia have spent the last six months learning all aspects of milling and wheat processing at the Winnipeg-based Canadian International Grains Institute (Cigi). “For me I can relate […] Read more
Saudi millers wrap up 11 months in Winnipeg
Full traceability for pigs takes effect July 1
Reading Time: 2 minutes A new, Canada-wide traceability system is on the way for pork producers, but so far no one in Manitoba has bellied up to the trough It’s coming, so you might as well prepare. PigTrace — a nationwide traceability initiative — is expected to come into force on July 1, 2014, following changes to the federal […] Read more
Livestock price insurance in works for Manitoba
Price volatility could soon be a thing of the past for Manitoba’s beef producers, if a proposed livestock price insurance program comes to fruition. The provincial government on Tuesday pledged such a plan in the speech from the throne by Lt.-Gov. Philip Lee. “Building on the recent introduction of forage insurance, in the year ahead […] Read more
Manitoba hens to live in enriched housing
Reading Time: 3 minutes The idea of progressive animal welfare has come home to roost with the Manitoba Egg Farmers. The organization, which represents nearly 170 egg and pullet producers, has banned the installation of any new conventional cages after Dec. 31, 2014. “I think this is the best way to go — it’s farmer initiated and we’re doing […] Read more
Canada’s largest lamb feedlot closes its doors
Reading Time: 2 minutes Leading lambs to slaughter in western Manitoba will soon be more challenging. After three decades in business, the Roy Leitch Livestock Company is shutting the doors of the country’s largest lamb feedlot. “I’m not going to retire altogether, but I’m going to retire from the livestock industry and do some other things,” Leitch said from […] Read more
Canada thistle an issue for alfalfa
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Manitoba Forage Seed Association (MFSA) is running herbicide trials with the hopes of providing producers more options for weed control. “Perennial weeds are typically the biggest issue with alfalfa, the one that we seem to have the most trouble with is Canada thistle,” said Kevin Gulay, research manager for the organization. “It’s tough to […] Read more
Manitoba prosecutors to review 2012 hog barn case
Manitoba’s Chief Veterinary Office has completed its investigation of a hog barn in the province’s south-central region where 1,300 young pigs were euthanized last fall. “The investigation has concluded and the file has been referred to the Crown prosecutor to determine if charges should be laid,” said a spokeswoman with Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural […] Read more
Mennonite Central Committee helping North Korean farmers
Manitobans with expertise in zero till and soil health are helping farmers increase productivity in the isolated nation
Reading Time: 3 minutes When it comes to North Korea, agriculture may not be the first thing that pops into people’s minds. But for the Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) it’s been front and centre for the last five years. The Winnipeg-based organization has been providing farmers in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea with assistance with soil conservation and […] Read moreNew pig care code brings change
Reading Time: 3 minutes The much-anticipated draft Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Pigs released by the National Farm Animal Care Council signals change is coming to the industry’s use of sow gestation stalls and other herd management practices such as castration. “In well-managed and -designed housing systems, it is possible to achieve equal or better […] Read more
Flood mitigation pledged on Lake Manitoba
The Manitoba government has committed $250 million to the building of two permanent outlet channels to prevent future flooding on Lake Manitoba. Premier Greg Selinger made the announcement in Winnipeg on Wednesday, indicating construction could begin within three years. “We’re going to do all the studies, get the ball rolling on this,” said Selinger. “It’s […] Read more
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