There are now 62 confirmed cases of PED Virus in Manitoba. The latest case was verified August 11. Manitoba Pork says the latest two cases are related to live pig movements from previously infected premises where the pigs appeared to
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Twenty two per cent more cargo passed through the Thunder Bay, Ont., port last month compared July of 2016.That’s 15 per cent above the port’s 10-year-average, chief executive officer Tim Heney told CBC, adding the port has been exceeding its
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The re-negotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) between the U.S., Mexico and Canada begins tomorrow and there is much at stake for farmers and rural communities in all three countries. Despite promised gains for farmers, NAFTA’s benefits over
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AgriLand brought you preliminary details of John Deere’s new S700 Series combine harvesters on August 2.At that stage, the new machines had been unveiled to dealers in North America. This week (on Monday, August 14), the machines were unveiled to
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Rising milk prices are having a positive impact on dairy farmers’ confidence when it comes to investing in their businesses, according to AIB’s Dr. Anne Finnegan.Speaking at the AIB Shed Talk at Sunday’s Tullamore Show, the AIB Head of Agri
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Beef + Lamb New Zealand says that during the past year, New Zealand’s beef cattle herd increased by 2.8 per cent – to 3.6 million head – while the decline in the sheep flock slowed sharply as sheep numbers recovered
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Harry Siemens – With harvest 2017 starting, crop conditions and potential yields or the lack there off vary significantly. As I write this column in Moose Jaw, SK farmers are taking off crops with yields way below average. There is a
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