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Jul. 15, 2024 at 1:11 pm CDT

MNP will consolidate six Prairie agronomy firms into its own practice, the accounting and professional services company announced today.

By Geralyn Wichers

Jul. 15, 2024 at 9:31 am CDT

Oklahoma has detected bird flu in a herd of dairy cattle, the state's agriculture department said on Friday, making it the 13th U.S. state to find the virus.

By Reuters

Jul. 12, 2024 at 2:57 pm CDT

Some dairy farmers are resisting Michigan’s nation-leading efforts to stop the spread of bird flu for fear their incomes will suffer from added costs and hurt rural America.

By P.J. Huffstutter and Leah Douglas, Reuters, Tom Polansek

Jul. 5, 2024 at 10:37 am CDT

Glacier FarmMedia – Food is expensive in the rural North. In 2018, a litre of skim milk was worth $1.55 in Winnipeg and $2.23 in a northern Indigenous community with an all-weather road. Without the road, a resident would pay $2.65. It’s the same story for produce. Carrots cost $1.82 […]

By Miranda Leybourne

Jun. 28, 2024 at 11:54 am CDT

Glacier FarmMedia—A Dutch farmer is making liquid fertilizer from cow manure so he can use the nutrients locally instead of moving them around the country. Ton Groot Roessink milks about 200 cows near Baak, using robots, automated feeding and automated manure cleaning. Manure from the farm is put through a […]

By John Greig