Insights and Stories of Ron Friesen

Farmers watch nervously as moisture piles up

Jan. 20, 2017 at 10:49 am CST

The possible threat of major flooding in Manitoba this spring has Keystone Agricultural Producers worried rookie governments in Winnipeg and Ottawa may not be prepared for it. The combination of fiscal restraint and flood damage could produce a big problem if initial signs of widespread spring flooding turn out to […]

Herbicide resistance quietly growing problem in Manitoba

Sep. 30, 2016 at 10:43 am CDT

By Ron Friesen

Waterhemp at the door

Mar. 4, 2016 at 10:30 am CST

By Ron Friesen

Manitoba Interlake ranchers face desperate situation

May. 11, 2011 at 11:57 pm CDT

By Ron Friesen

Manitoba cattle price insurance in the works

Apr. 24, 2011 at 10:00 pm CDT

By Ron Friesen

Man. hog farmers pledge sow stall phase-out

Mar. 24, 2011 at 8:00 am CDT

Major and possibly expensive changes lie ahead for Manitoba’s 700 hog producers as the result of a new roadmap for the industry’s future. The Manitoba Pork Council’s plan released last week commits hog farmers to eliminate sow gestation stalls within the next 15 years. “Manitoba Pork commits to encouraging producers […]

By Ron Friesen

Beef Export Federation teeters as merger vote ends in disarray

Feb. 23, 2011 at 3:55 pm CST

The Canada Beef Export Federation is on the verge of collapse after provincial cattle associations abruptly pulled out of a Feb. 17 meeting and took most of CBEF’s funding with them. The associations withdrew their memberships in protest after a special CBEF members’ meeting to vote on amalgamating Canada’s three […]

By Ron Friesen

Manitoba’s KAP president quits unexpectedly

Oct. 16, 2010 at 12:24 am CDT

Manitoba’s general farm organization is looking for a new president after Ian Wishart resigned from the position. A meeting of Keystone Agricultural Producers’ (KAP) general council in Portage la Prairie sat in stunned silence Thursday as Wishart said he was stepping down, effective immediately. “With considerable regret, I offer my […]

By Ron Friesen

B.C. humane society protests rodeo calf roping

Jul. 19, 2009 at 12:13 am CDT

When the Manitoba Stampede and Exhibition holds its 46th annual rodeo in Morris through this weekend, one group that won’t be cheering for the cowboys is a Vancouver-based animal welfare organization opposed to one of its main events: calf roping. The Vancouver Humane Society is campaigning to ban calf roping […]

By Ron Friesen

Insights and Stories of Ron Friesen

Farmers watch nervously as moisture piles up

Herbicide resistance quietly growing problem in Manitoba

Waterhemp at the door

Manitoba Interlake ranchers face desperate situation

Manitoba cattle price insurance in the works

Man. hog farmers pledge sow stall phase-out

Beef Export Federation teeters as merger vote ends in disarray

Manitoba’s KAP president quits unexpectedly

B.C. humane society protests rodeo calf roping

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