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Manitoba seeks more climate-responsive risk management

Jan. 21, 2015 at 7:01 pm CST

A Manitoba provincial task force has been set up to seek ways in which farm risk management programs could be “more comprehensive and sustainable” in handling “climate-related challenges” such as floods. “Manitoba’s farmers have told us existing agricultural programs can’t adequately address these climate-related challenges, especially as they become more […]

Australia weather bureau says models show low chance of El Nino

Jan. 20, 2015 at 10:08 am CST

By Reuters

Ontario farm registration streamlined

Jan. 15, 2015 at 7:08 pm CST

By Staff

In surprise move, Target to pull out of Canada

Jan. 15, 2015 at 1:59 pm CST

By Solarina Ho

Chance of full-blown El Nino seen fading

Jan. 13, 2015 at 12:32 pm CST

By Dave Sims

Food issues won’t block EU-U.S. trade deal, German minister says

Jan. 12, 2015 at 10:56 pm CST

Berlin | Reuters — Disagreements about food safety and farming are not likely to stand in the way of a free-trade agreement between the European Union and the U.S., Germany’s farm minister told Reuters on Monday. The two sides are grappling with how to integrate Europe’s food production and farm […]

By Reuters

Cargill profit surges as lower grain prices spur demand

Jan. 8, 2015 at 7:40 pm CST

Reuters — Replenished grain supplies following a bumper North American harvest bolstered global commodities trader Cargill’s bottom line in its latest quarter as lower prices lifted demand for crops and padded margins on meat sales. Privately-held Cargill, based in Minnesota, reported net earnings of $784 million for the second quarter […]

By Karl Plume

Weak bones? Agriculture may be to blame

Dec. 23, 2014 at 12:56 pm CST

The invention of agriculture may have allowed for many human advances, but strong bones may not be one of them, say researchers at the University of Cambridge. Writing in the journal PNAS, they says that human skeletons have become much lighter and more fragile since the invention of agriculture. Hunter-gatherers […]

By Staff

More duties for Manitoba ag minister

Dec. 23, 2014 at 11:44 am CST

Manitoba Agriculture Minister Ron Kostyshyn has been appointed as minister of infrastructure and transportation and minister responsible for emergency measures. He replaces Steve Ashton, who has resigned from cabinet to run for NDP leader at a convention in March. Kostyshyn will also remain minister of agriculture, food and rural development, […]

By Staff

A ‘one-man show’ can make for a difficult succession

Dec. 19, 2014 at 10:49 am CST

We were starting into a critical phase of succession planning on a family farm, and the farmer had something he wanted me to know. His son wasn’t cut from the same stuff that he was, Paul told me. “He will never be able to succeed like I have.” Paul’s pride, […]

By Pierrette Desrosiers