In this week’s video:
Prairie grain shipments are showing signs of improvement; Road bans are coming on in some rural municipalities; Back-to-work legislation contemplated for the truckers’ strike affecting the Port of Vancouver; Concerns over Ukraine’s corn production because of the crisis in Crimea; Hog and pork prices posted new records; Michele Payn-Knoper, an author, food commentator and social media expert, says farmers can give consumers insight and perspective about today’s food production; Cami Ryan, a research associate at the University of Saskatchewan, says that different streams within agriculture need to stick together because when they attack each other it hurts the entire ag sector; CHS bought 16 Canadian ag retail locations from Crop Production Services; McMillan’s Markets; Joanne Paulson looks at how agriculture might be affected by the budgets tabled by the Prairie provinces in the Editor’s Notebook; John Gavloski, Manitoba Agriculture entomologist, discusses why farmers should consider beneficial insects before they spray for pests; A new herbicide tolerant system is coming for canola; A toe tapping, knee slapping, two step’n good time at the hall in Elstow, Saskatchewan with a band including Charlie Smith, his wife Marj, daughter Celeste, and friends Alf Epp and Brendan Varcoe, providing the entertainment.
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