A trip to Canadian Western Agribition ended early for one Manitoba exhibitor. The exhibitor, who was not identified by Agribition or Canadian Food Inspection Agency officials, had already unloaded a bred heifer and a calf in Regina when he received word that a tuberculosis test on an animal in his herd was suspicious. That cow […] Read more
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TB suspicion sends Manitoban home
Apiarists honour colleague’s honey
At the age of 10, Lee Genereux eyed his neighbour’s beehives and decided he’d like some of his own. “I just thought it would be interesting,” he said. He started with one hive from that neighbour, and five years later he has 50. Each hive is home to between 20,000 and 60,000 bees and their […] Read more
Mailbox
Wanted: Pattern for a cloth doll with jointed hands and legs that fits two year old’s clothing. Face is embroidered and has braided phentex hair. Believe the pattern came out in the early 1970s. If anyone has this pattern, contact: Marlene Jacobs, P.O. Box 121, Ochre River, Man. R0L 1K0, 204-733-2425. Sod Shacks and Wagon […] Read more
India’s pulse drive bad for Canada
It looks as though fears of an impressive pulse harvest in India were well founded. The first advance estimate of the country’s kharif, or summer, crop was recently released at the National Conference on Agriculture for Rabi Campaign 2003-04. Indian officials expect kharif pulse production to reach 5.44 million tonnes this year, up 42 percent […] Read more
Saskatoon growers have eyes on global markets grow
A saskatoon berry producer says export markets for prairie fruit growers are theirs to use or lose. John Ritz of Prairie Lane Saskatoons in Petersfield, Man., grows and buys saskatoons and processes them into food for export such as toppings, syrup and frozen berries. Speaking at the Saskatchewan Fruit Growers Association conference in Saskatoon, Ritz […] Read more
Stock Sales
Dec. 5: Sterling Collection Charolais sale, Saskatoon, 306-933-3111 Dec. 6: Harder Farms Charolais complete dispersal, Saskatoon, 306-933-4200 Dec. 6: Future Farms fall finale, Innisfail, Alta., 403-227-2594 Dec. 8: Silverstone Charolais complete dispersal, Whitewood, Sask., 306-933-4200 Dec. 8: Fall Finale sale, Moose Jaw, Sask., 403-341-5098 Dec. 9: Evergreen Black & Red Angus sale, Saskatoon, 306-931-0088 Dec. […] Read more
Market Notes – China wheat prices jump
BEIJING, China (Reuters) – Chinese wheat prices jumped recently, rekindling worries over possible food shortages ahead of the New Year festival, traders said Dec. 1. They said wheat prices gained about $12 US between Nov. 29 and Dec. 1 to $199 per tonne in both southern consuming areas and northern producing provinces. “There’s a little […] Read more
Farm income sinks
Much of Western Canada’s agriculture sector continues to spiral downward into an economic black hole, according to Statistics Canada cash receipt numbers published for the first three quarters of 2003. Bovine spongiform encephalopathy in the cattle industry, low grain inventories, low prices and a developing income problem in the hog industry mean the farm economy […] Read more
CWB gathers little Alsen
The Canadian Wheat Board attracted what it considered an insignificant amount of Alsen wheat through the special program it announced in early November. The board gave Alsen its own grade under a special contract program aimed at drawing the variety, which is not registered in Western Canada, out of farmers’ bins. When announcing the program, […] Read more
No magic bullet to kill fusarium
Ray Mazinke has years of experience fighting fusarium head blight. When he rises to speak at the third annual Canadian workshop on fusaium head blight in Winnipeg later this month, his message will go something like this: he’s still fighting. Mazinke farms near Morris, Man., and is also a part-time agronomist and consultant for a […] Read more
