The language in trade deals is normally complex and cloudy. But the text in the Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement with Europe (CETA) suggests that Canada can impose duties on European beef and pork if those imports are harming Canada’s red meat industry. The language is found in Article 3.4 of CETA. It says Canada and […] Read more
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World Pork Expo 2023: Hogs in flux
Follow this page today and tomorrow for posts from the WPX, where I’ll try to bring you what’s happening, what’s news, what’s new and exciting, and what’s going on with BBQ pork, of which there is an abundance smoking away around the Iowa State Fairgrounds. PROP 12 COMPLIANT STEEL AND SYSTEMS BIG IN TRADE SHOW […] Read more
Why not Weyburn?
Time to alter negative perceptions of rural Canada
It's time to alter the negative perceptions of rural Canada.
BLOG: Yes, the media is biased against livestock
In the last week of April, the United Nations released a major report on the benefits of consuming milk, eggs and meat. Experts with the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) looked at 500 scientific papers and 250 policy documents. After reviewing all the data and studies, they published a report with a clear and […] Read more
Water matters here
I discovered one obvious reality when I moved to Manitoba in 2001: water is a big, big issue here. And it’s often news. Farm news. Agriculture news. Winnipeg news. Indigenous news. Environmental news. Sometimes it even gets to be national news. Whether it’s floods, droughts, water pollution, drainage, wetlands, sewage plant costs or Canada-U.S. river […] Read more
VIDEO: Competition breeds sustainability
Why would the growth of a global farm equipment company be good for a farmer in Canada? What does it bring to producers? From Germany this week the answer may be found in the options category. Competition for market-share is an important part of the fundamentals that guide our modern economies. Most farms that remain […] Read more
BLOG: Retiring Ag in the Classroom leader a true difference maker
In my 20 or so years working as a journalist, I’ve interviewed probably 5,000 people or more. That includes politicians, corporate leaders, ag industry leaders, scientists, agronomists, board directors, advocates, lobbyists and farmers. I don’t keep a list with their names and positions. But if I would rank them in order of my favourite people […] Read more
Profitability the pathway to emissions reduction
Farmers should be obsessing about how to cut their crops’ nitrous oxide emissions. Every kilogram emitted represents much super-expensive fertilizer just farting away into the air, rather than feeding a money-making bushel. Instead, the divisive and caustic politics of climate change have so poisoned our ability to talk about carbon emissions that most seem to […] Read more
Forecast: Pea soupy, with unsettled ingredients
We're about to find out what remains after a long COVID winter
I’m bubbling like a pot of thick and hearty pea soup at the prospect of attending another St Jean Farm Days. I once took this small but vital farm show for granted, but after the pandemic struck down this and so many other regular farm gatherings I vow to never again be blasé about the […] Read more
BLOG: Innovation is hard, hype is easy
In November, the John Innes Centre announced it had discovered a gene that could lead to drought resistant wheat. The centre is a well-known institution in Norwich, United Kingdom, specializing in plant science and crop genetics, so the new gene and its potential for improving wheat production will garner some interest. And maybe it will […] Read more
