News - Agriculture

The Director of Risk Management with HAMS Marketing Services is advising pork producers to focus on risk management strategies amid the market volatility being created by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

The governments of Canada and Manitoba are investing $326,688 in innovative research projects aimed at strengthening the agriculture and agri-food industries through the Ag Action Manitoba program under the Canadian Agricultural Partnership.

The Manager of the Canada West Swine Health Intelligence Network (CWSHIN) is encouraging Canadian pork producers to request African Swine Fever rule out testing when they see possible symptoms of the infection.

Partners in Canada’s agriculture and food industry have once again rallied behind Drive Away Hunger, providing an equivalent of more than 36 million meals to food banks and feeding programs across the country.

Manitoba’s quest to become a global leader in the development and production of sustainable protein has gained further momentum through Project Accelerating Sustainable Protein Impact and Results (ASPIRE), an industry-led, concerted and co-ordinated team effort toward advancing the Manitoba Protein Advantage Strategy.

The Swine Health Information Center is encouraging pork sector stakeholders to review its just released 2022 plan of work. Launched in 2015, the Swine Health Information Center is charged with coordinating domestic and global swine disease monitoring, facilitating swine disease research and distributing critical information to pork sector stakeholders.

The governments of Canada and Manitoba are investing $680,900 under the Canadian Agricultural Partnership to support two major projects aimed at protecting animal health and managing disease in the provincial pork industry.

The Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation (MASC) is increasing limits on several lending products to help the province’s producers manage demands of farming in today’s economy.

The Manager of the Canada West Swine Health Intelligence Network is advising pork producers to consider loading docks at slaughter plants as contaminated by Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea and any other infection that might be circulating.

Manitoba Agriculture is advising dollar values for many crops insured in Manitoba are mostly higher than the previous year and have reached record levels in many cases.