News - Agriculture

Manitoba’s average farmland values continued to climb at roughly the same rate as the Canadian average in 2017, a sign of a strong and stable agriculture economy, according to J.P. Gervais, chief agricultural economist for Farm Credit Canada.

Manitoba Agriculture and Manitoba Infrastructure are encouraging farmers, drivers and agricultural equipment operators to make road safety a priority this spring.

H@ms Marketing Services reports the typical spring rally has begun in live hog prices.

The Director of Public and Industry Affairs with Monsanto Canada suggests those involved in food production need to focus more on conversation and less on data when engaging with the non farming public.

A Professor of Applied Swine Nutrition with Iowa State University says the big challenge for pork producers in today’s age of the internet and social media is separating the important information from the unimportant and avoiding the information that’s flat out incorrect.

The Manager of Quality Assurance and Animal Care Programs with Manitoba Pork expects many of Canada’s pork producers to accelerate their transition to Canadian Pork Excellence.

The Director of PigTRACE Canada says 2018 will see a stepped effort to encourage anyone not already reporting pig movements to begin doing so.

The Chair of the Canadian Pork Council says the confidence Japanese customers have in the quality of Canadian pork combined with greater freedom to move product into that country creates new opportunities for growth in that market.

Canada Pork International reports a program developed to help Canadian consumers identify Canadian pork at the grocery store is being well received by consumers in other countries.

Delegates to Keystone Agricultural Producers’ spring advisory council meeting this past week passed 10 resolutions – including two that address plastic waste from grain bags, silage covers and bale covers, as well as seed fertilizer and pesticide containers.