Glacier FarmMedia – A senior American agricultural policy leader cautions Canadian farmers to expect a resurgence of the dairy dispute. “Watch out on dairy. I think that’s real,” Ted McKinney, […] Read more
U.S. feels ‘betrayed’ over dairy deal
Former official says dairy dispute between U.S. and Canada about to erupt again
U.S. political instability called major global risk
David Frum says partisan fighting distracts superpower from its crucial role in the world
Glacier FarmMedia – Canadian farmers have front-row seats to the world’s biggest geopolitical risk, according to David Frum. “I think the thing that worries me the most is the threat […] Read more
Canada’s Agriculture Day: some highights from Ottawa
Glacier FarmMedia – The Canadian agriculture industry celebrated Canada’s Agriculture Day in Ottawa Feb. 13 at the Future of Food conference. Reporter Ed White shares some highights and photos from […] Read more
ASF compartmentalization moves a step forward
Plan not an attempt to download responsibilities, CFIA says
Canada is one step closer to a compartmentalizing regime that hog farmers and the rest of the industry hope protects them against market impacts of African swine fever. Practical application […] Read more
Tech simplifies hog feed monitoring to reduce down time
FeedFlo system monitors feed pipes to ensure feed is flowing
Glacier FarmMedia – Successful technology often arises from figuring out how to simplify something that’s exceedingly complex. That’s what Casey Forsyth and his team at FeedFlo think they’ve managed to […] Read more
Be optimistic with grain storage system plans
It’s best to plan for the best year to ensure sufficient storage
Glacier FarmMedia – Planning a storage system means being optimistic, future-focused and strategic. It isn’t something faced only when a big crop is coming and there’s not enough room to […] Read more
Mid-sized rock picker simple but tough
Degelman’s new rock picker designed to reduce the number of rock pickers a farm needs
Glacier FarmMedia – Rocks don’t change. Farmers have been picking and dumping them ever since fields were broken. But farms have changed. Farmers have changed. Farm machinery has changed. That […] Read more
Opinion: Ottawa’s social media feud may make info harder to find
Glacier FarmMedia – Rich and powerful men can be silly. It’s been easy to laugh at the antics of Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter’s Elon Musk as they swing handbags […] Read more
Three-in-one swine vaccine hard to make
The manufacturers of a trivalent vaccine aimed at the hog sector faced a number of challenges
Glacier FarmMedia – Multiple studies examining the ability of Merck Animal Health’s Circumvent CML vaccine to control porcine circovirus, mycoplasma hyopneumoniae and lawsonia intracellularis in hogs were required to prove […] Read more
At Ag in Motion: ‘Small iron’ revolution brings bikes to farms
There’s a “small iron revolution” happening on farms across Canada. Even though most farmers and people in agriculture probably see “fat bikes” and “e-bikes” as urban phenomena, these new versions […] Read more
Cyber-Savvy Farmer
