Articles by Gord Gilmour

Gord Gilmour

Publisher, Manitoba Co-operator, and Senior Editor, News and National Affairs, Glacier FarmMedia

Gord Gilmour has been writing about agriculture in Canada for more than 30 years. He's an award winning journalist and columnist who's currently the publisher of the Manitoba Co-operator and senior editor, news and national affairs for Glacier FarmMedia. He grew up on a grain and oilseed operation in east-central Saskatchewan that his brother still owns and operates, and occasionally lets Gord work on, if Gord promises to take it easy on the equipment.

File photo of a farmed mink. (Konstantin Sokolov/iStock/Getty Images)

Livestock

Canada’s mink farms brace for COVID

Producers have had time to increase biosecurity efforts at the farm level

By Gord Gilmour November 27, 2020

Canada’s 40 mink farms are operating under heightened biosecurity requirements after reports of COVID-19 jumping from humans to mink in Europe. Alan Herscovici, an industry spokesperson who operates the website […] Read more

Livestock

Editor’s pick: Manitoba Tory MLA calls for Manitoba TB strategy

By Gord Gilmour October 13, 2009

The Winnipeg Free Press newspaper is reporting that opposition MLA Len Derkach is calling on the province to increase its support to cattle ranchers battling to prevent infected deer and […] Read more

Higher grain prices not source of higher food prices: report

By Gord Gilmour November 2, 2007

Food prices in Canada are up but directly linking this trend to higher grain prices is an over-simplification according to a new report by the George Morris Centre. The independent […] Read more