Alexis Kienlen

5 days ago | manitobacooperator.ca | Alexis Kienlen

Canada’s national pig code is getting an update. ‘We’ve launched the code of practice with the National Farm Animal Care Council,” said Stephen Heckbert, executive director of the Canadian Pork Council. The Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Pigs will be guided by the development process set out by the National Farm Animal Care Council (NFACC), the spearheading body for Canada’s various livestock codes.

1 week ago | producer.com | Alexis Kienlen

Glacier FarmMedia – Drought has been the unwelcome guest that just keeps popping up on the Prairies over the last decade. In the cattle sector, recurring drought saw herds sold off and spurred aid programs over several years as pasture and forage supplies continued to flag. However, research out of the University of Alberta has some insights on how grassland might be managed to be more resilient, and which practices make drought damage worse.

1 week ago | manitobacooperator.ca | Alexis Kienlen

Digvir Jayas, an agricultural engineer who contributed to ground-breaking grain science research over 30 years, is one of twelve people who will receive the Order of Manitoba. “I was certainly very deeply honoured and humbled to receive this honour,” said Jayas, the current president of the University of Lethbridge.

2 weeks ago | manitobacooperator.ca | Alexis Kienlen

Herbicide resistance is a growing problem in Manitoba, and weeds are getting harder to kill as a result, according to Kim Brown, weed specialist with Manitoba Agriculture during a recent CropTalk webinar. “One of the reasons why we’re struggling so much with herbicide resistance and some of the weeds that we’re trying to kill is that we have not had any new herbicides, or any new herbicide groups for a very long time,” she said earlier this spring.

2 weeks ago | manitobacooperator.ca | Alexis Kienlen

Drought has been the unwelcome guest that just keeps popping up on the Prairies over the last decade. In the cattle sector, recurring drought saw herds sold off and spurred aid programs over several years as pasture and forage supplies continued to flag. Research out of the University of Alberta, however, has some insights on how grassland might be managed to be more resilient, and which practices make drought damage worse.