Alexis Stockford

Manitoba

Reporter for the @MBCooperator covering western Manitoba. Ski coach, music enthusiast and unashamed bookworm. Tweets are all my own.

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School bus collides with tractor in rural Manitoba

3 weeks ago | manitobacooperator.ca | Alexis Stockford

Thirty-one students were on board May 13 when their morning school bus collided with a tractor near St. Claude in west-central Manitoba. Of those, eight were sent to hospital with minor injuries. Both drivers involved in the crash were also sent to hospital as a precaution, according to an RCMP report released later that day.
U.S. playing with bird flu fire

1 month ago | manitobacooperator.ca | Alexis Stockford

The last couple of months have seen a lot of Canadian head shaking and facepalming as the second Trump administration settles into the White House. Tariffs, unsurprisingly, have been the vanguard of that dismay for Canadian farmers. U.S. President Donald Trump roared into office in January with policies that, if implemented, seemed to leave little room to avoid a trade war with its closest trading partners.
U.S. playing with bird flu fire

1 month ago | manitobacooperator.ca | Alexis Stockford

The last couple of months have seen a lot of Canadian head shaking and facepalming as the second Trump administration settles into the White House. Tariffs, unsurprisingly, have been the vanguard of that dismay for Canadian farmers. U.S. President Donald Trump roared into office in January with policies that, if implemented, seemed to leave little room to avoid a trade war with its closest trading partners.
Horse air export the latest flashpoint for livestock transportation standards tension

2 months ago | manitobacooperator.ca | Alexis Stockford

Animal Justice taking exception to a livestock shipping practice isn’t a surprise. Looking at their website, the animal rights group highlights animal transport under its list of causes.
Bovine tuberculosis case count increases in Saskatchewan

Feb 27, 2025 | producer.com | Alexis Stockford

Glacier FarmMedia – Canadian officials have found more bovine tuberculosis in Saskatchewan. In a notice to industry Feb. 25, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said they have found three more cases while testing the birth herd of an animal confirmed positive for bovine TB late last year.
Tariff stories from the Manitoba Co-operator

Feb 25, 2025 | manitobacooperator.ca | Alexis Stockford

Canadian agriculture has spent weeks bracing for the fallout should U.S. President Donald Trump go ahead with his threats to slap a 25 per cent tariff on Canadian goods. Read Also Manitoba boasts gains on chronic wasting disease Manitoba’s 2024-25 chronic wasting disease program improved testing speed, expanded hunting and also led to the confirmation of four new CWD cases, the province has said.
Trade war worries bring back pandemic ills

Feb 11, 2025 | manitobacooperator.ca | Alexis Stockford

It was May 2020, and the tone was grim as Canada’s beef and pork sectors pondered a sudden free fall in demand for live animals. Read Also Tariffs drive grain market moves Prices in the canola futures market were boosted by last-minute Trump tariff delay in the first week of February. “Our figurative farmhouse is burning down,” then Canadian Pork Council president Rick Bergmann said on one Zoom call. COVID-19 had led to major plant closures and slowdowns in both the U.S. and Canada.
Premiums to drop

Feb 6, 2025 | producer.com | Alexis Stockford

Glacier FarmMedia – Manitoba farmers will have lower premiums for most insurable crops in 2025, the province announced late last month. The provincial and federal governments unveiled the 2025 AgriInsurance program at Manitoba Ag Days. According to a Jan. 22 release, average premiums through the program in Manitoba will fall to $13.01 an acre on average for annual crops. In 2024, that number was $15.43.
Man. producers welcome livestock insurance changes

Feb 6, 2025 | producer.com | Alexis Stockford |Jim Mosley

The group representing Manitoba’s beef sector said it’s happy about changes at the Manitoba Agricultural Services Corp. The provincial and federal governments gave their traditional AgriInsurance update at Manitoba Ag Days in Brandon last month. Program changes for 2025 include a new maximum value for calculating livestock predation claims. The new maximum is more than double the old figure. Claim calculations will now have a top value of $7,000, up from $3,000.
Trump win adds fire to Bill C-282 debate

Nov 8, 2024 | manitobacooperator.ca | Alexis Stockford

Canadian farm organizations had reason to be nervous when the world woke up Nov.