Pork barn site visits reach milestone Thursday, March 8, 2012 by BETTER FARMING STAFFOntario Pork recently processed its 500th barn site visit for the National Biosecurity Training Program of the Canadian Swine Health Board. The Canadian Swine Health Board has provided funding to Ontario Pork for an additional 1,000 barn site visits.Dr. Mike DeGroot, Ontario Biosecurity Program Coordinator for Ontario Pork, says the program has two parts. Farmers meet in groups with a veterinarian for training on best biosecurity practices. Farmers then fill out a self-assessment and that is followed up with a farm visit by the veterinarian.On the farm visit, DeGroot says, veterinarians make suggestions and tell farmers “where they can improve their biosecurity.”So far, 1,000 producers have taken the class sessions. DeGroot says they expect class sessions and visits to all 1,500 barn sites will be wrapped up by the end of this year. BF Report says pork exports to South Africa under threat How much have productivity gains offset the downsizing impacts?
Lynch siblings named OYF winners for Saskatchewan Friday, March 27, 2026 Jordan Lynch and Chansi Bourkehave been named the regional winners of Saskatchewan’s Outstanding Young Farmers competition. The announcement was made during Canada’s Farm Show on March 19, 2026. The siblings will nowrepresentSaskatchewan at the national competition in Vancouver, British... Read this article online
Serious concern with planned cuts to N.B. public vet services Friday, March 27, 2026 Livestock farmers in New Brunswick are concerned about the future of public vet services in the province. Liberal Premier Susan Holt’s government is phasing out provincially run veterinary lab services for private alternatives over the coming years, her 2026-2027 budget... Read this article online
CSBP pushing for domestic production policy Thursday, March 26, 2026 The Canadian Sugar Beet Producers (CSBP) wants to see more of its namesake crop grown and processed in Canada. At one point, sugar beets accounted for more than 20 per cent of the Canadian sugar market share. But that’s no longer the case, says Gwen Young, an Alberta sugar beet farmer... Read this article online
Fears of Stagflation and Recession on the Rise Thursday, March 26, 2026 This week’s with experts Farms.com Risk Management Chief Commodity Strategist Moe Agostino and Commodity Strategist Abhinesh Gopal, Was titled “Higher Crude Oil Futures for Longer = Stagflation?”. The two experts explored major shifts across the commodity sector including rising crude oil... Read this article online
Massey Ferguson Legacy - From Early Tractors to Modern Power Thursday, March 26, 2026 For more than a century and a half, Massey Ferguson has stood as one of the most trusted names in agriculture. At the heart of the brand’s legacy is a simple but powerful belief: farmers deserve reliable, easy-to-operate equipment that helps them get the job done, season after... Read this article online