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The Manitoba government has appointed a new chair, vice-chair and directors to the board of Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation (MASC), Agriculture Minister Ron Kostyshyn announced yesterday (Tue).

The feeder market in Saskatchewan remained strong last week, according to the latest Cattle Market Update from Canfax.

The Canadian cattle herd has fallen to its lowest level in more than 30 years. Statistics Canada reports on January 1st, there were 11.1 million cattle and calves on farms, down 2.1 percent from the previous year.

India has extended the timeline for duty-free imports of yellow peas by one through the end of April. There have been duty-free imports on yellow peas since early December.

There are trending topics every day on social media, on Friday it was Subway and yellow mustard. A Friday morning post on X—formerly known as Twitter—by Canada’s Food Professor Dr.

Making the public aware of what invasive species are and the potential negative impacts it can have on the environment is what the Saskatchewan government is focusing on this week, as it declared Monday to Sunday Invasive Species Awareness Week.

CN and CPKC Rail supplied a combined 77% of hopper cars ordered in grain week 29, unchanged from the prior week.

Today in Churchill, Premier Wab Kinew and Dan Vandal, minister for PrairiesCan announced a joint investment of up to $60 million to the Arctic Gateway Group (AGG).

Today, the Water Security Agency (WSA) released the preliminary spring runoff report. Below average snow conditions, in combination with the generally dry fall conditions, is resulting in below normal to well below normal runoff across the province.

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada has completed its farm income forecast for 2023 and 2024, indicating a new record for overall Canadian farm income in 2023 despite various challenges the sector faces.