Cory Knutt

There's been a bit of a surge in forward hog contract prices.

That from Tyler Fulton, director of risk management with Hams Marketing Services.

One of the biggest ATV/UTV derbies in Canada was held on Saturday in St. Jean.

Despite the muddy conditions, the 19th annual event attracted 740 machines and 365 riders. The mud bog racing on Friday attracted over 60 entries including a kids division.

Organizer Sandra Fillion says they're still tallying up the totals, but on a good year the event can raise $50,000 for the community.

There has been an increasing number of cases of avian influenza across Western Canada.

According to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), as of September 14th, there are 19 infected premises in Alberta, 9 in BC, 8 in Saskatchewan, and 3 in Manitoba. Nearly 1.5 million birds have been impacted in those four provinces over the course of the outbreak. 

Ontario currently has 8 infected premises.

Lisa Bishop-Spencer is director of brand and communications for Chicken Farmers of Canada.

The Morris and District Centennial Museum unveiled its new stained-glass exhibit on Friday, September 16th. 

A monument was unveiled Saturday in Emerson to honour men of Ukrainian and Eastern European descent who were arrested and held in internment camps during the First World War. 

The men, who were labelled as enemy aliens, were travelling to the U.S. in search of employment. 

Statistics Canada released its August crop production estimate on Wednesday.

In 2022, Canadian farmers are projected to produce more wheat, canola, barley, oats, soybeans and corn for grain than they did in 2021, according to the most recent yield model estimates using satellite imagery and agroclimatic data.

Neil Townsend is chief market analyst with FarmLink Marketing Solutions.

Farmers in the Red River Valley have been taking advantage of the great harvesting weather.

Morris-area farmer David Hamblin says the harvest has been going good so far.

"We had a real struggle to the start of the harvest with wet weather and humidity every day and Mother Nature has cooperated the last two weeks and given us some really nice conditions to get started," he said. "We've got our early wheat and canola off. About half of our land was flooded by the Red River so we're done our early seeded stuff and waiting for the later flood land here now."

A new report released from Fertilizer Canada and the Canola Council of Canada (CCC) shows Canada can continue to increase crop yields while significantly reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from fertilizer application using available tools and technology.

Over $50,000 was raised this past Sunday at the Adult & Teen Challenge Demolition Derby held in Morris at the Manitoba Stampede & Exhibition Grounds.

Robby Ahuja is Chief Development Officer for Adult & Teen Challenge of Central Canada.

The USDA released a bullish September WASDE (World Agricultural Supply & Demand Estimates) report on Monday.

Dan Basse is president of AgResource Company in Chicago.