Earning a college credit, barbecue style Sunday, April 5, 2009 Four college boys from Alabama cut a 17-day, five-state swath across the southern United States eating barbecue pork ribs and writing about it on their website. That's earning a college credit in English from Birmingham-Southern College the hard way. "Our project will focus on the cultural origins, differences in style and significance of Southern pork barbecue through the framework of food and travel writing," says their website, which they claim received 125,000 views on Feb. 13 alone and was featured in 120 newspapers the following day.The "captain" of the team, political science major Art Richey, "hopes to work in politics for a couple of years before entering law school."He's a Democrat, so he'd better get used to pork. BP Seems Temple likes farrowing crates after all Now that's what you call diversification
Keep Pulse Crops Export Ready Avoid Glufosinate-Ammonium Wednesday, July 15, 2026 Pulse growers are being urged to avoid using glufosinate-ammonium on pulse crops due to concerns about pesticide residue limits in international markets. Keep it Clean warns that using the herbicide could create challenges for Canadian pulse exports and increase the risk of trade... Read this article online
FCC Offers Financial Relief to Prairie Farmers Hit by Flooding Wednesday, July 15, 2026 Farm Credit Canada (FCC) is providing financial assistance to customers in Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan who are dealing with flooding and weather-related delays that have disrupted field operations. The organization is offering a range of relief measures to help producers manage... Read this article online
Farm Management Canada launches Canada’s Young Farmers Wednesday, July 15, 2026 A new resource is available to help young Canadian farmers. At its annual general meeting, Farm Management Canada (FMC), with the help of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA), Farm Credit Canada (FCC), and other industry stakeholders over the last two years, launched Canada’s... Read this article online
Manitoba Crops Advance Rapidly as Warm Weather Boosts Yield Potential and Forage Production Wednesday, July 15, 2026 Manitoba farmers are seeing crops advance quickly across much of the province as above-normal temperatures continue to drive development in cereals, oilseeds, soybeans, and forage crops, according to the July 14 Crop Report. The latest provincial crop update shows generally favourable... Read this article online
Minister MacDonald sets the stage ahead of NPF meetings Wednesday, July 15, 2026 Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Heath MacDonald spoke with Farms.com from Halifax, N.S. on Wednesday ahead of meetings with provincial and territorial counterparts, and industry stakeholders. The meetings, which wrap up Friday, are part of the process to develop the next policy... Read this article online