Harry Siemens – Concern is the word from agricultural organizations in Manitoba over proposed changes that will expand the scope of the province’s Employment Standards Code to cover most agricultural employees.  The Employment Standards Code outlines the minimum standards employers and employees not covered by collective agreements must meet in their working relationship. It covers most employees under provincial jurisdiction.

It isn’t focused on farm journalists but AngryJournalists.com would allow them to post their rant. I’ve been seeing references to this site in a number of my news feeds so I finally took a look. If you’re an ag journalist you will probably relate to some of the things you’ll find there. If you’re an angry farm journalist feel free …

Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer announced the reappointment of one member and the appointment of two new members to serve on the Popcorn Board. William D. Kennebeck of Trenton, Mo., has been reappointed. Frank C. Morrison, Clearwater, Neb., and Pamela Garnick, Ord, Neb., have been appointed. Each member will serve three-year terms beginning Jan. 1, 2008 and ending on Dec. 31, …

I don’t know about you but I never get tired of sunrises and sunsets. Here’s one to hopefully brighten your Monday morning. This is a view as I was crossing the Missouri River bridge coming out of Jefferson City this morning using my Blackberry Curve. Pretty cool scene. I don’t know how many of you are on holiday today. I’ve …

To assist producers of hand-harvested fruit and vegetable crops in working more productively, efficiently and profitably, John Deere Agri Services has introduced two information management tools: Product Tracking and Labor Tracking solutions. These innovative systems work collaboratively to record, store and manage information to better run operations. The Labor Tracking solution utilizes a handheld device to collect in-field information to …

Here’s a wrap-up report on World Ag Expo from Gary Schulz. Maybe next year will be the year I get to go. I’ve got to go out there in a couple weeks but just couldn’t get that coordinated to coincide with the Show. Thank you very much Gary for taking the time to provide us with your updates. A lot …

Here’s a World Ag Expo update from Gary Schulz. Wednesday of World Ag Expo in Tulare, California meant a huge crowd. The traditional “mid-day” of the expo did not disappoint as early fog burned off by late morning for a spectacular “California Classic” with a high in the ’60s. The Budweiser Clydesdales were again on-hand and were a popular feature …

While the National Farm Machinery Show is taking place there’s also another major show going on in California, World Ag Expo. On the scene is my friend Gary Schulz. The 41st edition of the World Ag Expo experienced sunny weather in the 60s, large crowds and a record exhibitor count as the show grounds grew to an estimated 2.5 million …

The clues helped and the winner of this edition of “Guess Who’s Boots” is Cyndi Young, Brownfield. She beat out Dave Mehlhaff, American Hereford Association by 14 minutes! They correctly guessed that these boots belong to Kristi Pettis, Northern Ag Network. She was proudly displaying them at the Cattle Industry Convention during Sec. of Ag Ed Schafer’s speech last Friday. …

I know I’ve mentioned this before but it’s your weekly reminder to take the very short AgWired Survey. We did this a couple years ago and just need to update our records which will really help us out when it comes to working with new sponsors and supporters. So, if you haven’t done it yet then go ahead and Git …