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Advice on green-seeded soybeans

By Allan Dawson September 10, 2018

Grade-lowering levels of green seed is showing up in some of the soybeans being harvested in Manitoba. Manitoba Agriculture’s pulse crop specialist Dennis Lange is advising farmers who haven’t harvested to take samples to see if they have the problem and how bad it is. Those with green seeded soybeans should consider delaying harvest a[...]

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Pallister committed to education tax phase out

By Allan Dawson November 28, 2019

Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister says he’s committed to phasing out education taxes on farmland and other property over 10 years starting in 2022 when the Manitoba government’s books are expected to be balanced. It’s a promise welcomed by farmers who say the burden of funding schools in rural areas has shifted disproportionally to them because[...]

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Manitoba egg farms run by ‘real’ farmers, says MEF

By Allan Dawson October 15, 2019

Out-of-province non-farm corporations, are not buying Manitoba egg farms, says Rory Rybuck, general manager of Manitoba Egg Farmers. “You have to have land, equipment of course, and be an actual farmer,” he said in an interview Sept. 25. During the national agriculture debate organized by the Canadian Federation of agriculture broadcast online Sept. 24, Kate[...]

Crops, Local news

Green winter wheat no guarantee it's alive

By Allan Dawson May 2, 2018

Green-leaved winter wheat this time of year is a promising sign, but no guarantee the crop survived the winter. "Some of those plants are still green from last fall," Lionel Kaskiw, Manitoba Agriculture's Souris-based Farm Production Advisor said May 1 during the Westman Crop Talk webinar. "But it definitely is nice right now to see[...]

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Election 2019: Education tax relief promised in provincial election campaign

By Allan Dawson September 10, 2019

For decades farmers have complained taxing farmland to help fund education is unfair, now two parties have promised to scrap education taxes on all property, including farmland and houses, in the dying days of the provincial election. The Progressive Conservative (PC) Party of Manitoba announced Sept. 3, education taxes on property would be phased out[...]

Crops, Local news

New cases of Tall waterhemp found in Manitoba

By Allan Dawson August 2, 2019

Tall Waterhemp has been confirmed in four new Manitoba fields and there are rumours of more, Manitoba Agriculture weed specialist Tammy Jones said in an interview Aug. 2. Tall Waterhemp is a Tier one noxious weed that must be destroyed no matter where it’s found, but that can include hand weeding within crops where practical,[...]

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Agriculture major player in ‘Made-in-Manitoba Climate and Green Plan’

By Allan Dawson November 1, 2017

Agriculture’s role in reducing carbon emissions and protecting the environment looms large in the provincial government’s, Made-in-Manitoba Climate and Green Plan. The word “agriculture” appears 34 times in the 60-page document. “Manitoba’s farmers are at the front lines of climate change and need to be at the forefront of solutions,” the plan says. “The Manitoba[...]

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Manitoba scraps carbon tax in anticipation Ottawa will impose its own

By Allan Dawson October 9, 2018

The Manitoba government won’t launch its Made-in-Manitoba carbon tax because Ottawa is imposing its own, but Manitoba is going ahead with the carbon reduction programs in its Climate and Green Plan. The province also says when the federal government starts taxing carbon here the same exemptions for farmers set out under Manitoba’s cancelled tax should[...]

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Farmers prefer provincial carbon tax to Ottawa’s

By Allan Dawson November 1, 2018

Many Manitoba farm groups prefer Manitoba’s scrapped carbon tax to Ottawa’s. Manitoba’s plan, which Premier Brian Pallister withdrew Oct. 4, would have exempted not only fuels burned in farm equipment, but in grain dryers and livestock barns. The federal plan for Manitoba announced Oct. 23 only exempts farm equipment fuel and 80 per cent of[...]

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Manitoba rejects Ottawa's offer to reconsider its carbon tax

By Allan Dawson October 26, 2018

The Manitoba government has rejected Ottawa’s offer to reconsider letting Manitoba’s carbon tax stand, rather than imposing the federal plan. That’s sure to disappoint Manitoba farm groups who say they prefer Manitoba’s plan over Ottawa’s. But the Manitoba government doesn’t trust the federal government on this issue. “The Liberals are talking out of both sides[...]

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Advice on green-seeded soybeans

Pallister committed to education tax phase out

Manitoba egg farms run by ‘real’ farmers, says MEF

Green winter wheat no guarantee it's alive

Election 2019: Education tax relief promised in provincial election campaign

New cases of Tall waterhemp found in Manitoba

Agriculture major player in ‘Made-in-Manitoba Climate and Green Plan’

Manitoba scraps carbon tax in anticipation Ottawa will impose its own

Farmers prefer provincial carbon tax to Ottawa’s

Manitoba rejects Ottawa's offer to reconsider its carbon tax

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