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Opinion: U.S. meat labelling changes could disrupt live animal trade

By Laura Rance-Unger April 21, 2023

As the late Yogi Berra once said, it’s “déjà vu all over again” as Canadian livestock producers nervously monitor new developments south of the border that threaten to unravel the tightly knit North American meat trade. The USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service is seeking comment until May 12 on a plan to tighten its[...]

Op/Ed, Opinion

Opinion: Net zero could be change catalyst

By Laura Rance-Unger March 24, 2023

As keynote presentations go, the kick-off speaker’s at a conference on the sustainability of Canadian agriculture hosted March 7 by the University of Manitoba was a bit of a downer — at least initially. Henry Janzen, a career Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada scientist with who now serves as an honorary research associate with the department’s[...]

Editorial, Opinion, Other

Editorial: COVID-19 is changing the conversation around food

By Laura Rance-Unger April 16, 2020

On one hand, the federal government stated the obvious when it identified the food system as one of the 10 critical infrastructures supporting Canadians during the pandemic crisis. After all, who can survive without food? Nevertheless, the guidance document issued by Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair recently sent an important signal, one[...]

Farmit Manitoba, Op/Ed, Opinion

Editorial: What if those weather forecasts are right?

By Laura Rance-Unger October 24, 2019

To say Thanksgiving weekend was a wake-up call for those of us living in rural Manitoba would be an understatement. The mid-October snowstorm that swept through the south-central zone between Brandon and Winnipeg is one for the memory books, ranking right up there with the Colorado low that shut down the region in March of[...]

Comment, Farmit Manitoba, Opinion, Other

Comment: Combining work, life and farm safety

By Laura Rance-Unger September 20, 2019

It’s a story that’s sending a collective shudder through the farming community — and a powerful message. A four-year-old boy died of head injuries last year after he fell out of the skid-steer bucket he was riding in with his brother while their father was using it to move wood chips on their Ontario farm.[...]

Editorial, Opinion, Other

Editorial: The changing faces of agriculture

By Laura Rance-Unger February 21, 2019

Roaming the hallways and meeting rooms of this week’s CropConnect conference in Winnipeg offered an interesting snapshot of the state of farming in this province. Kudos to the organizers: the two-day conference put on by a consortium of nine commodity groups has proven itself a success on numerous fronts. With all the commodity groups out[...]

Equipment, Opinion, Other

Opinion: Liability hampers autonomous ag

By Laura Rance-Unger March 11, 2019

For farmer and inventor Brian Tischler, the question isn’t whether autonomous tractors are cool, possible, or useful — it’s how to overcome the liability risk. Tischler told farmers attending CropConnect in Winnipeg recently it’s possible to build your own self-driving vehicle for around $1,000. He’s done it. That’s made the Manville, Alberta farmer a popular[...]

Editorial, Opinion

Editorial: The meat industry has a lot on its plate

By Laura Rance-Unger December 20, 2018

Predictably, the Canadian Meat Council doesn’t take kindly to the suggestion that consumers are showing increased interest in plant-based proteins at the expense of meat. The council came out swinging at the Canadian Food Price Report released earlier this month, calling the report misleading and noting that demand for meat is “only” set to fall[...]

Editorial, Opinion

Editorial: Meeting in the middle

By Laura Rance-Unger January 24, 2019

Health Canada has delivered some reassuring news for people worried about glyphosate in their food and the environment in the wake of some of the controversial reports and court rulings last year. The much-publicized jury ruling in favour of a California plaintiff claiming long-term exposure to the weed killer caused his cancer, has touched off[...]

Editorial, Opinion

Editorial: Volatility likely to linger

By Laura Rance-Unger November 15, 2018

When you are as dependent on exports as Canadian farmers, the ability to weather volatile markets has to be part of the business plan. The Canadian Agri-Food Trade Alliance says Canada exports half of the beef and cattle produced, 70 per cent of its soybeans, 70 per cent of its pork production, 75 per cent[...]

U.S. livestock: Cattle hit fresh highs, hogs inch upward

Agriculture, agri-food groups make bid for spot in Carney’s economic agenda

U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans fall as rain expected to help U.S. crops

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U.S. livestock: Cattle hit fresh highs, hogs inch upward

Agriculture, agri-food groups make bid for spot in Carney’s economic agenda

U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans fall as rain expected to help U.S. crops

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Opinion: U.S. meat labelling changes could disrupt live animal trade

Opinion: Net zero could be change catalyst

Editorial: COVID-19 is changing the conversation around food

Editorial: What if those weather forecasts are right?

Comment: Combining work, life and farm safety

Editorial: The changing faces of agriculture

Opinion: Liability hampers autonomous ag

Editorial: The meat industry has a lot on its plate

Editorial: Meeting in the middle

Editorial: Volatility likely to linger

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