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Editorial: Let’s face it

By Laura Rance-Unger September 28, 2015

It was a hot, humid day near Saskatoon last summer when I noticed a man helping out at the ticket booth at the inaugural Ag in Motion outdoor farm show. This man was sporting a big, bushy white beard and wearing bib overalls, thrusting his hands deep into those pockets as he rocked back and[...]

Cereals, Opinion

Editorial: An inconvenient truth

By Laura Rance-Unger October 26, 2015

U.S. Wheat Associates and the National Association of Wheat Growers recently released the results of a study they commissioned on how much farm supports in four key markets are costing U.S. farmers. The premise behind the analysis, conducted by Iowa State University economists, is that countries such as Brazil, India, Turkey and China are depriving[...]

Opinion

Editorial: Keep talking about farm safety

By Laura Rance-Unger September 14, 2015

We’re going out on a limb here to say the farmers featured in this week’s front-page story are courageous, not because they survived their harrowing ordeal, but because they are talking about it. The father and son duo made a mistake that could have ended tragically. Joel Dewitz admits to feeling pretty sheepish about the[...]

Opinion

Editorial: Trust us. Why?

By Laura Rance-Unger October 8, 2015

It was no small feat achieving the kind of Trans-Pacific Partnership deal that offers export agricultural commodity groups the kind of market access they were seeking with modest, but significant, concessions on supply management. If the early reports are to be believed (details were announced just before press time), Canada’s trade negotiators deserve kudos for[...]

Opinion

Editorial: Bridging the urban-rural divide

By Laura Rance-Unger October 6, 2015

Canadian farm writers tackled a thorny subject at their recent annual meeting in Calgary — bridging the urban-rural divide. True to form, some speakers took a contrarian view, starting with the conference’s red hip-roofed barn logo. “The little red barn doesn’t exist anymore,” said Robert Saik, CEO of Agri-Trend. “That’s the problem. People’s romanticized view[...]

Dairy cattle, Opinion

Editorial: Positioning to thrive

By Laura Rance-Unger October 19, 2015

Canada’s dairy farmers are wise to tread carefully as they consider how to position their industry in the face of rising imports due to trade and technology. The oh-so-tempting reaction that comes immediately to mind would be to seek replacement of the sector’s protective tariff wall, which is gradually being eroded, with a non-tariff barrier[...]

Hogs, Opinion

Editorial: Pork sector making progress

By Laura Rance-Unger September 21, 2015

A recent survey suggests the Manitoba pork sector is making incremental but important gains in repairing its relationship with the general public. A survey of 1,000 households conducted by Probe Research recently found 56 per cent favoured loosening the restrictions the Manitoba government has placed on new barn construction. Thirty-two per cent favoured leaving those[...]

Opinion

Editorial: The votes that matter

By Laura Rance-Unger September 7, 2015

There was a field day a few years back where organizers asked the 20 or so people in attendance to introduce themselves by sharing something they’ve learned about agriculture in the past year. “Be careful what you say about the competition, because tomorrow you might be working for them,” piped up an employee for one[...]

Opinion

Editorial: A terrible loss

By Laura Rance-Unger October 22, 2015

The deaths of the Bott sisters from Withrow, Alta., last week touched all of us. We extend our deepest sympathies to their family and all who knew them. The tragedy has focused attention on farm safety, particularly how dangerous the farmyard can be for young children. From some quarters of the farming community has come[...]

Crops, Editorial

Editorial: The farmers’ (equity) trust in the CWB

By Laura Rance-Unger April 27, 2015

The farmers’ equity component is perhaps the most puzzling aspect of last week’s announcement that CWB has been sold. We can see the advantages to the Harper government of getting the company off its books. Moving the western Canadian grain-marketing system to an open market was an election promise that came with baggage; the administration[...]

Chinese government pledges hog capacity control to stabilize prices

Governments offer aid to drought-affected Manitoba livestock producers

U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures hit new contract highs as supplies tighten

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Chinese government pledges hog capacity control to stabilize prices

Governments offer aid to drought-affected Manitoba livestock producers

U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures hit new contract highs as supplies tighten

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Editorial: An inconvenient truth

Editorial: Keep talking about farm safety

Editorial: Trust us. Why?

Editorial: Bridging the urban-rural divide

Editorial: Positioning to thrive

Editorial: Pork sector making progress

Editorial: A terrible loss

Editorial: The farmers’ (equity) trust in the CWB

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