Roblin was an up-and-coming variety when it was advertised in our April 6, 1995 issue.
One of the stories on our front page that week was how the top-gaining Limousin bull at the Gunton bull test station had gone missing with no explanation, and there was a $500 reward offered for information as to his whereabouts. The following week, we reported that after a two-week absence, the animal had ended up back in his pen with a different ear tag. Station staff had no explanation, or at least, no official explanation. We were later advised that the widespread publicity resulting from our publishing the story might have had something to do with it.
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Fertilizer prices were also in the news — phosphate was at $420 per ton, a 62 per cent increase over the previous year.
Farmers were still digesting the previous month’s news that the Crowsnest freight subsidy would be eliminated August 1, and that farmers would receive a one-time tax-free compensation of $1.6 billion.
And in our next issue, we reported that Manitoba Agriculture Minister Harry Enns would not rule out stripping the Manitoba Hog Board of its marketing monopoly. He later announced that it would end on July 1.
