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Opinion: Celebrate World Wetlands Day

February 2 is a day to remember the vital ecological importance of these distinct ecosystems

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February 2, 2019, is World Wetlands Day celebrating the signing of the Ramsar Convention in Iran in 1971 where the purpose was to recognize the importance of wetlands to society. So what’s the big deal about wetlands? To start, we know that wetlands are considered to be a vital part of the Manitoba prairie landscape.
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Comment: The unavoidable death of ‘click and collect’

Consumers want to get food products delivered directly to their homes but they don’t necessarily want to pay for it

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Grocers can no longer afford to wait for their money to show up at their stores. That’s a given. They need to go after it as well. E-commerce in the grocery business was barely a thought five years ago. Most of them did not want to cannibalize sales and decrease foot traffic. The primary idea
The 2018 Farm Bill does nothing about the major problem farmers face — the lack of a price that is even close to the full cost of production.
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Comment: U.S. Farm Bill: ‘The Good, the Bad and the Ugly’

The latest Farm Bill does nothing about the major problems — low prices and overproduction

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As we began reading details from the recently passed 2018 Farm Bill, it reminded us of the old 1960s spaghetti western starring Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, and Eli Wallach, “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.” Except in this case no one is likely to end up with the gold. Let’s start with the
Bitter, stalemated politics are grinding institutions around the world to a halt, and as of late, the U.S. is clearly not immune.
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Comment: Let us pray

Political turmoil and gridlock in the U.S. is just one symptom of a world in gridlock that can’t solve problems

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Man, that ended badly. December limped to an ugly conclusion as nearly everyone from Wall Street to Main Street took a year-end pounding not seen in three generations. Pick an investment sector (stocks, bonds, commodities); a nation state (the U.S., China, or the European Union); or a political system (a democratic republic, parliamentary, or single-party
CBOT soybeans dropped 7.33 per cent in 2018, largely due to disrupted trade between the United States and China.
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Funds view grains and oilseeds more favourably

Investor sentiment has clearly shifted in the past 12 months

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Speculators rang in 2019 with a much less pessimistic take on Chicago-traded grains and oilseeds than a year earlier, though trade tensions and the lapse in U.S. government data are providing the market with plenty of uncertainty. As of Jan. 2, trade sources suggest that commodity funds held a very slight combined net long position
After how a romaine lettuce recall was recently handled, you can’t blame consumers for continuing to avoid certain leafy vegetables.
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Comment: Romaine calm

An industry-led food safety program appears to have got complacent and self-congratulatory

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So, we finally went from a slew of alerts on romaine lettuce to a series of clearcut recalls affecting various produce items, including romaine lettuce and cauliflower. This is the worst time of year for Canadians as our economy is more vulnerable to outbreaks in imported produce. Chances are cauliflower will be very expensive and
With in five Canadians restricting meat in their diet, odds are that at least one person in your social group or family is a vegan or vegetarian.
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Comment: Flexitarianism on the menu

A large and growing group of Canadians are becoming ‘part-time vegetarians’

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Restaurants are struggling to get a good handle on how consumers are rapidly shifting away from animal protein. According to a recent study by Dalhousie University, nearly one in five Canadians have decided to either reduce the amount of meat they consume or have outright eliminated it from their diets. Add the fact that 63
American farmers and ranchers are losing out as the USDA pegs the cost of its country’s multiple trade actions against it at about US$12 billion.
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Comment: Another war to end all wars

No one knows when — or even if — the ongoing and looming trade wars will end

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This year marked 100 years since the end of the First World War, which U.S. President Woodrow Wilson called “the war to end all wars.” Wilson saw himself as a historic peacemaker; instead he became an ironic phrasemaker. The Great War never brought an end to war, or even an end to that war. The
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Comment: Reading the facts at hand — or in your palm

If you ignore bad news because you don’t want to hear it, it’s at your peril

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Years ago, an enterprising neighbour operated a palm reading business from her home with just a secretary, fax machine, and telephone. Her business model was simple: After clients faxed their photocopied handprint and sent some form of payment (rumour had it, it was $20), our neighbour telephoned them with the results of the “reading.” While
According to a recent survey, 66 per cent of Canadians have used self-checkout lanes at some point.
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Comment: A painful experience

Why self-checkouts at the grocery store never seem to work properly

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Some Canadians detest going to the grocery store. It’s repetitive, tiring, and quite unpleasant at times, especially when the store is busy. Picking up groceries and lugging them back home is work, something most would rather avoid. On the other hand, many of us do enjoy visiting food stores and discovering new products or new

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