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“It’s not that livestock and poultry don’t have an impact. They do. But it’s important to quantify it and report it accurately. Only then can we have public policy for meaningful change.” – Frank Mitloehner
Farmit Manitoba, Other

The ‘lightning rod issue’ of agriculture and climate change

There is a positive side to the story of agriculture 
and climate change. Why is it so hard getting anyone to listen?

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Glacier FarmMedia – The Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute (CAPI) recently painted a picture of Canadian agriculture and greenhouse gas emissions that runs counter to commonly held public perceptions. The CAPI paper said generally the sector has its house in order. Canadian agriculture’s greenhouse gas emissions peaked in 2005 and have remained steady at about 60
Agropur’s Fromagerie Damafro had been known as the developer of Quebec’s first-ever soft washed rind cheese, sold under the Saint-Damase brand. (OurCheeses.com)
Livestock

Agropur halts talks with Quebec goat dairy producers

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Agropur has gone back to Plan A for the fate of a major Quebec soft cheese processing plant after halting talks with the province’s goat dairy farmer association. Canada’s biggest dairy co-operative had announced in September last year it would close the former Fromagerie Damafro plant at Saint-Damase, Que. in April this year, but delayed
Blaine Pedersen, shown here in 2016, is Manitoba’s new minister for agriculture and resource development. (Manitoba Co-operator photo by Lorraine Stevenson)
Livestock

Manitoba agriculture merged into new provincial ministry

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Manitoba’s provincial agriculture ministry is being merged with its resource development arm under the oversight of the minister responsible for the latter. Premier Brian Pallister on Wednesday announced a reorganization of his government’s ministries along with a shuffle of his cabinet in the wake of his Progressive Conservative government’s re-election last month. The realignment sees
An excavator works on Parliament Hill on the morning of Oct. 22, 2019, the day after the federal election. (Photo: Reuters/Patrick Doyle)
Markets

Industry reacts to divided vote, minority government

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Ottawa — A regionally divided federal election resulting in a minority Liberal government leaves a clear challenge for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his caucus colleagues on how to handle the future of agriculture. Trudeau said clearly in his victory speech Monday night that Alberta and Saskatchewan are part of the country and will be
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau reacts after the federal election at the Palais des Congres in Montreal, Quebec, Oct. 22, 2019.
News

Ag sector to take up their cause with new minority federal government

The Liberals get a second term after the Oct. 21 federal election, but this time with a minority government

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Manitoba’s agricultural sector is gearing up for a minority Liberal government, and farm groups say there is a long list of issues to get on the table. Justin Trudeau’s Liberal party slipped from an easy majority to 157 seats when Canada went to the polls Oct. 21, 13 shy of a majority government. The Conservatives,
Farmers can see cow data, like this, within their line of vision using augmented reality glasses.
Dairy cattle, News

Technology brings augmented reality to your dairy barn

Company overlaying data and reality in new system to help information management

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Imagine looking over your barn full of dairy cows and being able to tell instantly which ones were in heat and which ones are up and down in feed consumption or milk. There are ways to do this now, with a phone or a tablet computer feeding information to the farmer as they move through the barn. However, Nedap
Marie-Claude Bibeau, Luc Berthold and Alistair MacGregor all held their seats in the Oct. 21, 2019 federal election. (Dave Bedard photos; MacGregor video screengrab from AlistairMacgregor.ndp.ca)

Voters return Canada’s agriculture minister, ag critics

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Canada’s incumbent minister of agriculture and agri-food and all three of her opposition critics in the House of Commons held their seats in Monday night’s federal election. As of about 2 a.m. CT on Tuesday, Justin Trudeau’s Liberals held onto power in a minority government with 157 of 338 seats, ahead of Andrew Scheer’s Conservatives
Ag Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau speaks at Cigi in Winnipeg on March 13, 2019. (Dave Bedard photo)
Markets

Future of ag policy remains unclear ahead of election

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Ottawa – If polls and pundits are to be believed, Monday’s federal election will result in a minority government — meaning no single party would alone be dictating the immediate future of agricultural policy in Canada. While the true results won’t be known until Monday night, most pollsters are speculating either a Conservative or Liberal-led
Editorial, Farmit Manitoba, Opinion

Editor’s Take: Picking food fights

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Milk, in particular Canada’s supply management system, has always been a preoccupation of our southern neighbours. If you want to make someone in the U.S. agriculture sector go apoplectic in short order, just bring up the subject. To quote the current occupant of the White House in a tweet launched in the midst of USMCA

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