Delegates also passed resolutions on water management, but won’t be organizing a mass demonstration at the legislature
Oilfield equipment needs to be cleaned as it enters and exits Manitoba farmland to prevent the spread of clubroot, says a resolution passed by the Keystone Agricultural Producers’ general council Oct. 17. It was one of six resolutions debated. Five were passed and one was defeated. “It’s not that big of a deal,” said Cromer
Oil industry can help fight spread of clubroot
KAP wants companies to clean their equipment between locations
KAP’s view mixed on Canada-EU trade deal
KAP is concerned about the effect on dairy farmers, while welcoming more market access for beef and pork
Keystone Agricultural Producers’ (KAP) reaction is mixed to the Canada-European Union trade pact. Increased, market access for Canadian beef and pork producers is important, but not at the expense of Canadian milk producers, KAP president Doug Chorney told reporters during KAP’s general council meeting Oct. 17. “I don’t think we should throw some farmers underManitoba cereals association takes next step
Manitoba could have a new farmer checkoff-funded spring wheat and barley association operating by Jan. 1. The Agricultural Producers’ Organization Certification Agency has recommended the association, which will focus on wheat and barley research and market promotion, be certified, said Don Dewar, the association’s interim chair and Dauphin-area farmer. “It would be rare if the
HEAR research gets major funding
Manitoba researchers receive funds to develop high-erucic acid rapeseed
A University of Manitoba research team has received one of the largest-ever federal research grants to develop high-erucic acid rapeseed (HEAR). The team led by former Miami farm boy and now U of M professor, Rob Duncan will receive $3.885 million over five years to develop improved HEAR cultivars. Their research will also benefit canola,
Canola generates billions of dollars
A report by the Canola Council of Canada says the Manitoba economy benefits
Canola Council of Canada study says nearly a fifth of that economic activity occurs in Manitoba thanks to the province’s strength in food processing
Canola contributed an average of $19.3 billion to the Canadian economy — including $3.4 billion in Manitoba — during the last three crop years, says a report prepared for the Canola Council of Canada. “Nearly one in every $5 generated by Canada’s biggest cash crop flows to Manitoba,” the organization said in a news release.
KAP working on fertilizer extension just in case
The winter spreading ban comes into effect November 10
KAP is working to get the Manitoba government to extend the Nov. 10 deadline for applying synthetic fertilizer and manure, should weather and soil conditions warrant. “It just speaks to the fact that fixed dates (banning fertilizer applications) don’t work well,” Keystone Agricultural Producers’ president Doug Chorney told reporters during KAP’s general council Oct. 17.
Railways should match capacity to market demand: Chorney
The railways need to be more like farmers, gearing up capacity when it’s needed, says Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) president Doug Chorney. The railways prefer to move Canada’s crop to market evenly over the crop year, he said. The railways complain there are often times when surplus grain-moving capacity goes to waste. But that’s just
Higher hog prices applauded
KAP delegates deliver a roundup of current commodity conditions
George Matheson hasn’t delivered much good news to KAP’s general council over the last five years, so when he did Oct. 17, the room erupted in applause. “Last year’s hog price was about $125 at this time, this year it’s about $175 and it looks relatively strong well into 2014,” Matheson, a Stonewall hog farmer
Grain industry reacts to CGC’s insurance-based security scheme
Response to the Canadian Grain Commission’s (CGC) proposal to replace its current producer security program with an insurance scheme is mostly positive. But support is contingent on the new program being cheaper than the current one — something the CGC says will be the case, even though no figures have been released yet. Keystone Agricultural
Grain industry reacts to CGC’s insurance-based security scheme
The plan is generally supported but KAP is disappointed protection won’t be extended to feed mill sales
Response to the Canadian Grain Commission’s (CGC) proposal to replace its current producer security program with an insurance scheme is mostly positive. But support is contingent on the new program being cheaper than the current one — something the CGC says will be the case, even though no figures have been released yet. Keystone Agricultural