Farmers still planning to apply fertilizer this fall have until midnight Nov. 9 to get the job done. Otherwise, they must wait until next April 10 under new regulations that came into effect last spring. Although the changes were announced several years ago, many farmers are oblivious, said Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) president Doug Chorney
Winter Fertilizing Ban Starts Nov. 10, Ends April 10
Record AgriInsurance Payouts Forecast For 2011
Manitoba farmers can expect record crop insurance payouts this year after an exceptionally wet spring followed by dry conditions most of the summer. Farmers will also pay higher crop insurance premiums next year to build up the program s reserves, drawn down by big payouts for the second year in a row. Craig Thomson, vice-president
KAP Wants Farmers Better Protected
The Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) wants laws to ensure farmers retain ownership of the products they deliver until paid. When farmers unload cattle at an auction market they lose ownership even though they haven t been paid, Minto farmer Bill Campbell said during KAP s general council meeting Oct. 27. Until I receive compensation I
Ending CWB Monopoly Brings Big Changes
Next August 1 ushers in what is arguably the most radical policy shift in Western Canada s grain industry since the Canadian Wheat Board monopoly was created nearly 69 years ago. Western wheat, durum and barley farmers will have marketing freedom. What then? Farmers and the industry are divided over whether it will usher in
Marketing Freedom Bill Hits House
When Bill 18 the Grain Marketing Freedom for Farmers Act becomes law, the board s 10 farmer-elected directors will be fired and the five remaining government-appointed directors, including current president and CEO Ian White, will be in charge. Grain companies will be allowed to forward contract wheat, durum and barley for the 2011-12 crop year.
Millions For Churchill
The Port of Churchill is getting millions of federal dollars to help it adjust to an open market starting Aug. 1, 2012. Eighty-five per cent of the total traffic, and almost all of the grain exported through Prairie Canada s only seaport, comes from the Canadian Wheat Board. Last year it exported 659,000 tonnes of
Farm group under fire from farmers over CWB stance
Mostly it has been farmers fighting the government over the Canadian Wheat Board’s future, now it’s farmer against farmer. Three western Manitoba producers paid for an inserted advertisement in the Manitoba Co-operator last week accusing the Keystone Agriculture Producers (KAP) of not working to save the Canadian Wheat Board and suggesting KAP members request their
Farmers Fight Farmers In Canadian Wheat Board Brawl
Mostly it has been farmers fighting the government over the Canadian Wheat Board s future, now it s farmer against farmer. Three western Manitoba producers paid for an inserted advertisement in the Manitoba Co-operatorlast week accusing the Keystone Agriculture Producers (KAP) of not working to save the Canadian Wheat Board and suggesting KAP members request
Legislation To End CWB Monopoly Being Tabled This Week
Legislation to end the Canadian Wheat Board s monopoly was to be tabled in the House of Commons Oct. 18, but the board is fighting back and is urging farmers to fight too. (Agriculture) Minister Ritz and Prime Minister Harper would like you to believe that this is a done deal, wheat board chair Allen
Canada Working On Low-Level GM Presence Policy
Just a trace of an unapproved genetically modified (GM) plant can close borders costing grain traders and farmers millions in lost sales, something Canada knows all too well. In 2009 flax exports to the European Union (EU) were disrupted after they were found to contain low levels of CDC Triffid, a GM flax approved in