Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister, who ran a financial planning company specializing in farm succession planning, shared his views with Manitoba Co-operator reporter Allan Dawson on Sept. 28. The following Q & A was edited for length and clarity. Q: What’s your reaction to the federal government’s proposed changes to taxing private corporations? Brian Pallister: This
Q & A: Brian Pallister on the feds’ proposed tax changes
Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister took his concerns over the proposed federal tax changes to Ottawa on Oct. 3
Pre-harvest glyphosate on soybeans?
Yes, no or maybe — it really all depends on the weeds
Whether to apply glyphosate or a true desiccant before harvesting soybeans depends on the weeds in the crop, Manitoba Agriculture weed specialist Jeanette Gaultier, said Sept. 20 during the Crop Talk Westman webinar. “If your issues are winter annuals and perennials I would definitely go in with glyphosate because obviously it’s a systemic — it’s
Manitobans will see carbon price plan soon
But Premier Brian Pallister first wants to see the conclusions of a legal review on the constitutionality of Ottawa imposing a carbon tax on the provinces
The Manitoba government’s carbon pricing plan will soon be announced. “In the next two to three weeks we should have the constitutional interpretation back and then very soon thereafter, by knowing where we’re at and what Ottawa can force us to do, we’ll be able to come out with our plan,” Premier Brian Pallister said
KAP concerned over unfilled weed specialist position
Jeanette Gaultier, who had the position, left to work for BASF
Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) wants Manitoba Agriculture’s weed specialist position quickly filled. Jeanette Gaultier, who held the job for the last two years, left the position Sept. 20 to become BASF’s new senior technical service specialist for Manitoba starting Sept. 25. Previously Gaultier, who has a PhD in pesticides and soil science, was Manitoba Agriculture’s
Lots of advantages to desiccating sunflowers
The key is timing and determining if the crop is good enough to justify the additional cost
Desiccating confection or oilseed sunflowers to speed up harvest can deliver profits and peace of mind, but timing is everything, says Anastasia Kubinec, Manitoba Agriculture’s manager of crop industry development. “There has been a move to more producers going to desiccating sunflowers because they do see the economic benefit to it,” Kubinec said during the
Farmers, grain companies deliver consistent message on rail legislation
They told the transport committee C-49 is an improvement but more needs to be done
Pending transportation legislation has hit the target — but it’s not a bull’s-eye. That was the message from western Canadian grain farmers, elevator companies and oilseed processors last week, when they spoke to the House of Commons transport committee on Bill C-49, the Transportation Modernization Act. They told legislators that there was still room for
CP Rail closing 17 producer car loading sites across the West
KAP is considering joining APAS’s call for a moratorium, at least until new rail legislation becomes law
CP Rail is pulling the plug on producer car loading sites throughout the Prairies, including two in Manitoba at Foxwarren and Strathclair. That move has the Keystone Agricultural Producers considering joining a call for a moratorium on closing sidings used to load producer cars that was first proposed by the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan
Second incidence of waterhemp found in Manitoba
A second case of waterhemp — a noxious weed which, in many places in Ontario and the U.S., is resistant to glyphosate, Group 2 herbicides or both — has been found in Manitoba. Waterhemp (amaranthus tuberculatus), which resembles redroot pigweed and is in the same family, was first found in a soybean field southeast of
Five Manitoba commodity groups still seeking farmer input on proposed merger
A discussion paper is expected to be ready for the CropConnect conference in February
Farmer input on the proposed merger of five of Manitoba’s checkoff-funded crop commodity groups is still being sought and encouraged. A dedicated email — [email protected] — has been set up for that purpose. In the spring the Manitoba Corn Growers Association (MCGA), Manitoba Pulse & Soybean Growers Association (MPSG), Manitoba Flax Growers Association (MFGA), National
Health Canada had no herbicide drift complaints from Manitoba
That includes the herbicide dicamba, which has triggered many drift complaints in the U.S.
Health Canada has not received any herbicide drift complaints in Manitoba this season, including related to dicamba, André Gagnon, a media relations officer serving Health Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada, said in an email Sept. 12. That contrasts sharply with the United States where the University of Missouri says 3.1 million acres