As tempting as another battle over the CWB may be to farm leaders, we need to focus our attention on the immediate matter at hand: the inability of our farm programs to stabilize farm income. The last federal throne speech made it perfectly clear. The sabres are rattling and the attack on the Canadian Wheat
More Immediate Concerns Deserve Farmers’ Attention
One More Race To The Bottom
If you have been watching the Winter Olympics coverage, you are no doubt aware that there are many ways to cross a finish line, and that some are somewhat more painful than others. Podiums and medals await the winners, but there is no cheering reception at the bottom of the hill for those who stumble
Exit Auction A Bid For Failure
The promise of free market access to American markets without fear of reproach has turned out to be one without profit, and even less access than before. Acouple years ago, I was involved with an experiment to see if farm program money could be auctioned as a mechanism for making program payments. The premise was
Barley And Hornets – for Oct. 8, 2009
…to say that the ethanol industry has driven barley to unacceptable levels is hardly appropriate if the crop is barely meeting the cost of production. When you stir up a hornet’s nest, you get stung. It’s a simple lesson most rural youth learn at an early age, but one I was reminded of recently. A
Don’t Blame Ethanol For Hog Industry Woes
Feed grain prices in Western Canada are not wholly dependent on the supply and demand in Western Canada. The dog days of summer are upon us, and with the last remnants of the small-town fairs still in the air, we’re left with fond memories of the circus clowns and second-rate magicians. Disappearing people, never-ending hankies,
Voters deserve more respect
The real news in the 2008 federal election isn’t so much what happened, as how little. With the lowest voter turnout in recent years, 40 per cent of the Canadian electorate decided that none of the major parties deserved their support. If the four major parties aren’t asking themselves what went wrong, they should be.
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