Dairy Farmers of Manitoba has formally rejected the idea of capping the value of fluid milk quota. The DFM board has decided to leave the quota exchange system the way it is. It also decided not to put a ceiling on the amount of quota a producer can hold. The board made the decision this
No Cap For Milk Quota In Manitoba
More Loan Deadlines Loom For Hog Producers
As Manitoba hog farmers struggle to repay their federal advance payment loans, another loan repayment deadline is looming. Over 130 provincial loans worth more than $40 million will start coming due for hog producers next April. Many producers are having trouble with their long-postponed advance payments and may find it even harder to repay loans
Ian Wishart Leaves Kap Presidency
Keys tone Agr icul tural Producers is looking for a new president after Ian Wishart resigned suddenly from the position Oct. 14. A KAP general council meeting sat in stunned silence as Wishart, his voice thick with emotion, announced he was stepping down, effective immediately. “With considerable regret, I offer my resignation and my apologies.
KAP Protests Flood Aid Deductible
Manitoba farmers are crying foul over a five per cent deductible on a $30-an-acre payment to compensate producers for flooded cropland this spring. Producers say it’s unfair that they have to pay a deductible when farmers in Saskatchewan and Alberta do not. Keystone Agricultural Producers passed a resolution at last week’s general council meeting protesting
Dairy Farm Numbers Shrinking
The number of dairy farmers in Manitoba continues to fall rapidly. The province currently has 354 registered milk producers, seven per cent fewer than in 2009-10, according to Dairy Farmers of Manitoba. The rate of loss is steeper than in the two previous years. The number of producers declined by four per cent in 2008-09
People Must Control Food System, Meeting Told
For Racquel Koenig, it’s homegrown vegetables in northern Manitoba, where a bag of potatoes costs three to four times as much as it does in Winnipeg. For Terence Sibanda, it’s seed for farmers in Zimbabwe to grow their own crops instead of relying on food aid. Food justice means different things to different people, as
Manitoba’s KAP president quits unexpectedly
Manitoba’s general farm organization is looking for a new president after Ian Wishart resigned from the position. A meeting of Keystone Agricultural Producers’ (KAP) general council in Portage la Prairie sat in stunned silence Thursday as Wishart said he was stepping down, effective immediately. “With considerable regret, I offer my resignation and my apologies. I
Alberta Reaches Compromise On Checkoff War
Acompromise on the controversial elimination of a mandatory Alberta cattle checkoff will help restore lost funding for Canada’s financially squeezed beef agencies. Alberta’s two biggest cattle associations have negotiated a three-year agreement to bring back a national checkoff on live cattle sales in the province. The deal will restore $1 of the previously mandatory $3-a-head
In Brief… – for Oct. 14, 2010
Tariffs dropped:A federal decision to remove tariffs on imported vessels in the St. Lawrence Seaway is good news for western Canadian farmers, the Canadian Wheat Board says. “By removing the 25 per cent tariff on imported vessels, the Government of Canada has made the purchase of new lakers more economically feasible, helping to ensure farmers
Maple Leaf Urged To Put Meat Plant In Manitoba
Manitoba hog producers hope Maple Leaf Foods will locate a new prepared meats plant here to accompany its existing pork operations in the province. The plant promised by Maple Leaf would be a natural fit for the company’s stated purpose of consolidating food-processing operations, said Karl Kynoch, Manitoba Pork Council chairman. Since Maple Leaf already
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