“We’re treating it as the canary in the coal mine. “ – SHANE SADORSKI, MCPA A cattle farmer in northwestern Manitoba is discovering that it can be cheaper to rent land than not to have it at all. The farmer in the Rural Municipality of Mossey River north of Dauphin may have to spend thousands
Crown lands reclassification case raises concerns
Farm credit could be harder to get
“If input prices do not have a downward trend to match commodity prices, it’s going to be very serious.” –Ian Wishart, KAP The long arm of the global financial crisis may be reaching out to affect Manitoba farmers and their spring planting intentions. Farmers say their operating costs for next year’s crop could double in
Producer can’t get crop insurance on native hay
In a good year, Jim Baker can get 1,400 or more round bales of native hay from his land up at Gypsumville in the northern Interlake. But this wasn’t a good year. In fact, it was a disaster. “Not a bale,” is the way Baker describes his native hay crop after unusually heavy summer rains
U. S. plants start rejecting Canadian cattle
“It’s a very significant disruption. – John Masswohl, CCA Canada’s cattle shipments to the United States are plummeting as the new country-of-origin labelling (COOL) rule takes effect. Some U. S. packers are taking a hands-off approach to Canadian cattle as uncertainty reigns over how to handle slaughter animals from another country. The impact became noticeable
Straw-deficient Interlake suggests permanent transport program
A “win-win” for grain farmers and ranchers … and that ain’t hay Interlake farmers chronically short of straw for their cattle are proposing a plan to tap the straw-rich Red River Valley. Producers want a government program to subsidize the cost of hauling straw from where it’s in surplus to where it’s needed. This would
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