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Province Reverses Stand On Quota Levey

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The Manitoba government has killed a proposed surcharge on quota transactions for dairy, eggs and poultry. The province will not proceed with the controversial two per cent levy after including it in the 2010-11 budget last spring, Manitoba Agriculture Minister Stan Struthers said. Struthers made the unexpected announcement at the Dairy Farmers of Manitoba annual
Forages, Livestock

Purple Prairie Pasture Enhancer Being Studied

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Old is new again. A native forb species once common on the Prairies is being studied as a cure for tired pastures and as a livestock feed with beneficial and unusual attributes. Purple prairie clover is a palatable legume that can be grazed at various stages of maturity. Sporting a purple, cone-shaped flower, the warm-season,
Dairy cattle, News

“Greed” Drives Quota Cost, Says Delegate

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What do Amish bishops and Canada’s supply management officials have in common? According to Ian Cumming, an Ontario dairy farmer who moved to the U.S. to escape the restrictions of quota, both provide insulation from an uncertain world, but at the cost of suffocating growth and initiative. “Our bishops at Dairy Farmers of Canada, like
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Manitoba Weekly Cattle Report

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Mo s t cattle auction marts across Manitoba continued to see steady to higher volumes and steady to higher prices during the week ending Dec. 3. “It hasn’t really changed in the last couple of weeks,” said Ryan Denhard of the Killarney Auction Mart. “The market and volumes have been very strong.” Denhard said with
Dairy cattle, News

Dairy Farmers Decide On New Digs

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Manitoba milk producers are going to have a new home. Dairy Farmers of Manitoba has decided on a new 15,800-square-foot office building to replace the current 22-year-old one located in south Winnipeg. DFM’s annual meeting last week passed a resolution to construct a new $5-million facility to house the milk board’s office, warehouse and milk-testing
Crops, Forages, Livestock

Keeping Wires Hot Amid Ice, Snow

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Keeping the cows fed all winter can be a real chore. First, you have to remember to keep the tractor plugged in so it will start when it’s needed. If it’s an old junker, you might want to keep a can of ether handy, too, for a good snort up the intake when it’s really
Livestock

Man Shot In Butchering Incident

St. Pierre Jolys RCMP have been investigating a shooting incident involving three Winnipegarea men going to butcher livestock in the La Barriere Park area east of La Salle. According to RCMP, the three men, all well known to each other, were at a shop Nov. 20 on Waverley Road in the R.M. of Ritchot, preparing
Beef cattle, Country Crossroads

Recipe Swap – for Dec. 9, 2010

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You might have read in our paper last week about the amount of food wasted in Canada every year. The numbers are eye popping. We are throwing away a mountain of food – about 40 per cent of all food produced in this country. That’s about $27 billion worth of edibles, or slightly less than
Livestock

Prairie Fishery Returns Near Year-Earlier Level

Returns paid to Western Canada’s commercial fishers in 2009-10 totalled $30.9 million, down from $33 million in 2008-09, according to the Winnipegbased Freshwater Fish Marketing Corp. Freshwater Fish noted in a release Nov. 26 that this year’s returns on marketings include a final payment of $1.3 million, compared to no final payment at all last
Hogs, Livestock

Pork Producers Re-Enter Survival Mode

Bernie Peet is president of Pork Chain Consulting Ltd. of Lacombe, Alberta, and editor of Western Hog Journal. His columns will run every second week in the Manitoba Co-operator. Following several months of small to moderate profits over the summer, a dramatic fall in hog prices and soaring feed costs have once again put Canada’s

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