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Former agriculture minister Gerry Ritz (centre) was presented with an Honorary Life Membership Award in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the canola industry by council president Jim Everson (l) and outgoing chair David Dzisiak.

New chair and board members elected for canola council

Bradley named new chair at the organization’s annual meeting in Montreal

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff March 25, 2019

Charlene Bradley has been elected the new chair of the board of directors for the Canola Council of Canada (CCC). Bradley is vice-chair of SaskCanola. She succeeds David Dzisiak who finished his two-year term as chair and is stepping down from the board as a director. Several new members were also appointed to the CCC board of directors:

Patty Rosher is the new general manager of KAP.

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Patty Rosher new KAP GM

The new general manager has held roles at Manitoba Agriculture and the Canadian Wheat Board

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff March 25, 2019

Patty Rosher is the new general manager of the Keystone Agricultural Producers. The province’s general farm organization announced the hire in a recent press release. “I am very pleased to welcome Patty to KAP. She brings with her a wealth of experience in our industry and the ability to continue KAP’s work of making farms

Crops, News

Crop insurance deadline coming up

Crop dollar values are generally slightly higher, while premiums on average are down seven per cent

By Allan Dawson March 22, 2019

The deadline for making crop insurance changes for the coming season, or enrolling for the first time, is nearly here. The March 31 deadline is a Sunday this year so Manitoba farmers have until Monday, April 1, says David Van Deynze, vice-president of insurance operations at the Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation (MASC), which administers the

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Carbon tax fix needed for ag fuel card locks

KAP was hoping changes would be in this week’s budget

By Allan Dawson March 22, 2019

Farmers are lobbying the federal government to make sure they don’t have to pay its carbon tax when filling up at purple-fuel card locks. Farm fuel is exempted from the tax that takes effect April 1, but as things stand farmers will have to pay when they use an agricultural fuel card lock, Keystone Agricultural

News, Oilseeds

Canola council moving on without Richardson

Outgoing chair optimistic about the future of canola and the CCC

By Allan Dawson March 21, 2019

When Richardson International, Canada’s largest grain company, ceased being among the Canola Council of Canada’s (CCC) core funders last year, it raised questions about the group’s future. But after a lot of hard work in 2018 reviewing its operations and setting new priorities, the CCC is in good shape, outgoing chair David Dzisiak told reporters

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Trade, market access canola council priorities

2018 saw some progress through some new trade agreements

By Allan Dawson March 21, 2019

Trade and market access are top priorities for the Canola Council of Canada (CCC), president Jim Everson told the CCC’s annual meeting here March 7. It’s not surprising given 90 per cent of Canada’s canola is exported. Last year was pivotal because new major trade agreements were taking shape or coming into force, he said.

Teacher Chelsey Kostesky was asked to sort grain product pieces as part of Keegan Gamey’s project on Advancement in Ag Technology.

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Strathclair class digs deep into provincial history

Student projects encourage personal study rather than just memorizing facts

By Darrell Nesbitt March 19, 2019

Many young people no longer know a world where there was an alternative to the internet when doing a school project, such as going to the local library or picking up an encyclopedia. Although teaching is different than it used to be, schools continue to implement change in finding ways to arm students with the

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Emerging opposition

An informal network of drainage  advocates has formed in Manitoba

By Gord Gilmour March 19, 2019

Stung by what they see as a lack of response and downright indifference from the province to the plight of local landowners, drainage advocates have begun to organize into an informal network across the province. In October 2017, a dozen of them sent a letter to Rochelle Squires, who then had just been appointed the

A samurai wasp lays an egg inside a brown marmorated stink bug egg. The samurai wasp’s offspring will develop inside the pest’s egg and emerge as an adult wasp. PHOTO: WARREN WONG, SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

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Biocontrols often also invasive

They seem to be being unintentionally introduced  the same way their prey is

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff March 19, 2019

Regulatory limits to the introduction of biocontrols like parasitic wasps may prove to be a moot point. They could already be being unintentionally released into Canada along with their prey. Paul Abram, of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, has been looking for native predators for the brown marmorated stink bug, a pest introduced to B.C. in

The Canadian Grain Commission's head office in Winnipeg. Some in the industry would like to see the CGC's 'Certificate Final' quality guarantee made optional.

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AAFC launches CGC and grain act review

Chief commissioner downplays reports of disagreement among commissioners

By Allan Dawson March 18, 2019

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada has quietly launched a review of the Canadian Grain Act and its administrator the Canadian Grain Commission, sources have told the Manitoba Co-operator. The review, which has not been announced to the public, comes amid mistrust and division among the CGC’s three commissioners, according to several sources. CGC chief commissioner Patti

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Russian grain ship believed sunk in Ukrainian drone attack found, towed to shore, TASS says

Striking JBS workers to return to Colorado plant on promise of talks

Canadian finance minister talks supply chain integrity, pork tariffs with Chinese vice premier