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U.K. promises post-Brexit agriculture plan

Farmers are demanding more clarity, frictionless trade with EU

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The British government will publish a consultation paper on future agriculture policy “very shortly,” Environment Minister Michael Gove said Feb. 20, as farmers demanded more clarity on their prospect after the country quits the European Union. “Our consultation paper will outline how we plan to change things more broadly. The paper will outline a clear
Jared Munro, who has worked in various positions at the Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation, 
is its new CEO.
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Jared Munro new Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation CEO

The 10-year veteran of the corporation knows first hand a lot about its workings

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Jared Munro, the Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation’s (MASC) new chief executive officer, has worked for the Crown agency since 2008 and has been acting CEO since Neil Hamilton retired from the job last June. “I’ve had an interesting career here so far,” Munro said in an interview March 15. “I’ve been involved in lots of
Blain Hjertaas takes attendees through the carbon and hydrological cycle during a March 14 workshop on agriculture and climate change in Pipestone.
Crops, Local news

Confronting climate change through the power of plants

Carbon sequestration was front and centre as producers gathered in Pipestone to ponder how agriculture could change the conversation around climate change

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Blain Hjertaas insists farmers already have the key to solving climate change. It’s growing in their fields. Ground should never be bare, the holistic management instructor argued in Pipestone March 14, part of an event dissecting agriculture’s role in climate change. Hjertaas argued that conventional annual cropping leaves gaps in early spring and in fall
Manitoba Beef Producers still seeking carbon details
Livestock, Local news

Manitoba Beef Producers still seeking carbon details

The provincial budget still leaves key issues undefined, the producer group says

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Manitoba Beef Producers is giving the provincial budget a passing grade, but has a few reservations. General manager Brian Lemon says the group understands the province’s choice to design a provincial carbon tax ahead of the federal government imposing one, but added even with the budget being dropped, there’s still plenty of questions. “I don’t
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Funding freeze for municipalities worrisome, AMM president says

Operating grants frozen at 2016 levels in 
this year’s provincial budget

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Municipalities face more fiscal challenges ahead with operating grants frozen at 2016 levels in last week’s provincial budget, the head of the Association of Manitoba Municipalities (AMM) says. That freeze is worrisome as it doesn’t take the cost of inflation into account, said Chris Goertzen, AMM president. “We do know that this will pose some
Canadian canary seed producers have new options for their crop.
Did you know?, News

Canary seed sees human opportunities

From food to cosmetics, approval for human use is important for this crop

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Canary seed isn’t just for the birds anymore. It was approved for human consumption by Health Canada in 2016 and while few are feasting on it yet, it represents a market opportunity for Canadian growers, who produce 65 per cent of global canary seed. Elsayed Abdelaal, of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)’s Guelph Research and
Manitoba municipalities say carbon tax dollars should flow to them to help them prepare for climate extremes.
Local news, Other

Municipalities should get carbon tax revenue: poll

Majority says local communities should get between one-half 
and all of the funds raised by the province

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Most Manitobans say carbon tax revenue should go to municipalities — with rural residents slightly more convinced than Winnipeggers at least half should be returned to them. Those are poll results shared by the Association of Manitoba Municipalities (AMM) last week. The AMM commissioned Probe Research to ask 1,000 Manitobans how much, if any, of
KAP president Dan Mazier is pleased fuels used to heat and cool livestock buildings, greenhouses and dry grain are exempt from the province’s $25 a tonne carbon tax.
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KAP welcomes further carbon tax exemptions

Fuels used to heat and cool livestock buildings, greenhouses or to dry or store crops will be exempt

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The Manitoba government’s carbon tax exemption on marked farm fuels used in farm equipment and trucks, has been extended to include heating and cooling farm buildings and drying crops. “A farm building for fuel and carbon tax purposes is a building where you either keep or raise livestock for sale or a building where you
A new government program could help compensate farmers for their work protecting 
environmental features like wetlands and riparian areas.
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Manitoba budget contains multimillion-dollar conservation trust

There’s great potential for the trust to help farmers help the environment, says KAP

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A $102-million conservation trust fund announced in the Manitoba government’s March 12 budget could help compensate farmers for protecting the environment, says Keystone Agricultural Producers president Dan Mazier. “That’s how I see the fund being used, but I’m not certain if all of it will be,” Mazier said from his farm near Justice, Man., in
Manitoba’s 2018 Outstanding Young Farmers are Brooks and Jen White of Pierson.
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Pierson couple 2018 Outstanding Young Farmers

They’ll move on to the national competition 
this fall in Winnipeg

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A Pierson-area farm couple are Manitoba’s Outstanding Young Farmers for 2018. Brooks and Jen White, of Borderland Agriculture, took over the family grain farm and bison ranch in 2012. It’s so named because the southern boundary of the operation nestles along the U.S. border and the western fringe creeps into Saskatchewan. The couple’s vision for

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