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Prices Are Good. Don’t Worry, Be Happy

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So corn is rockin north of $7, beans are toyin with $14, cattle look to be headed to who-knows-where, wheat prices for almost every variety are tall to really tall, and hogs, well, bacon is sellin for what steak used to. Wow, huh? And here are two more sweet words: land values. Second-quarter 2011 farmland
Cereals, Crops, Opinion

There Are Other Issues Than The CWB

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Though you d hardly know it, the Canadian grain industry is facing issues other than the Canadian Wheat Board. For example, just what are the long-term prospects for Prairie wheat and barley exports, wheat board or not? That came to mind last week while reading Reuters reports on production and export activity out of the
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Where Clearing Land Is More Than Just Hard Work

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Farming communities along the South Sudan- Uganda border are afraid to till their land. After years of civil conflict, the risk of landmines and other unexploded ordnance is great. Roselina Achan lives in Ngomoromo in northern Uganda s Lamwo district. She says, Landmines are a big problem here; my sister was blown up in 2007
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Removing Education Financing From Property Tax Bills

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It s September and Manitobans with students in the family are in back-to- school mode. Farmers have education on their minds as well because a provincial election is nearing and we are pushing for changes that will lower our property tax bills. Many people may not realize this, but Manitoba farm families shoulder an inequitable
Cereals, Opinion

Letters – for Sep. 15, 2011

One small step towards marketing freedom Farmers will finally be allowed the marketing freedom they have long been denied. The monopoly powers of the CWB will soon be revoked and it will either be an optional marketing entity available to farmers or it will cease to exist. Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz has held fast to
Cereals, Crops, Opinion

Who Will Be Responsible For CWB Demise?

With the announcement from the federal government that the monopoly will be removed and farmers will have a choice in marketing their wheat and barley, all hell has broken loose. The supporters of the single desk are running around in a panic forecasting the rape and pillage of the Western farmers by the big bad
Opinion

Step In The Right Direction

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Our hats off to Pembina Valley, Assiniboine Hills, and Turtle Mountain conservation districts, which have recently completed the Pembina River Integrated Watershed Management Plan. Thirty years ago, it was considered a real accomplishment when a group of neighbouring municipalities joined together to form a conservation district. After all, they were committing to co-operate on some
Opinion

Food Regulatory Reform Not Needed

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Like a bad rash that just won’t go away, talk of major legislative change to Canada’s food regulatory system is back. This talk is worse than just a waste of time because it distracts people from focusing on what can and should be done now to reform our food regulatory system. Our legislation is fine
Cereals, Opinion

Letters – for Sep. 8, 2011

Appreciate the coverage I extend words of appreciation for the August 25 Co-operator!The editorial highlighted good science that is well ahead of the curve when it detailed “ECO Farming.” Concerning the “new reporter,” Shannon VanRaes, please detail more of what you saw “growing up near Tillsonburg (and) “watching a way of agricultural life fade into

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