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Letters – for Aug. 11, 2011

August 11, 2011

This letter is in response to John Fefchak’s June 16 letter in theManitoba Co-operator. Your comment is actually quite in line with the premier of Manitoba. I really have to ask you what you are doing with your human waste? Doesn’t that also go down the river into Lake Winnipeg? Our animal waste goes onto

Cereals, Opinion

More About Money And Power Than Freedom

August 11, 2011

After surviving 14 challenges by the Americans (ruled in favour of the Canadian Wheat Board by dispute panel each time) Prime Minister Harper will dismantle the CWB in short order and Americanize the system. The CWB, which is “uniquely Canadian,” has

Cereals, Oilseeds, Opinion

Canola Pool, Maybe. Wheat? Probably Not

By John Morriss August 11, 2011

As we pointed out last week, opponents of the CWB monopoly are doing their best to distance themselves from the reality that ending the monopoly means ending the board altogether. They are throwing out red herrings claiming that the CWB would still be around in some fashion, including one that the board could run a

Cereals, Opinion

“Endnotes” On The CWB’s Future

By Milton Boyd August 11, 2011

The following is the endnotes from the recently published paper by the Frontier Centre for Public Policy called “Removal of the Canadian Wheat Board monopoly: Future changes for farmers and the grain industry.” The paper concludes that while the loss of the board’s monopoly will be challenging, Western Canada’s sophisticated farmers will adapt to find

Cereals, Opinion

Why Keep Bashing The Board?

By John Morriss August 4, 2011

After decades of hard work, the Canadian Wheat Board’s opponents have finally won their battle. Normally, congratulations would be in order, but congratulations are deserved only by those who have courage of their convictions and are gracious in victory. We’re not seeing much of either. Instead, the winners of this debate are continuing to heap

Opinion

Are Higher Commodity Prices The “New Normal?”

By Purdue University Release August 4, 2011

Higher commodity prices might be the rule rather than the exception in the coming years, a Purdue University agricultural economist says. While prices regularly rise and fall, they have trended upward in a way that suggests they’ve reached a plateau, said Mike Boehlje. He attributed much of the price movement to bullish export markets, weather-shortened

Beef cattle, Opinion

Federal Decision Ignores Regional Need For Beef Plant

By Manitoba Cattle Enhancement Council August 4, 2011

Manitoba cattle producers need the facts about the recent reallocation of federal funds under the federal Slaughter Improvement Program. They have a right to know what was done and said and draw their own conclusions. MCEC was pleased when the federal government joined the chorus of support for the proposed CFIA-inspected slaughter facility with a

Cereals, Crops, Opinion

Letters – for Aug. 4, 2011

August 4, 2011

Our government has been clear – every farmer should have a choice to sell their wheat, durum and barley, either individually or through a pooling system. International buyers purchase Canadian wheat and barley because of their high quality, not because the Canadian Wheat Board sells them. Western Canadian canola and pulses have highly successful and

Opinion

Update From East Africa: People Pushed To The Brink

August 4, 2011

Canadian Foodgrains Bank executive director Jim Cornelius is on a study leave in Kenya and Ethiopia. Last week he sent this observation from southern Ethiopia, which is experiencing its worst food crisis in 60 years. Unlike the major Ethiopia famines in 1972 and 1984, which were concentrated in the northern highlands of Ethiopia, this food

Opinion

Taking Climate Change Seriously

By John Morriss July 28, 2011

While there is no such thing as an “average” farmer, there seems to be a certain proportion of the species with a somewhat selective attitude toward science-based research. When it comes to crop chemicals or genetically modified organisms, they are quite prepared to accept the vast majority of scientific opinion that they are perfectly safe,

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Letters – for Aug. 11, 2011

More About Money And Power Than Freedom

Canola Pool, Maybe. Wheat? Probably Not

“Endnotes” On The CWB’s Future

Why Keep Bashing The Board?

Are Higher Commodity Prices The “New Normal?”

Federal Decision Ignores Regional Need For Beef Plant

Letters – for Aug. 4, 2011

Update From East Africa: People Pushed To The Brink

Taking Climate Change Seriously

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