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Advice For Young Farmers – for Jul. 29, 2010

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The opinion is of ten expressed that young people don’t want to farm. That isn’t really the case. Farming appeals to a lot of young people, but they usually don’t have the capital available to start even a modest operation or else they’ve examined the financial returns and aren’t willing to accept the risk. “There
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End Of An Era – for Jul. 29, 2010

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It was dry in the late 1980s, and farmers were told by the herbicide manufacturer that’s why their favoured herbicide – trifluralin (Treflan) – wasn’t doing its job. But two public extension workers in Manitoba, the late Ian Morrison, a weed scientist with the University of Manitoba, and Barry Todd with the soils and crops
Opinion

Letters – for Jul. 29, 2010

When I hear the words “natural ham” on a TV commercial, images of small numbers of pigs rooting in straw and green pastures, snoring under the shade of a tree on a warm summer day, cooling off in a wallow or romping around playing tag comes to mind. Images of my family’s farm. Healthy, happy
Cereals, Crops, Opinion

Farm Aid Highly Political

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Why should governments top up crop insurance coverage in a year where there’s a widespread disaster when they wouldn’t likely have the same response if the problem was regional? Amazingly, last week’s annual meeting of federal and provincial agriculture ministers concluded with a detailed program announcement for flooded Prairie farmland. Rarely do governments act so
Opinion

Time to change attitudes

I’m actually not sure where to start with all the comments that went through my mind as I read Dr. Terry Whiting’s perspective in “Social movements not always scientific” (Manitoba Co-operator July 15). I’ll make my first comment about his first sentence which was “what do you do if people have concerns about agriculture that
Cereals, Opinion

No Confusion Over Government Intent

Conservative MP David Anderson can rest assured that no one is confused (“Small growers can vote” Manitoba Co-operator July 1) about his pathological desire to kill the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) and farmers’ market power.
Opinion

Stock Dogs Helpful Farm Hands

Thank you for the very well-written article in the Country Crossroads section of the July 8 Manitoba Co-operator on “Life Made Easier with Stock Dogs.” This is one of the best articles I’ve read that explains in simple terms how dogs can greatly help whether you have cattle or sheep. Although having a dog from
Opinion

Honouring The Builders

JOHN MORRISS EDITORIAL DIRECTOR It’s always a pleasure to drive to Portage for the annual induction ceremony for the Manitoba Agricultural Hall of Fame, especially since it’s around berry season in mid-July and you can head home with a supply of strawberries and saskatoons from roadside stands along the way. In recent years the crowds
Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Opinion

New Game, New Rules

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Watching Big Pork and Big Beef respond to proposed USDA rules to “clarify conduct that violates the P&S (Packers and Stockyards) Act” is like watching Wall Street bankers: they find it impossible to pull their hands out of your pockets long enough to pull themselves out of the mess they’ve made. That’s a good explanation

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