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Sask. Farmland Prices Remain Strong

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Producers are always interested in farmland prices, but price tags vary a great deal from one area to another and even from one parcel of land to the next. There’s a lot of talk about a big land deal around Conquest, just west of Outlook. In the last couple months, approximately 85 parcels of land
Beef cattle, Livestock, Opinion

An Alternative Solution To The Cattle Crisis

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I suggest we have been suckered into export dependency and are now trapped on a treadmill of keeping more cattle to make up for declining margins. Many people have been pondering the question of whether there is a future for beef production in Canada. We are continually told that there is light at the end
Beef cattle, Livestock, Opinion

U. S. Cowboy Checkoff Fight Grows

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“There’s a real sense that the proposed NCBA changes leave no strong role for state beef councils and non-NCBA members. Who speaks for them if these changes are adopted?” – NANCY ROBINSON Of all the political hot rocks farm groups are juggling now in Washington, D. C. – cap and trade, cuts in crop insurance,
Cereals, Opinion

More Immediate Concerns Deserve Farmers’ Attention

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As tempting as another battle over the CWB may be to farm leaders, we need to focus our attention on the immediate matter at hand: the inability of our farm programs to stabilize farm income. The last federal throne speech made it perfectly clear. The sabres are rattling and the attack on the Canadian Wheat
Opinion

Is Salt Becoming The Next Trans Fat?

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While there is always some scientific uncertainty in matters of regulatory science, in our Jan. 21 article (“Hold the salt,” Co-operator, page 5) we saw there is now a strong scientific consensus that Canadians on average are consuming more than double the recommended daily intake of sodium (1,500 mg), and that there is strong evidence
Opinion

Optical Illusions

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It’s pretty easy to get people all fired up these days. Just announce you’re going to rewrite the national anthem. Or axe the wheat board. Or publicly sanction a Crown corporation in the business of lending money to farmers for sending its employees on all-expense-paid trips to Disney World. Farm Credit Canada was in the
Opinion

Canadian Farmers Lose On Inputs

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As farmers, the cost of inputs affects our bottom lines. Competition in the supply of these inputs is essential to keep supplies adequate and prices realistic, and to keep Canadian farmers competitive in world markets. Last summer the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food began an examination of competition in agricultural inputs, with particular focus
Opinion

Letters – for Mar. 25, 2010

Layer barn standards get long lead time As a member of The Humane Education Network (THEN), I have to say kudos to the MEF for adopting the Five Freedoms for layer barns. Let me reassure Tim Ruby that we are in no way interested in putting him out of business as per my article in
Opinion

Too Close For Comfort

JOHN MORRISS EDITORIAL DIRECTOR YouTube is a wonderful thing. Need to know how to change the battery for your car’s key fob, or figure out the bass line for a Beatles tune? Look no further. You can watch cute cat videos all afternoon and still look like you’re working. And now you can watch Prime
Opinion

Weed Science Hits The Big Screen

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Scientist Jodie Holt typically spends her days researching thistles and other invasive weeds that can play havoc on planet Earth. But when the producers of the blockbuster movie “Avatar” called, she suddenly found herself immersed in the lush plant life of Pandora, the remote moon where much of the film’s action is based. “The filmmakers

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