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Editorial: Hung out to dry

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It’s a tall order trying to obey rules when you don’t know what they are, but that’s exactly the situation some Manitoba farmers are facing as they try to preserve this year’s weather-damaged crop. The German novelist Franz Kafka captured this nicely in his 1925 novel The Trial, where the protagonist, one Josef K. is
Opinion, Other

Opinion: School taxation a sign of unsustainability

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Manitoba school trustees are permitted to tax property owners to fund public schools. No other province gives trustees this responsibility. Because school divisions have taxing authority, both taxpayers and parents must pay attention to what school boards actually do. A few years ago, the Winnipeg School Division (WSD) proposed to increase property taxes by 6.4
Editorial, Opinion

Editorial: Volatility likely to linger

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When you are as dependent on exports as Canadian farmers, the ability to weather volatile markets has to be part of the business plan. The Canadian Agri-Food Trade Alliance says Canada exports half of the beef and cattle produced, 70 per cent of its soybeans, 70 per cent of its pork production, 75 per cent
Comment: The protein wars are here
Comment, Opinion, Other

Comment: The protein wars are here

The consumer’s view of meat is changing and producers need to be aware of that

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Apparently, Canada is going meatless, unless you are a white older male, that is. Well, that may be a slight exaggeration, as many Canadians still need a regular meat fix. In fact, many see meat consumption as one of the pleasures in life, as well as a necessary part of a balanced diet. Some even
A university research team estimates that feeding the global population in 2050 will require 12 million more hectares of arable land and one billion more hectares of pasture land if current food choices are maintained.
Editorial, Opinion

Editorial: Feeding the world — but with what?

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It’s commonly believed that the world is at risk of running out of food and enough land to produce it. It’s true that the world’s population continues to grow and an emerging middle class in developing economies is increasing the demand for a higher-quality diet. It’s also true that the number of hungry people on
Shot of an unidentifiable woman's hands making a heart shape over a sunset landscape
Opinion

Opinion: A love letter to you

Because of you, Canada’s food supply is some of the safest and most accessible in the world. Food in Canada is affordable, nutritious and backed by years and years of science and regulatory controls. These facts can sometimes be taken for granted or completely disregarded. With fearmongering headlines and the general misunderstanding of what goes
Editorial, Opinion, Other

Editorial: Stuck in the middle

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Manitoba farmers are caught in the middle of a nasty spat between Ottawa and Broadway. The province recently scrapped its carbon tax proposal after learning Ottawa would be imposing its own. That concerned local farm groups as the provincial proposal had some hard-fought recognition for the precarious position of the province’s farm business community. Most
Opinion, Other

Opinion: Note from an urbanite

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Eight years ago, I had no idea what fusarium, clubroot or any of the other diseases affecting crops were. Ag Days in Brandon? Never heard of it, or any of the other big farm shows in the country. I couldn’t tell wheat from canola, or identify most other crops, either. Manitoba Co-operator? Western Producer? Ontario
Editorial, Opinion, Other

Editorial: Changing times on the farm

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I had the opportunity over Thanksgiving this year to reacquaint myself with driving a Peterbilt when the weather lined up to actually allow a few days of combining. Actually, there were three Peterbilts, as my brother seems to be working with a collection. There’s the best of the three, a nondescript brown unit that quietly
Chicken Farm
Comment, Opinion

Celebrating modern agriculture

The farm of today is nothing like the ‘good old days’ and thank goodness for that

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Most farmers are reluctant to talk about modern agriculture. Our own industry advertisements promote the image of a farm with a faded red barn and a few chickens running about in a pastoral setting. That is not modern agriculture and we need to stop letting agriculture be portrayed this way. It is not hard to

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