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Editorial: Burying the hatchet

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There’s a long-running list of issues that, over the years, have been sure to spur fast and furious debate between farmers. It’s such a well-worn trope that there’s an old joke that’s been circulating for many years that goes like this: [Insert agriculture policy-maker’s name] was once asked how you could get anything done when
Comment/Feedback, Opinion, Other

Health Canada’s suggested new food labelling has limitations

The labels would help consumers know what’s in their food but there are some gaps in the system

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When it comes to food, the current federal government is big on consultations. Health Canada recently launched online public discussions and consumer-oriented research to find the best front-of-package labelling formula. Four models have been presented – Health Canada appears to want to keep its options open (although all the logos look the same). Saturated fats,
Opinion: Pulses and the future of food
Comment/Feedback, Opinion

Opinion: Pulses and the future of food

India’s decision to impose tariffs to support its farmers is creating dangerous uncertainty

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The rest of the world is realizing what the pulse industry has known for decades: pulses are the future of food. Consumers and governments around the world now look to pulses as an important part of action plans to improve the global food system and address nutritional and environmental challenges. Increasing pulse consumption is critical
Opinion, Other

Opinion: America alone

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Softly falling snow makes it evident that winter’s early end was just a rumour. The season is back and will remain awhile, predicts the National Weather Service. Frozen, also, are the immigration standoff, NAFTA talks, infrastructure plans, the dicamba debate… Congress is moving as slow as molasses, too, as seen in the recent budget shutdown.
Editorial, Opinion

Editorial: The ‘free’ market

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Over the years a lot of ink has been spilled about the “indefensible” supply-managed system in Canada, to quote just one recent article from the Globe & Mail newspaper. There’s a certain similarity to the arguments against the status quo. Some say the system is nothing but a price-fixing cartel or closed-shop union. Others liken
Other crops are seven per cent of the 2017 seeded acres.
Crops, Opinion

Worth a look: Annual production estimates a valuable resource

It can help you calculate your own risk and rewards, but only if you use it

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At first glance, the annual Guidelines for Estimating Crop Production Costs released every January looks like good bedtime reading for insomniacs. But sort through the numbers and analysis, and the story that emerges is full of mystery and intrigue. These production estimates are designed to give farmers a reference for determining which crops make the
China’s sorghum snub could turn U.S. farmers toward corn and soy
Crops, Opinion

China’s sorghum snub could turn U.S. farmers toward corn and soy

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China may have just handed farmers in the U.S. Plains a good reason to maintain or increase the already elevated corn and soybean acreage this spring. On Feb. 4, China launched an anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigation into imports of sorghum from the United States in a move that many analysts see as politically motivated. Regardless
Editorial, Opinion, Other

Editorial: If you’re feeling down, reach out

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There are mornings this time of year when it can be pretty hard to imagine the arrival of spring. The world is still locked in the frigid embrace of winter. The spiritual warmth of Christmas and New Year is far behind us. The cold and flu season continues to run riot. Spring still seems impossibly
Food policy recommendations reflect diverse interests
Comment/Feedback, Opinion

Food policy recommendations reflect diverse interests

The report to Parliament will either cement the solitudes or set the stage for finding common ground

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The 21 recommendations toward developing this country’s first national food policy delivered to Parliament recently establish one thing fairly succinctly. It’s complicated. However, from the first recommendation (making adequate nutrition as a basic human right) to the last (calling for a national food policy advisory body with a wildly diverse range of stakeholders), the committee’s
Editorial, Opinion

Editorial: Ultimate inside information

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One day in my previous life as director of information for the Canadian Wheat Board, a Chinese delegation was in Winnipeg to negotiate a wheat purchase. By that time, Chinese negotiations were down to a few days rather than the few weeks they had taken in the 1960s and 1970s, but there was still a

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