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pouring a chemical pesticide
Opinion

Editorial: Just follow the label

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How should farmers and the agricultural community react to news that a French agency has labelled glyphosate as “possibly carcinogenic”? We’ve already seen the battle of the competing press releases questioning the science. The usual anti-GMO suspects are no doubt having a heyday. Farmers, as usual, will be stuck in the middle. Rather than picking
wheat with green stem
Opinion

Editorial: The farm organizations ‘that matter’

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The recent decision to join UPOV ’91, the international agreement on plant breeders’ rights, was part of Bill C-18, “The Agricultural Growth Act.” Back in the day, it would have been called something like “An Act Regarding the Application of Plant Breeders’ Rights in Canada.” The previous Bill C-18 would have been “An Act to
close-up of cattle
Livestock, Opinion

Editorial: Time to quit fighting COOL

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Maybe we missed it, but somehow we expected there would be more of a buzz when McDonald’s announced that it had chosen Canada for its first-ever project to source sustainable beef. We saw no industry or government releases welcoming the announcement, which seems a bit odd. After all, McDonald’s is North America’s largest beef buyer.
Opinion

Editorial: Taking the bus — Malawi style

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I’ve done a lot of things with chicken in my life, mostly related to eating. But sharing a bus with one was a first. When taking the bus in rural Malawi there’s no telling who you might be travelling with. In a country where few can afford a car and one of the few luxuries
omelette
Opinion

Editorial: Have an omelette — cooked in butter

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Many farmers bristle at the name Michael Pollan, the author of Omnivore’s Dilemma, and Cooked, two books which are not friendly to what he would call “big agriculture.” But leaving disagreements on issues such as organic food and GMOs aside, farmers might have to give Pollan credit for his dictum on eating properly: “Eat food.
Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz.
Opinion

Editorial: Cupcakes, and mac and cheese

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Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz’s announcement machine seems to be at full speed recently — as of Monday there had been 21 so far this year. Several have been for projects where government support is entirely appropriate — research into pulses, soybeans, sustainable beef production and others. On the other hand it should be noted that
Temple Grandin
Livestock, Opinion

Fight the video cameras with video cameras: Temple Grandin

Famed animal welfare advocate says well-run operations can welcome public scrutiny

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Fixing the slaughter plants was easy,” Temple Grandin told the 2015 annual meeting of the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF). “But now I see problems that we are going to have to fix at the farm: lame dairy cows, emaciated dairy cows because somebody let them go too long, animal production to the point we
a man holding wheat in his hand
Cereals, Opinion

Editorial: Will Wheat Commission’s PDQ project have any teeth?

Also, A job for the senators: Answering the unanswered questions of UPOV '91

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If you didn’t read Phil Franz-Warkentin’s article on calculating basis on page 11 last week and don’t still have a copy, you can find it by going to our website and searching for “muddied.” That word appropriately describes the voodoo combination of futures and exchange rates that Prairie grain companies use to calculate their published
vegetables in a market
Local news, Opinion

Manitoba’s Small Scale Food Report is food for thought

A growing number of citizens is interested in buying food direct from the farm

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Many farmers are willing to sell a side of beef, a few dozen eggs or a bag of potatoes to their acquaintances. Farmers have been direct marketing since agriculture began and it is only in the last 50 years that direct farm to consumer sales have started to be questioned. Up until then, governments encouraged
Cereals, Opinion

Editorial: The (not so) great farm smackdown

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If you’ve ever watched “smackdown” wrestling on television, you have to admit it’s entertaining, in a perverse sort of way, watching those muscle-bound burly sorts strutting around pounding their chests like apes and shouting insults. Even when they are throwing punches or tossing each other out of the ring, it’s pretty obvious that it’s all

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