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NFU is a voice farmers need — if only they would listen

After nearly 50 years of fighting for farmers, the National Famers Union voice is showing its age

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Late last month, the predictable mélange of National Farmers Union members gathered for the organization’s 45th annual meeting, where the big item on the agenda was updating the organization’s brand with a new logo and fresh tag line. It was clear that some members believed the dated look and feel of the pan-Canadian group was
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Opinion

Editorial: Spreading peace and prosperity

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Selecting the “Our history” selection featured on this page each issue involves a visit to the library of old issues bound into volumes by crop year — August 1 to July 31. No matter the year, each issue is a reminder of two things — how much things have changed, and how much they have
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Opinion

Editorial: The real deal to watch

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There has been quite the media hullabaloo lately over rumours that a large multinational based in the U.S. might be closing in on a deal with CWB, the much abbreviated version of the former Canadian Wheat Board. Whether this rumoured deal is a partnership or acquisition depends on who’s talking, but in reality, it doesn’t
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Cereals, Opinion

Editorial: The cure for high grain prices is…

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When you get right down to it, covering grain markets is kind of like sports reporting. Depending on your perspective, the outcome at the end of the day is either win, lose or tie. There’s only so many ways to describe that, just as there are only so many ways to describe why the market
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Opinion

Editorial: Foraging for a national voice

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Just four years since its inception, the Canadian Forage and Grassland Association is struggling after losing the support of the sector that arguably benefits the most from its activities. Eighty per cent of Canada’s beef production depends on forages as the main feed source. Of the $5.1 billion of economic activity forages contribute to the
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Opinion

Editorial: The ‘Bonanza’ farm

Serious thought needed about who will do the work, how will they be paid, and where the investment capital will come from

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I’ve seen a man on one of our big farms start out in the spring and plow a straight furrow until fall. Then he turned around and harvested back.” This anecdote dating back to the late 1800s was shared by Sam Moore in the 2010 article “Bonanza Farms of the Red River Valley,” found on
Assiniboine River Basin
Opinion

Assiniboine River Basin Initiative a good first step

But 'there be dragons' to tame for it to be a success

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Those who attended the meeting in Regina that established the Assiniboine River Basin Initiative deserve credit for their effort. Their determination to come up with a plan to address land and water issues within the basin should be welcomed by all, but the obstacles they face are many. The biggest by far is the poor
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Opinion

Editorial: The information age and agriculture’s footprint

University agronomist says estimates of how much food needed to feed world's population by 2050 are too low

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The latest global supply-and-demand outlooks make it a little difficult to get too excited over worries the world will run out of food any time soon. World grain prices are weakening under what are characterized as burdensome supplies of staple commodity crops. Most of the pundits are now predicting we’re in for a prolonged period
Local news, Opinion

Youth engaged in world food security issues

A Manitoba high school student outlines what he learned from attending the recent World Food Prize Global Youth Institute Conference in Des Moines

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Attending the World Food Prize Global Youth Institute Conference in Des Moines, Iowa, October 15-18, 2014 was an amazing opportunity. Through loads of very informative and thought-provoking information, the intense three days were an eye-opener to me about the world food production situation. This was the first time Canadian youth had participated in the event.
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Opinion

Editorial: Wheat prices – a great big mess

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Critics of the Canadian Wheat Board used to routinely point to published price quotes for U.S. Dark Northern Spring (DNS) wheat from the Pacific Northwest (PNW) and assume that was a benchmark price for all wheat sold in the world. If the board got less, it must have screwed up, said the critics. In fact

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