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Editorial: Remembering the fallen

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Remembrance Day came early for Canadians this year. A full century since the start of the First World War, the events of Oct. 20 and 22 which claimed the lives of Canadian servicemen Patrice Vincent and Nathan Cirillo became painful reminders that war is not something we can relegate to our society’s fading collective memory.
soil tiller equipment for farming
Opinion

Saline soils, plant growth problems linked to tillage practices

Research on saline soils underway, but at least one cause points to over-tilling

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Here in the Red River basin, most fields in crop production are tilled one or more times each year, whether with cultivators, disks or deep tillers. The resulting fields look well cared for — good farming is often associated with well-tilled fields. In many places in the basin, however, farmers are noticing areas of fields
WTO in Geneva, Switzerland.
Beef cattle, Opinion

Editorial: Winning at the WTO for real

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Canadian livestock producers won something to crow about but little else in the latest WTO ruling to support their claim that the U.S. mandatory country-of-origin labelling rules are unfair and discriminatory. The ruling was accompanied by the now-familiar volley of press releases from Canadian livestock and meat producers, and more sabre-rattling by federal politicians about
Restless farmers and the Prairie grain business
Cereals, Opinion

Restless farmers and the Prairie grain business

What goes around…

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While the percentage of grain buyers in heaven may only be slightly higher than that for railroaders, the stories that grandpa (or now great-grandpa) told about being shafted by the grain companies early in the last century may have been a trifle exaggerated. Then, as now, there was a bit of a “shoot the messenger”
farmer standing in a field with bales
Opinion

Does CETA offer any real value to Canadian farmers?

Trade agreements may offer negative outcomes for Canadians

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On September 26, the federal government announced that negotiations for the Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement with the European Union (CETA) have been finalized. A normal procedure for such a substantial change in a democratic society allows for a broad discussion, with debate and hearings, about impacts on various groups of people and economic sectors before
vote definition in a dictionary
Opinion

Editorial: Getting out to vote

Eleven municipalities in rural Manitoba will have no election on Oct. 22

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Newcomers to rural communities are occasionally shocked at how longtime residents seemingly pay lip service to the democratic process in the name of “getting the job done.” You know the scene. There is sometimes no election at all at the annual meetings to elect an organization’s officers, simply an affirmation through a show of hands
chickens in a modern barn
Opinion

A sustainable food supply is a worthy goal, but beware of simplistic solutions

Intensive, large-scale production employing the latest technology is key to feeding a hungry world

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The view that we need to change how we produce food in the name of sustainability has become ubiquitous in Canada and other developed countries. Indeed, spurred on by the perceptions of some consumers, the food industry has become keenly interested in how farmers produce food. They want to know about their carbon footprint; animal
steel railcar wheel
Cereals, Oilseeds, Opinion

Editorial: Farmers shouldn’t get mad, they should get organized

Present regulatory system doesn't allow Canadian farmers' voice to be heard

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It will be bitterly disappointing to many farmers that the Canadian Transportation Agency chose to reject a level-of-service complaint filed by the Canola Growers of Canada over last winter’s rail service. The Canola Growers’ level-of-service complaint was the one opportunity farmers had to extract some compensation for their losses in last winter’s debacle, even if
swathed canola field
Opinion

Sustainability is not a four-letter word

Urban consumers don’t appreciate the economic powerhouse agriculture has become

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A national pollster once told me that “Canadians really like farmers, but they don’t always like what farmers do.” He followed that up by noting that the second half of the statement was the more important part, and that it is the agriculture industry’s responsibility to address the misinformation circulating about modern-day farming. Misinformation, unfortunately,
Opinion

Editorial: the ‘wicked problem’ of herbicide-resistant weeds

It's not only a problem of chemistry, but human behaviour itself

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When I first tuned into a recent summit on herbicide resistance being broadcast live by webinar from Washington, D.C., my first thought was that I had virtually stumbled into the wrong conference. The keynote speaker wasn’t a weed scientist. He is a sociologist. But as I listened, it became clear this speaker, and the ones

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