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New U.S. Farm Bill fails to tackle big issues

It’s not a near miracle, not amazing and not very reforming

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House Ag Committee chairman Frank Lucas, a fast talker by birth and trade, spared few superlatives when describing, in a telephone press conference Jan. 28, the finally finished, modestly named Agricultural Act of 2014. “Historic in many ways,” Lucas said of the pending law as he shared the call with his Senate counterpart, Debbie Stabenow,
Grocery aisle
Livestock, Opinion

Food Freedom Day — celebrate and support the Canadian value chain

Forty per cent of consumers put their money where their mouth is paying for local food

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Every year the Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA) calculates the calendar date when the average Canadian has earned enough income to pay for his or her annual grocery bill, coined ‘Food Freedom Day.’ This year, Food Freedom Day falls on February 7. As Canadians, we enjoy a safe and abundant food supply thanks to all
Beef cattle, Cereals, Opinion

Different this time — again

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This line in a Reuters story last week certainly put things in focus. “Ukraine is likely to be the world’s second-largest grain exporter in the 2013-14 season with the shipment of more than 30 million tonnes, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.” We’d seen the figures before, but considering that Ukraine and its former
Hogs, Livestock, Opinion

Editorial: Everybody is responsible

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The livestock industry in the Netherlands has had to make a lot of changes to comply with growing public pressure for more environmentally sustainable and humane practices. But it hasn’t had to do it alone. That fact was inescapable during a recent whirlwind tour of Netherlands livestock operations by a Canadian delegation, courtesy of the
Weyburn Inland Terminal's board plans to seek a ''definitive transaction agreement'' to sell the company to an as-yet unnamed buyer. (WIT.ca)
Opinion

Editorial: Losing more farmer ownership

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One almost hesitates to say the words “wheat board” these days, as regardless of how you felt about the pros or cons of the single desk, you’re probably relieved that you don’t have to fight about it anymore. And regardless of how you felt about it, the old board is never coming back. But while
Yule logs and wheat
Did you know?, Opinion

Yule logs and wheat

The following was written by J.T. Hull, editor of the Scoop Shovel, in December 1929. The proper place to celebrate Christmas is on a farm because in its natural history, it began on the farm. Let me explain. From about the fourth century of the Christian era, Christmas has been observed as the birthday of
Opinion

Say NO to UPOV ’91

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Ottawa is moving quickly to implement the UPOV ’91 plant breeders’ rights convention with first reading in Parliament of the Agricultural Growth Act, an agricultural omnibus bill. The proponents for this move say that doing this will keep private plant-breeding money in Canada and stop us from somehow immediately turning into Luddites. What is never
Opinion

Getting the mail — and much, much more

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Tucked away in various corners of this old house are bundles of letters, held together by elastic bands or stuffed into a big envelope. One of those bundles dates back more than 60 years. It was exchanges between two young people working in different communities the year before they married. That bundle of letters survived
News & Opinion, Opinion

Editorial: Keeping the farm organizations in line

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“Hardly a day goes by” may be an overused phrase, but not when it comes to the frequency of news releases from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada — we received 13 for the month of November. There’s nothing wrong with governments communicating with citizens, and some of the releases are pure business, such as brief notices
Editorial: Cell companies bad, railways good
Cereals, Opinion

Editorial: Cell companies bad, railways good

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Just as there’s good stress and bad stress, there’s good excitement and bad excitement. There’s the good excitement you get when watching the Grey Cup, especially if you’re a Riders fan. Then there’s the other kind of excitement (as in riled up) you got watching this year’s Grey Cup commercials about how the Harper government

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