Opinion & Farming Articles - Manitoba Co-operator

Beef sector needs a better marketing strategy if it is to meet its export potential

September 22, 2012

(CAPI) Canada’s beef sector needs a robust, long-term strategy – and a sustained commitment to execute the strategy – if it wishes to secure its place as a competitive force in domestic and global markets. For this report, the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute (CAPI) undertook a comprehensive study of Canada’s beef sector. The feedback indicates

Opinion

Letters — for 2012-09-20 00:00:00

September 22, 2012

What about donkeys? Your Sept. 13 story on coyotes by Daniel Winters featuring comments by Gord Schroeder, director of the Saskatchewan Sheep Development Board, did not say anything about the efficacy of donkeys as anti-predator guards for sheep. Was this an oversight, or does Mr. Schroeder not regard them as worth mentioning? In this area

Livestock, Opinion, Other livestock

What’s wrong with this picture?

By Laura Rance-Unger September 17, 2012

Every once in a while an idea comes along that makes so much sense, it’s crazy. A case in point is the concept of using goats to beat back the bush and other invasive species on pastures. Instead of paying for pasture land, some goatherds are being paid up to $1.50 per goat per day

Hogs, Livestock Markets, Opinion

Hog outlook to get worse before it gets better

By Gavin Maguire September 17, 2012

The recent slump in nearby hog values may only mark the beginning of a season of pain for pork producers. Already-high feed costs look set to keep climbing just as hog values enter their traditional seasonal soft patch, which may place hog production margins under even more pressure. To make matters worse, inventories of pork

Hogs, Livestock, Opinion

Letters — for 2012-09-13 00:00:00

September 17, 2012

Support a sustainable, humane alternative Laura Rance is correct. There is no excuse or justification for failing to provide proper care for farm animals. But hog industry excuses continue. Depopulating barns and “euthanizing” piglets is deemed necessary in tough market conditions, hence the recent killing of 1,300 “severely distressed” piglets. Why aren’t they discussing the

Opinion

Multiple predicaments: One core solution

By Daryll E. Ray, Harwood D. Schaffer September 18, 2012

The livestock industry and others that use corn as key input are calling on Congress and the administration to modify or suspend the ethanol mandate for the 2012 corn crop. Pressure for modifying the mandate is also coming from a hunger community that is fearful that a further rise in corn prices will trigger an

Opinion

It’s August — take a nap

By Alan Guebert August 21, 2012

One part of every day on the southern Illinois dairy farm of my youth was inviolate: the noon nap; nearly everyone took one. We didn’t rest very long, just 30 minutes or so, because the farm work never rested long. The naps, however, were as integral a part of our farm routine as the big,

Opinion, Other livestock

Letters — for 2012-08-16 00:00:00

August 21, 2012

Not impressed with sheep industry coverage In the past I have been impressed with your coverage of the sheep industry. All that changed a few weeks ago. I read the article “Heady lamb market crashes to earth” several weeks ago. I was upset, because it was scary to read how I wouldn’t “even be able

Opinion

Production destruction leads to demand destruction

By Daryll E. Ray, Harwood D. Schaffer August 21, 2012

Analyst/corn farmer Jerry Gulke recently talked about the impact of the drought that has now spread over more than half the country on this year’s corn crop. He characterized the situation faced by farmers as production destruction. No one can disagree with that description. A July 29, 2012 article written by Chris Lusvardi of the

Opinion

The value of natural capital

By Laura Rance-Unger August 10, 2012

It’s hard to imagine that just one year ago, many areas of the province still had too much moisture. True, some farmers, such as those along the Assiniboine River downstream of the Shellmouth Dam are still suffering from too much water. But the story for the rest of the province this year is all about

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Opinion

Beef sector needs a better marketing strategy if it is to meet its export potential

Letters — for 2012-09-20 00:00:00

What’s wrong with this picture?

Hog outlook to get worse before it gets better

Letters — for 2012-09-13 00:00:00

Multiple predicaments: One core solution

It’s August — take a nap

Letters — for 2012-08-16 00:00:00

Production destruction leads to demand destruction

The value of natural capital

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