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Cashing out: The history of the cash advance in Manitoba
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Cashing out: The history of the cash advance in Manitoba

Manitoba’s corn cash advance started 40 years ago followed shortly by canola

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Corn was the first non-wheat board crop in Manitoba to qualify for the federal government’s cash advance program starting in 1981. Jim Pedersen, who was president of the Manitoba Corn Growers’ Association at the time, helped get the association incorporated — a prerequisite to administering the program that offers low- and no-interest loans to farmers
Few strings to cash advances for farmers
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Few strings to cash advances for farmers

Cash advances are some of the most flexible financial arrangements farmers can access

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The organizations administering cash advances want farmers to know they can get low-interest (and even no-interest) loans against seeded and stored crops with just one string attached: they must repay the loan as they sell their crop. The first $100,000 is interest free and as much as a further $900,000, depending on where you get
Drying costs can’t be passed on to buyers so Canadian farmers have argued a carbon tax puts them at a competitive disadvantage.
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MP Philip Lawrence defends drying bill at committee

Bill sponsor MP Lawrence says farmers are paying a disproportionate share of the carbon tax

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A law intending to offer financial relief from carbon pricing for farmers drying grain was the focus of a recent parliamentary committee. On March 9, MPs sitting on the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food had a chance to question the bill’s creator, Conservative MP Philip Lawrence. The proposed law reached committee after receiving support from each party outside
Feds put out new travel rules for temporary foreign workers
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Feds put out new travel rules for temporary foreign workers

Testing issues cause headaches for arriving beekeepers, employers

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The federal government put out new rules for arriving temporary foreign workers on March 16 — just in time for one Manitoba farm to welcome its first worker of the season. Paul Gregory, a honey and seed producer in the Interlake, said a Nicaraguan beekeeper will arrive on his farm in the second week of
John Deere’s AutoPath guidance records the actual position of crop rows and stores the information, allowing for more accurate in-season passes during spraying and harvesting. Photo: John Deere
Equipment, News

John Deere improves guidance with AutoPath

System stores exact row positions for more accurate in-season passes

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John Deere has introduced AutoPath, a row guidance system to help improve seeding, spraying and harvest accuracy. After the system stores the location of crop row lines, it allows for subsequent field passes to be based upon actual recorded row locations rather than a conventional A-B line, which may or may not correctly represent the
Pigs are seen at a backyard farm on the outskirts of Harbin, Heilongjiang province, 
China, Sept. 5, 2018.
Hogs, News

China to crack down harder on fake African swine fever vaccines

Industry insiders believe use of illicit vaccines has caused a new, chronic form of the disease

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Reuters – China’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs says it will crack down further on illegal production and sales of African swine fever vaccines in a sign of the extent of a problem that is damaging the world’s largest pig industry. The ministry, which has been warning against such behaviour since 2019, said tougher measures were needed
Crops, News

France’s farmers digging up rapeseed fields after damage

Most of the wrecked acres are expected to go into barley

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Rapeseed crops in France have suffered from cold snaps and pest attacks to the extent that a significant number of fields will be reseeded with other crops, although it is too early to quantify, French farm office FranceAgriMer said March 10. This comes as worldwide supplies of the oilseed crop are already scarce, helping to
A truck spreads manure onto a field in this file photo.
News, Weather

Province issues variance on nutrient application

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Based on soil conditions and weather forecasts, Manitoba Conservation and Climate has issued a variance on winter application of nutrients. Producers could begin applying nutrients as of 12:01 a.m. March 23, 2021. Manitoba Conservation and Climate reminds producers to assess current weather conditions and periodically check weather forecasts when applying nutrients prior to April 11.
Brazil cattle supplies to remain tight, hitting beef packers
Livestock Markets, News

Brazil cattle supplies to remain tight, hitting beef packers

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Reuters – A shortage of cattle for slaughtering will continue to weigh on Brazilian beef processors for at least a year, Fernando Iglesias, an analyst with Safras & Mercado, said in a recent presentation. Brazil’s tight supplies, caused by the slaughtering of cows and strong demand for beef in markets like China, has led companies
Coceral cuts EU and U.K. soft wheat, rapeseed crop forecasts
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Coceral cuts EU and U.K. soft wheat, rapeseed crop forecasts

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Grain trade association Coceral has cut its forecast of soft wheat production in the European Union and Britain to 141.5 million tonnes from 143.0 million seen in December but still well above last year’s harvest of 128.2 million tonnes. The reduction mainly stemmed from lower than previously expected sowings in Germany, Italy, and Hungary, it

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