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Opposition members of the Commons Agriculture Committee are questioning if government funding for food processors fighting COVID was enough.
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Federal committee ponders food-processing capacity

Opposition members say COVID response was underfunded

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Glacier FarmMedia – The federal committee on agriculture and agri-food has begun its study into Canada’s processing capacity. During a Nov. 19 meeting, Conservative Party of Canada Agriculture Critic Lianne Rood joined her opposition colleagues in questioning the federal government’s decision to offer the sector $77.5 million in support, when some industry estimates suggest roughly $800 million is
Holiday meals are on hold this year, driving down demand for large turkeys.
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COVID-19 surge sliced U.S. demand for big Thanksgiving turkeys

Supply chains, often set months ahead of time, struggled to adjust ahead of the major U.S. holiday

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Reuters – All summer, Greg Gunthorp slaughtered and froze 15- to 24-pound turkeys on his northeastern Indiana farm for Thanksgiving sales to retailers, restaurants and families across the Midwest. But as surging COVID-19 cases prompted U.S. cities and states to urge Americans to stay home just weeks before the holiday, customers swapped out orders for whole birds for smaller turkey breasts. As
Stan Blade at a grain elevator in Leduc, Alta., discussing the future of logistics in agriculture.
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Expect the unexpected

Farmers and the agriculture industry will need to be ready for a lot of change to be thrown their way

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Stan Blade took to the Farm Forum Event virtual stage in mid-November to fight a few farming clichés. The dean of the faculty of agricultural life and environmental sciences at the University of Alberta took advantage of the format to pre-record his presentation, “Whatever You Think You Know About Agriculture — the Future Will Not
AMM passes resolutions on municipal autonomy
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AMM passes resolutions on municipal autonomy

Municipal leaders fear provincial Bill 37 will strip authority from local elected officials in favour of provincial tribunals

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Manitoba’s municipalities are calling for the province to stop undermining their authority. Delegates passed two resolutions calling for changes to a provincial bill which they fear will reduce municipal governments’ power over their constituencies during the Association of Manitoba Municipalities virtual AGM on November 23. “(Bill 37) allows applicants to challenge the decisions… that duly elected municipal councils make in
“The transitionary provision was never operative because the moratorium on unit transfers was never lifted.” – Blaine Pedersen, Agriculture and Resource Development Minister.
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Muddled messages on Crown land transitional measure

Ag Minister Blaine Pedersen says the transitional transfer set to be repealed, to the dismay of leaseholders, was never operational

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Provincial Agriculture Minister Blaine Pedersen says a transitional measure on the chopping block under proposed Crown land regulations was never actually in play. Earlier this fall, forage leaseholders raised concern with the potential removal of the measure, which would have allowed those who held their lease prior to last year’s Crown land changes to transfer
Are ever-larger farms really the best model for Prairie agriculture? A report contends there could ultimately be as few as 200 farms of 50,000 acres in Manitoba.
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Fewer, bigger farms bad for farmers, Canada: policy paper

But one ag economist says government intervention won’t 
stop the trend and will make farmers less competitive

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The number of Manitoba farms peaked in 1941 and ever since they’ve been getting bigger in size and fewer in number — a trend that shows no signs of stopping. Some call that progress, others preposterous. Darrin Qualman is among the latter. The National Farmers Union’s (NFU) director of Climate Crisis Policy and Action says
Cows could soon have a new meal choice in chickpeas
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Cows could soon have a new meal choice in chickpeas

Identifying the best chickpea crops for cattle the goal of new research

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Chickpeas could soon find a new fan base: hungry cows. As chickpea production increases around the world, those crops not suitable for human consumption are being recycled into cattle feed as a partial replacement for soybean meal and cereal grains, according to a University of Saskatchewan researcher. Peiqiang Yu and his colleagues at the Canadian Light Source (CLS), based at the
CN celebrates independence anniversary
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CN celebrates independence anniversary

Last month marked 25 years since the company was privatized in what was then the largest initial public offering in Canadian history

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CN is celebrating a quarter-century of privatization. The company, which was at the time Canada’s largest and oldest Crown corporation, was the largest IPO in Canadian history. On Nov. 17, 1995, investors spent C$2.25 billion snapping up shares. The company is using the celebration to tout its transformation into “… a world-class transportation leader and
Andy Harrington is the new executive director of the Canadian Foodgrains Bank. He comes to the position with decades of international development experience.
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New Foodgrains Bank head commits to standing with marginalized

World hunger on the rise after many years of decline, organization says

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The Canadian Foodgrains Bank will continue to feed the hungry and work to change the systems causing poverty but it will be hard, said new executive director Andy Harrington and outgoing executive director Jim Cornelius on a webinar with supporters on November 10. Global hunger is on the rise after many years of decline, Harrington

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