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Letters: Agriculture deemed essential

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The COVID-19 virus is impacting all facets of our communities, the economy and our province. On March 30, the chief provincial public health officer issued the new health order with a schedule of critical services. Agriculture and all aspects related to food production and the food supply chain are listed as essential services. Our government
Letters, Opinion, Other

Letters: Border open for business

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I enjoyed reading your article “Are farm machinery parts essential business?” in last week’s Co-operator however, I feel I could add valuable information for farmers. I work as a consultant in agriculture and also run a small manufacturing business out of my home shop. Many of the materials needed for my small business come from
A once-reliable trading partner is throwing its weight around again.
News, Oilseeds

China decrees dockage reduction

The country has also indicated it will continue its lacklustre buying of canola

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For a few hours last week Canadian farmers thought they were getting back China. In a world grappling with a global pandemic, the return of their biggest canola seed customer was a shot of good news. But the news report saying that was wrong, dashed their hopes. Instead what they got was another turn of
The Chinese/canola puzzle
News, Oilseeds

The Chinese/canola puzzle

What’s really behind the canola ban?

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Huawei, dockage or both? When it comes to China’s strategy on Canadian canola seed it’s anyone’s guess to which takes precedence. “Who knows how much weight is given to the dockage issue,” Canadian Canola Growers Association president and CEO Rick White said in an interview March 31. “I think they just want to control it.
Ray Redfern, of Redfern Farm Services, says there will be more than a few things to juggle this spring.
Crops, News, Other

Suppliers, farmers worry about COVID-19 impact on crop inputs

Producers may find the pandemic has added some complications to their spring supply chain

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Despite being assured the border is open for business, local growers and input suppliers are still anxious about spring inputs — and the lack of field work last fall isn’t helping. Little fertilizer made it to the field last fall, now informally dubbed the “harvest from hell.” Field work fell to the wayside as wet
News, Other

Agriculture sector welcomes recent “essential” designation

COVID-19: Companies say the announcement gives them clarity in their operations

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Obviously agriculture is essential, but the federal government “deemed” it so April 2 as the country battles to slow the spread of COVID-19. The move was welcomed by the Western Grain Elevator Association (WGEA), which represents Canada’s biggest grain companies. “For our sector we feel there’s enough clarity that we are to keep operating as
Michelle Schram and Troy Stozek farm beef, lamb and bees near Cartwright.
Farmit Manitoba, News

Small food producers innovate to survive

Creativity, humour and social distancing combine to get food to customers for one meat producer

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Direct-marketing farmers and food producers are finding creative ways to get meals on their customers’ tables and maintain a sense of community. “You guys are all amazing and you convinced us that we will get through this crazy time. Enjoy your food, stay home, stay safe, stay classy,” Michelle Schram and Troy Stozek of Fresh
Steve Mackenzie-Grieve pulls harvested wheat from a grain bin at the Yukon Grain Farm near Whitehorse February 19, 2020.
Farmit Manitoba, News

Wheat in Whitehorse: How climate change could open a new frontier

Will the Great White North become the Great Green North?

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After failing to grow wheat in Canada’s subarctic Yukon territory 15 years ago, farmer Steve Mackenzie-Grieve gave it another shot in 2017. Thanks to longer summers, he has reaped three straight harvests. This spring he plans to sow canola on his family’s 450-acre farm near Whitehorse, a city not much farther from the North Pole
2020 U.S. farm income prospects in the aftermath of COVID-19 are dismal.
Comment, Opinion

Comment: Prepare for the worst, pray for the best

One thing is certain, the pain from COVID-19 will be very real

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Despite overwhelming evidence from literally every corner of the world, a farmer friend recently related to me that three rural acquaintances had assured him that “this whole virus thing is just a big hoax to bring down Trump.” If so, there’s now 100,000-plus graves, more than a half-million hospital patients, and trillions of dollars of
Clockwise from top left: Acey Brinkman, Colin Penner, Jill Martens, Garrett Sawatsky.
Farmit Manitoba, News, Other

University of Manitoba growing next generation of ag experts

U of M’s agriculture diploma program preparing students for an evolving industry

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Fast-moving change in the agriculture industry is requiring a whole new level of agility from Canada’s agriculture education institutions. At the University of Manitoba, that’s meant instructors are looking for ways to make students more agile and able to adopt new strategies and tools more quickly and effectively. “We’ve talked with industry that said it’s

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