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(Left to right) Keenan Wiebe and Mitch Rezansoff ran through the process of “whiteboard- ing” — analyzing a farm’s operations for inefficiencies.
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Young farmers told to take a manufacturing mindset

Two speakers at the recent Manitoba Young Farmers conference demonstrated how to analyze data to find money-saving efficiencies

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Young farmers were urged to take a manufacturer’s mindset at a recent conference. “Some people find that offensive. Don’t look at it that way,” Mitch Rezansoff said. “It’s just managing the farm the way any other business would. It’s knowing the cost of your production intimately.” Rezansoff, executive director of CAAR, demonstrated a “whiteboarding” exercise
The Steppler family has made a name for themselves from their Charolais operation near Miami.
Livestock, News

Steppler family named Manitoba Outstanding Young Farmers 2020

Andre and Katie Steppler will be the next Manitoba farmers bound for a chance at the national competition after taking the regional award this month

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Charolais breeders and 2020 Manitoba Outstanding Young Farmers Andre and Katie Steppler run a much different operation than they did in 2007. That’s when they took over the cattle portion of Steppler Farms near Miami. In terms of sheer numbers, the Steppler herd has grown. In 2007, the couple took on less than 100 purebred
The Canada, U.S. border crossing in Emerson, Man.
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Canada, U.S. aim for border balancing act

COVID-19 shuts down non-essential traffic between Canada and the U.S. but not trade

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Farmers on both sides of the Canada-United States border still have access to their best market — each other. That’s despite a two-way temporary ban on non-essential travel to slow the spread of COVID-19, which was expected to be implemented by March 20. In 2018 Canada was the U.S.’s largest agricultural export customer purchasing $25
Grain elevator companies set COVID-19 protocols
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Grain elevator companies set COVID-19 protocols

Goal is to keep people safe and grain flowing

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If there ever was a sector that could operate during a pandemic, it’s grain. The Prairies are famous for wide open spaces, so with some planning and forethought farmers, truckers, grain companies, railways and terminal operators can keep moving Canadian grain to market, safely, despite the COVID-19 pandemic. “We don’t anticipate any issues to be
Grain keeps moving despite virus
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Grain keeps moving despite virus

COVID-19: For now the coronavirus hasn’t affected the supply chain

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As Canadians increasingly hunker down at home hoping to slow the spread of COVID-19, Prairie grains and oilseeds continue to move from farms to markets, at home, to export terminals and the United States. “Our members are going to do their best to keep the supply chain moving,” Wade Sobkowich, executive director of the Western
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FCC to funnel funds to ag sector

COVID-19: Loans, deferral assistance intended to ease sector through disruption

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Canadian farmers, agribusiness and food processors will provide loan deferral assistance and access to more loans through a $5 billion program being administered by Farm Credit Canada (FCC) as Canada’s food sector faces the challenges of COVID-19. In addition farmers with cash advance loans due April 30, worth $173 million in total, will extended. The
Concerns about supply chain issues and a slowdown in consumer spending due to coronavirus fears are weighing heavily on the cannabis sector.
Markets, News

Cannabis funds inch higher after touching all-time lows

The legal weed sector faces declining market fundamentals

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Reuters – Exchange-traded funds that invest in cannabis stocks rebounded March 10, one day after a global equity rout dropped them to all-time lows. The $509-million ETFMG Alternative Harvest ETF gained 2.2 per cent in afternoon trade, while the $318-million Horizon Marijuana Life Sciences ETF rose 1.8 per cent during a market rally that pushed
Concerned residents lined the walls and into the hallway as representatives from the now closed Morris Sales and Service stood up to address questions on the future of the dealership March 11 in Virden.
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Morris Sales and Service shuttered in Virden

The staff at the now defunct Morris Sales and Service in Virden are still hoping that interest from some other company might revive their business

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Employees of Morris Sales and Service in Virden are looking for work after the dealership officially closed its doors March 12, part of restructuring efforts after Morris Group, including Morris Industries, came under creditor protection earlier this year. The company was approved for creditor protection Jan. 8, 2020 by a Saskatchewan court. The company has
Elevators implement COVID-19 protocols to keep grain moving
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Elevators implement COVID-19 protocols to keep grain moving

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Canada’s grain companies are still moving grain to market, but have implemented measures to protect staff and customers from COVID-19. Richardson-Pioneer, Viterra, G3, Cargill and Parrish and Heimbecker are all taking farmers’ grain but are restricting contact between staff and farmers and moving it to market, while using social distancing. “We remain open for business,
A foreign laborer tends to plants in a greenhouse.
News

Travel restrictions complicate temporary foreign labor

COVID-19: Organizations scrambled to work out if—and how—much-needed seasonal laborers would get into Canada and onto their farms

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Travel restrictions and mixed messaging had some Manitoban producers “freaking out” after it seemed temporary foreign workers might not be let into the country. On March 16, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that foreign nationals from all countries except the U.S. would be temporarily barred from entering Canada in response to the evolving threat of

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