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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.
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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
Is the program too complex and ‘unbankable’ to be reformed?
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Is it time to break through the maze of AgriStability?

Some farmers have long thought so and now the provincial ag minister is also wondering

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Manitoba Agriculture Minister Blaine Pedersen has asked his department for ideas on how to replace AgriStability with an enhanced AgriInvest program. Some frustrated farmers say it might be better to scrap AgriStability in favour of something else. Pedersen, who has called AgriStability “a broken wheel,” doesn’t disagree. “There’s lots of challenges with AgriStability so let’s
There has been declining enrolment in AgriStability over the years.
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Farmers fed up with AgriStability

CFA has a three-pronged approach to address farmers’ concerns with farm program

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Canadian farmers are fed up with governments failing to fix AgriStability, says Chris van den Heuvel, second vice-president of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA) and a Nova Scotia farmer. “We’re relying on programs that are ineffective, untimely and not impactful,” he said in an interview March 5. “We have been bringing this forth continuously
“With AgriStability you are protecting a margin and it’s more coverage than you think.”
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The quest for a perfect farm safety net program

There’s a long list of plans that have come and gone

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The perfect farm income stabilization program is as elusive as utopia itself. But a lot of farmers say they would be happy if AgriStability’s payout trigger went back to an 85 per cent, instead of the current 70. But that would cost governments potentially a few hundred millions of dollars more, estimates University of Saskatchewan
Bull sales still rolling despite pandemic
Livestock, News

Bull sales still rolling despite pandemic

COVID-19: The purebred cattle sector may see more movement online, but sales are still on the schedule

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Tis the season for bull sales among the country’s purebred cattle operations, but this year they have an extra hurdle to contend with: COVID-19. The purebred cattle sector expects bull sale season to move forward as planned, albeit with social distancing measures to help slow the spread of COVID-19. As of March 17, the province
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COVID testing site opens in Brandon 

HEALTH: Two more cases of the virus confirmed outside of Winnipeg 

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A dedicated testing site for COVID-19 has opened in Brandon.  The site opened in the morning of March 18, according to an announcement from the province.   The testing site is at the Nurses Residence Gymnasium at the Brandon Regional Health Centre and will be open seven days per week, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.   Not everyone
Roquette’s pea plant has promised to be a boon for the sector, but are growers ready to sign on the dotted line?
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Farmers weighing the balance on Roquette pea contracts

The upcoming pea protein plant has gained a lot of attention, now farmers are wondering if the premium will be worth the trouble

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Farmers now see what Roquette wants in its first yellow pea contracts — and some are questioning whether there is enough bang for the buck to make the crop worthwhile. The company will be contracting yellow peas for its long-awaited plant in Portage la Prairie this year, ahead of the plant’s planned opening this fall.

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