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Farm, Rural & Northern Support Services to be centralized to Winnipeg

The service faced antiquated and overloaded phone lines in Brandon, and static funding despite rising overhead

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News that Manitoba Farm, Rural & Northern Support Services is moving to Winnipeg has one mental health worker concerned this is the beginning of the end for the farmer-specific support. “It’s going to be a farm line in name only,” said Gerry Friesen, a mediation and crisis-resolution specialist who has worked for MFRNSS in the
“We don’t even know what the potential is when we let people do what they’re good at and what they enjoy.” – Teresa Vallotton.
Farmit Manitoba, News, Other

Ag tech needs farm kids

Our younger generation needs to know its skills are needed in more areas than just a combine cab. This is where Teresa Vallotton’s coding camps come in

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In a room overlooking a bustling trade show, 20 kids huddle over laptops. They’re trying to catch a thief. Teresa Vallotton flashes pictures across the screen at the front of the room and asks them — is this the person who’s been stealing fuel from the tank on her yard? The kids run facial recognition
In the face of lower birth rates among Canadians, the country’s growing population is the result of increased immigration.
News, Other

Global population to decline after peaking by 2050

Writer John Ibbitson says population predictions have been overblown

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To Canadian journalist and author John Ibbitson, global population growth has been slowing for some time, and it likely won’t hit the 11 billion people by 2050 as envisioned by the United Nations. Ibbitson explained his take on the world’s population at the 37th annual Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) general meeting in Winnipeg on Feb. 5. As the author of Empty Planet, which
In February, KAP launched a rural connectivity survey to better understand issues surrounding cellular coverage and broadband access across Manitoba.
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Keystone Agricultural Producers launches rural cell and internet survey

Rural Manitobans miss out on key information and the ability to call for emergency help because of poor cellular coverage, says one KAP director

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Keystone Agricultural Producers is asking farmers and rural folk to weigh in on their internet and cellular service providers. “(Internet service) should be a basic human right, almost,” KAP District 6 director Sam Connery-Nichol told the Co-operator Feb. 19. “You need it.” Connery-Nichol was staring at the ‘wheel of death’ on her internet browser screen
Protesters have caused rail shipping disruption which is beginning to result in critical shortages.
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Tipping point nears as rail blockades continue

Farmers are innocent bystanders who are getting hit hard, and a crisis is looming

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Rail blockades are reaching a “tipping point” for farmers, according to the Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA). Mary Robinson, president of CFA, told her membership near the end of February that farmers are being “severely and harshly impacted by the random blockades.” “We have nothing to do with this dispute. The widespread collateral damage of
Some feed mills and slaughterhouses in China are still shut due to the coronavirus outbreak.
News, Poultry

China’s chicken chain comes unstuck

Chaos of virus measures has derailed a sector that enjoyed rapid growth

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Reuters – China’s chicken farmers had been looking forward to a bumper year. But an unprecedented lockdown on people and goods to curb the coronavirus outbreak has disrupted the short but intense poultry life cycle, threatening output of meat just as the world’s most populous country faces a massive pork shortfall. China’s poultry production expanded
Crown grazing leases are getting more expensive over the next two years and that worries the province’s ranchers.
Livestock, News

Rising lease rates worry ranchers

Livestock producers want to see the province’s new Crown land rental rate changed

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Northern ranchers are experiencing sticker shock over new lease rates. The price of Crown grazing land is rising this year, as part of a larger plan to revamp how that land is allocated and managed. The new rental formula ties rates to the beef market. Under the new system, rates are calculated by multiplying the
Despite a good early effort, a CN strike and landslides on both main lines had already set the stage for problems.
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Derailed: Protests cause grain shipping turmoil

The many moving parts of Canada’s rail network mean it will be weeks or months before normalcy returns

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The head of Canada’s grain transportation monitor didn’t mince words during a recent conversation following a spate of protests that have disrupted rail service on the national level. “I’m really glad I don’t work for a railway this week,” Mark Hemmes of Quorum Corp. said by telephone Feb. 19 from his Edmonton office. “This has
Farmer Jeff McCole, 70, pauses in front of his family home destroyed by bushfire in Buchan, Victoria, Australia, Jan. 23, 2020.
News, Other, Weather

In fire-hit rural Australia, climate change debate burns deep

Per capita, Australia has one of the world’s highest carbon footprints

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Reuters – Returning from a morning feeding his sheep, Jeff McCole, a 70-year-old farmer, paused to take in the bittersweet scene – a few droplets of rain falling onto the remains of his fire-ravaged home. “Nothing like the sound of rain on a tin roof,” he said, as he scanned the residue of a lifetime of memories scattered
“We must protect the rights of farmers, but also ensure that we have a robust biotech industry in Canada.” – John Barlow, agriculture critic.
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Fraser: Feds still undecided on future of seed royalties

Either system will cost farmers, but proponents say the return will be worth it

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The federal government has still not made a decision whether to allow royalties on farm-saved seed in Canada, saying no decision has been made on “potential ways to grow seed research and development.” Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) started engaging cereal and grain growers “to explore ways to improve their profitability and competitiveness in the

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