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A flooded field in the RM of St. Andrews, March 2017.
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Province on track to proclaim watershed regulations

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The province says it is on track to proclaim regulations that would transform conservation districts into watershed districts, but that didn’t stop district members from pressing for a promise. Dori Gingera-Beauchemin, deputy minister of agriculture and resource development, held a Q-and-A with Manitoba Conservation Districts Association members during their annual conference in Winnipeg on Dec.
Province introduces Crown land sales legislation
Livestock, Local news

Province introduces Crown land sales legislation

Government says the goal is a streamlined and transparent system

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The Manitoba government is introducing new legislation that would streamline and improve government oversight for Crown land sales. The announcement came in a Dec. 3 media release on behalf of Central Services Minister Reg Helwer. Helwer touted the Crown Land Dispositions Act as the path to a system that would be “… more efficient, effective
CP Rail says closer collaboration with shippers helps it manage the challenging winter season while moving more grain than ever before.
News

CP Rail sets back-to-back grain-shipping records

That’s good news because there’s an above-normal amount of grain to move 
despite harvest delays

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CP Rail moved a record amount of grain in November, beating its previous record set in October. Meanwhile, CN Rail is gearing up its grain shipping after an eight-day strike resulted in delivering just 2,015 of the 5,409 cars elevator companies ordered for week 16 (Nov. 17 to 23) of the current crop year. The
Students from Carman Collegiate present on how they taught elementary aged kids about watersheds and conservation at an MCDA conference in Winnipeg on Dec. 4.
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Manitoba students turn conservation teachers

High school students developed lesson plans for elementary schoolchildren

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Students from Pilot Mound, Swan Valley and Carman won recognition and cash for teaching kids about watershed conservation in the first Healthy Watersheds Student Project competition. “It’s a pleasure to watch these kids,” said Cliff Greenfield, manager of Pembina Valley Conservation District as he announced the first-place winners at a Manitoba Conservation Districts Association conference on Dec. 3. The assignment asked Grade 8 to
News

METOS to come to Canada

Glacier FarmMedia and Pessl Instruments team up to market the farm management suite

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Farm management platform METOS is coming to Canada, Glacier FarmMedia and Austrian company Pessl Instruments announced December 11. The two companies announced a joint venture to create METOS Canada to market and support digital smart ag services. “We are focused on helping farmers find solutions to the challenges of managing inputs and allocating their human
Canadian farmers can help save the planet and themselves by cutting petroleum-based farm inputs, according to a discussion paper written by farmer, researcher and author Darrin Qualman in co-operation with the National Farmers Union.
News

Rethinking the Green Revolution

Canada needs to ‘swing for the fences’ and transform its agriculture, says a new discussion paper

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The climate change and farm income crisis have many of the same causes and solutions, according to a major new discussion paper. Cutting back on petroleum-based inputs, including nitrogen fertilizer, will reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) and increase net farm incomes by lowering input costs. The result: more farmers and revitalized rural communities, says the
“Most Canadian farms continue to be in a very good financial position. The farm debt-to-asset ratio is lower than the 15-year average, and the net worth of Canadian farms has grown steadily over the past decade.” – J.P.Gervais.
News, Other

Are Canadian farmers in crisis?

According to the NFU they are, but FCC says despite tougher times the sector remains financially sound

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The National Farmers Union (NFU) says Canadian farmers are in financial crisis, but Farm Credit Canada (FCC) is less pessimistic. Farmers are facing tougher times, but not like in the 1980s, J.P. Gervais, FCC’s vice-president and chief agricultural economist, said in an interview Dec. 2. “I wouldn’t call this a crisis,” he said. After several
Soil-stored carbon is easily released due to warmer temperatures or drought, a recent discussion paper claims.
News, Other

Sequestering carbon won’t solve climate change

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Some farmers say they’ve already done their bit for climate change through reduced tillage, but it’s a dubious argument, according to the National Farmers Union (NFU). “We should not become confused by claims that we can somehow fix the climate crisis by pulling carbon out of the atmosphere and ‘sequestering’ it in soils,” says an
Recently introduced regulatory changes to Agricultural Crown Lands saw sweeping changes to how forage and grazing leases would be allocated and administered.
Livestock, Local news

Province firm on Crown land changes

Ranchers still hoping for a return to unit transfers or an extended right of renewal for all leases may be disappointed

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The province is not backing down on Crown land regulation changes, despite continued pressure from northern ranchers. Manitoba Agriculture and Resource Development Minister Blaine Pedersen maintained that ranchers would get right of renewal for existing forage and grazing leases, but stayed firm on the province’s removal of unit transfers. “We’ve said that we’re going to
As the White House openly panders to its rural voters, China, wall or no wall, continues to play the long game.
Comment, Opinion, Other

Comment: U.S. trade policy hits the Great Wall

China plays the long game; United States keeps getting played

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Several years ago, when Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Tom Friedman was asked to choose which rising Asian nation, China or India, he’d bet the farm on, Friedman didn’t hesitate to pick India. The reason, he explained, was that while both nations were on an expressway to the future, India, the world’s largest democracy, had an open

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