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JoAnne Buth looks back at a carer of change as she enters retirement.
Faces of ag, Farmit Manitoba, Local news, Other

JoAnne Buth: a life in agriculture

Cigi’s newly retired CEO didn’t have a plan, but walked through new doors as they opened

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JoAnne Buth is an expert in removing mosquito ovaries. Her favourite insect is the weevil. She’s one of the newest members of the Canadian Agriculture Hall of Fame. And if you keep reading you’ll learn lots more about the recently retired CEO of Cigi — the Canadian International Grains Institute — and her auspicious agricultural
Canola shipments to China have been under scrutiny for years Buth said.
Farmit Manitoba, Local news, Other

Buth unsurprised by China’s Canadian canola ban

As canola council president she helped keep the border open in 2009 but suspected China would eventually try to ‘control things’

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China’s ban on Canadian canola seed is something JoAnne Buth, a former president of the Canola Council of Canada, has been expecting since 2009. “In September 2009 we managed to negotiate with the Chinese to keep the border open on this whole issue,” Buth said in an interview May 22 as she prepared to retire
Packaged chicken legs in store refrigerator.
Local news, Other

Work to begin on Winnipeg food strategy

Food Matters Manitoba has been contracted to begin work on the food plan

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Work is slated to begin on Winnipeg’s first food strategy with Food Matters Manitoba heading the effort. “Food Matters Manitoba has an excellent track record of deliver- ing programs and services in the community, and have been an essential partner in getting the Winnipeg Food Council off the ground,” said St. Vital councillor Brian Mayes,
KAP president Bill Campbell, who farms near Minto, says crop producers are thankful for the rain. Cattle producers continue to struggle with the fallout from prolonged drought.
Crops, Local news

Rainfall prevents drought disaster

Now it’s up to timely rains to finish the job this season

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It was probably at least a billion-dollar rain. To the delight of many farmers, much of agro-Manitoba received badly needed precipitation between 1 a.m. July 8 and 7 a.m. July 10 Manitoba Agriculture’s weather stations show. (See map below) While last week’s rains came too late to prevent yield loss in some fields, it stopped
"Labour shortages in Canadian agriculture can only be addressed by taking decisive action.” – Portia MacDonald-Dewhirst, CAHRC executive director
News, Other

Farm human resources crunch to worsen

Grain, beef and horticulture production will be the hardest hit

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There are no signs that Canadian agriculture’s labour crunch will be easing any time soon. In fact a recent labour market forecast from the Canadian Agriculture Human Resources Council (CAHRC) suggests the situation is set to worsen sharply over the next 10 years. That will limit future growth and delay expansion plans, the group says.
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News, News & Opinion

Canada’s barley sector streamlining for synergy

Barley Council, Cereals Canada, CMBTC, Brewing and Malting Research Institute formalize collaboration

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Canada’s barley industry wants to become more efficient and effective through increased co-operation, says Barley Council of Canada (BCC) chair Zenneth Faye. To that end the BCC “will undergo a strategic realignment” with Cereals Canada, the Canadian Malting Barley Technical Centre (CMBTC), and the Brewing and Malting Barley Research Institute (BMBRI) starting Aug. 1. “The
Kent Collins, recent graduate in Communications Engineering Technology at Assiniboine Community College, examines a beehive at 4K Honey.
Farmit Manitoba, Local news, Other

High-tech hives

Beekeepers might get constant hive conditions at their fingertips once a student project out of Assiniboine Community College is fully developed

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Kent Collins has a different idea of the ideal beehive — it involves a lot more wiring. Collins, along with his partner, Adam Lennox, are the minds behind the Bee Aware hive-monitoring system, a remote sensing system that promises real-time hive feedback to beekeepers. The project is the pinnacle, or “capstone project” of their study
Carson Callum is the new Beef Producers general manager.
Local news

Manitoba Beef Producers names new general manager

Carson Callum hails from the Miami area

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The Manitoba Beef Producers has a new general manager. Carson Callum was recently appointed by the MBP board of directors. Callum grew up on a mixed grain and beef operation south of the community of Miami and he holds an agriculture degree and a master’s degree from the University of Manitoba, where he majored in
KAP says that farmland is appreciating faster than other types of property so the tax burden is increasing for farmers and declining for everyone else. (Photo: Bill Campbell, president of Keystone Agricultural Producers)
Local news, Other

KAP wants education taxes to be an election issue

Data shows the education tax burden is shifting to farmers as land values rise and the province’s contribution as a percentage declines

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Manitoba’s education tax burden is quickly shifting to farmers. To blame is the declining portion of education paid directly by the province and the rising value of farmland. It’s causing the Keystone Agricultural Producers’ (KAP) to push the issue to the front of the debate during the provincial election campaign. With a vote slated for
Currently most of agro-Manitoba’s MLAs are PC and most of them are in safe seats, says University of Manitoba political scientist Christopher Adams.
Local news, Other

Expectations were that PC government would fix education taxation

The current government has many rural MLAs and cabinet ministers

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There was an expectation when the current Progressive Conservative (PC) government was elected three years ago changes in how education funds are raised would follow. The PCs took most of the rural seats and rural MLA’s made up two-thirds of cabinet. The government lived up to its promise to review Manitoba’s education system, which is

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