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A new pesticide safety review system aims at being more predictable while protecting public health and the environment.
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Common sense needed in pesticide reviews: agri-food groups

The PMRA has been stacking review upon review in some cases, critics say

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Agri-food groups support provisions in the 2019 budget to trigger pesticide safety reviews when one is merited and not just because another country orders one on a product. While Health Canada and the Pesticide Management Regulatory Agency take a risk-based approach to pesticide approvals, other members of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development employ
Colleen (r) and Lucy take a walk on her farm in Kenya.
Country Crossroads, Local news, Other

Niverville farmer featured in documentary about reducing hunger

Colleen Dyck travelled halfway around the world to meet a Kenyan farmer who is teaching agricultural skills to women in her community

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A Manitoba farmer will star in a documentary about the impact of empowering women farmers around the world. “It was quite incredible,” said Colleen Dyck, who farms with her husband and four children near Niverville. “I feel like I got this university education in like two weeks.” This spring, Dyck spent eight days with a
Opinion, Other

Opinion: Animal activism and farmer safety

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The Crown’s recent decision to drop charges against an animal activist has fuelled frustration, fear, and action in Ontario’s farming community. The activist, who video-recorded herself breaking into a barn near Lucan and stealing two pigs, belongs to a group that opposes animal agriculture. On May 1st, the Crown attorney’s office in London dropped break-and-enter
In rare instances, certain variations of the virus can infect people
and cause serious illness.
Did you know?, News

Edit avian flu out of chicken genes

New research suggests it could be possible to halt the bird flu virus in chickens

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Scientists have used gene-editing techniques to stop the bird flu virus from spreading in chicken cells grown in the lab. The findings raise the possibility of producing gene-edited chickens that are resistant to the disease. Researchers prevented the virus from taking hold by deleting a section of chicken DNA inside lab-grown cells. The next step
In Your Co-operator this week: June 20
Local news, Other

In Your Co-operator this week: June 20

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Geralyn Wichers explores what happens when ideologies collide following a flock infection at an animal sanctuary. The owners say they’ve followed the letter of the law when addressing an ILT outbreak. Commercial operators counter they’re putting the whole commercial sector at risk by refusing to euthanize the animals. Allan Dawson reports on what Manitoba corn
Craft cannabis operators say new regulations are effectively shutting them out of the market.
News

New cannabis regulations a mixed blessing for small growers

Craft cannabis growers could generate thousands of jobs in rural communities if given the chance, experts say

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Craft cannabis growers have a lot to offer rural communities, but new Health Canada regulations may be a mixed blessing, experts say. In May, Health Canada announced that those applying for licenses to grow cannabis must have a fully built site meeting all cannabis regulations. In the announcement, Health Canada cited the changes would address
Farmer holding soybean
News

Comment: U.S. farmers suffering from trade wars

As usual, farmers are getting it coming and going from this economic upset

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Despite the hope that the U.S. and China would come to an agreement on trade that would end China’s retaliatory tariffs on agricultural imports from the U.S., nothing is on tap as we write this column. In what appears to be an attempt by the administration to pressure the Chinese into a deal by announcing
KAP has complained for years that the current model of education taxation is unfair to farmers.
Local news, News, Other

KAP renews call for education tax reform

The farm group also calls for continued local autonomy for school boards through elected trustees

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Farmers are paying too big a share of education taxes in many municipalities, the Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) says in a submission to the Manitoba government’s Commission on Kindergarten to Grade 12 Education. “KAP therefore recommends that the commission explore moving away from funding education through property taxes and evaluate alternative funding methods in Manitoba,
Winter wheat crops have been hit by late frost and cool, dry conditions this spring.
Crops, Local news, Other

Winter cereals still waiting for rain

Most winter wheat made it into spring, but cold temperatures and lack of rainfall have added a sour note

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Spring was not kind to this year’s winter cereals, and the so-far patchy rains have seen little improvement. Both forage and winter cereals suffered from a cold, dry start to the growing season. Temperatures remained unseasonably cold well into May. A major frost event May 26 saw widespread lows under -2 C, with some areas
The NFU is concerned that any outcome on the Canadian Grain Commission and farm-saved seed will favour the grain industry over farmers.
News, Other

NFU takes Canadian Grain Commission and royalties concerns to Ottawa

The National Farmers Union fears the ‘fix is in’ for the grain commission review

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The future of the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) and farm-saved seed topped the list of issues the National Farmers Union (NFU) took to MPs in Ottawa June 5 and 6. “We’re trying to figure out what the situation is (with the CGC),” NFU 2nd vice-president Stewart Wells said in an interview June 6 from Ottawa.

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