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“In the next two to three weeks we should have the constitutional interpretation back and then very soon thereafter… we’ll be able to come out with our plan.” – Brian Pallister
Local news, Other

Manitobans will see carbon price plan soon

But Premier Brian Pallister first wants to see the conclusions of a legal review on the constitutionality of Ottawa imposing a carbon tax on the provinces

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The Manitoba government’s carbon pricing plan will soon be announced. “In the next two to three weeks we should have the constitutional interpretation back and then very soon thereafter, by knowing where we’re at and what Ottawa can force us to do, we’ll be able to come out with our plan,” Premier Brian Pallister said
Sept. 20 was the last day of work for Jeanette Gaultier as Manitoba Agriculture’s weed specialist. KAP hopes the position is filled quickly. Gaultier is BASF’s new senior technical service specialist for Manitoba.
Crops, Local news

KAP concerned over unfilled weed specialist position

Jeanette Gaultier, who had the position, left to work for BASF

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Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) wants Manitoba Agriculture’s weed specialist position quickly filled. Jeanette Gaultier, who held the job for the last two years, left the position Sept. 20 to become BASF’s new senior technical service specialist for Manitoba starting Sept. 25. Previously Gaultier, who has a PhD in pesticides and soil science, was Manitoba Agriculture’s
Editorial, Opinion, Other

Editorial: All hands on deck

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It was a dreary fall afternoon this past Sunday at Argyle, as rain lashed the countryside and soaked stubble fields. Inside the local community hall and curling rink, however, there was a clear sense of warmth and community. The hamlet had pulled out all the stops to host its annual fall supper — the 135th
Demonstrators pull a wooden model of the Trojan Horse during a protest against the Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (CETA) in front of the Parliament in Vienna, Austria on the eve of the deal coming into provisional effect.
News

CETA takes effect as ag frets details

Significant barriers remain to any real progress in accessing 
the European market for food products

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With a flurry of press releases and a ceremony at the Port of Montreal, a new chapter in Canada’s economic history has begun to unfold as Canada’s trade deal with Europe came into effect. The Canada-Europe Trade Agreement (CETA) took provisional effect Sept. 21, even as the third round of the NAFTA renegotiations kicked off
A swarm of blackbirds takes flight.
Local news, Oilseeds

Keep ditches mowed to keep birds moving

Blackbird flocks will reach maximum size near mid-September

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If you want to save your sunflowers, you need to make sure the blackbirds don’t make them dinner. Lower acres this year have served to concentrate the blackbird flocks into smaller areas where they can do more damage, according to Daryl Rex, an agronomist with the National Sunflower Association of Canada. “I think it is
Farmers, elevator operators and oilseed processors all say there is still room for improvement in pending transportation legislation.
News

Farmers, grain companies deliver consistent message on rail legislation

They told the transport committee C-49 is an improvement but more needs to be done

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Pending transportation legislation has hit the target — but it’s not a bull’s-eye. That was the message from western Canadian grain farmers, elevator companies and oilseed processors last week, when they spoke to the House of Commons transport committee on Bill C-49, the Transportation Modernization Act. They told legislators that there was still room for
Mitchell Timmmerman, agri-ecosystems specialist with Manitoba Agriculture, highlights root difference between crops during the Manitoba Beef and Forage Initiatives Brookdale tour August 30.
Crops, Local news

Soils are not made equally when it comes to soaking up moisture

Mitchell Timmerman’s rainfall simulation emphasized the role of 
perennial forages in increasing infiltration during the August 30 
Manitoba Beef and Forage Initiatives Brookdale site tour

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Which one will soak it up first? That was the question a recent demonstration at the Manitoba Beef and Forage Initiatives (MBFI) Brookdale site tried to answer. It was a head-to-head comparison of the ability of fields to soak up surface moisture by Mitchell Timmerman, the province’s agri-ecosystems specialist, using a rainfall simulator that made
News

CFIA turns 20 with no fanfare

Founding executive says he’s surprised there wasn’t at least some notice of the milestone

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In this year of celebrating Canadian anniversaries, one has passed by with almost no notice. Well at least until Ron Doering pointed out that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, which he helped create, passed its 20th anniversary in April. Doering led the team of federal officials who drafted the plan in 1995 to extract food
soil
Comment, Opinion

Farmers’ focus must shift from yields to soil health

But looking after the land doesn’t have to result in a ‘yield penalty’

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A funny thing happens whenever talk turns to how to make farming more sustainable. As various options for improving how agriculture treats the natural environment are discussed, someone inevitably brings up the “yield penalty” farmers and society would pay. That penalty is seen as the gap between conventional methods using tillage and high rates of

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