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KAP’s advisory council further refined the general farm organization’s carbon tax policy at its April 20 meeting passing of a resolution to review all other options, including a GST-style approach so farmers could get carbon taxes in products they buy rebated. KAP’s standing policy to exempt agricultural production from the tax so farmers remain internationally competitive, credit farmers for their beneficial practices protecting the environment and for government to show where every carbon tax dollar is raised and spent, remains in place.
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Keystone Agricultural Producers adds detail to its carbon tax policy

Some KAP delegates argued the farm group should oppose a carbon tax, 
but others said since a tax was inevitable KAP should help government 
create a tax that won’t make farmers uncompetitive

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Keystone Agricultural Producers’ (KAP) carbon tax policy was further refined at its advisory council meeting here April 20. But an almost hour-long debate on five carbon tax-related resolutions revealed some KAP members want KAP to oppose a carbon tax. “We want to wait and get everybody (in competing agricultural countries) on board before we move
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KAP’s carbon tax position pre-April 20

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At its advisory council April 20, KAP delegates passed several resolutions to KAP’s carbon tax policy, including a call to review all options, including a GST-style approach so farmers could get carbon taxes in products they buy rebated. The following is KAP’s carbon tax policy as of March 30, which was reaffirmed at the April
The ruby-throated hummingbird migrates from Central America — a distance of up to 6,000 km.
Country Crossroads, Local news

Long-distance flyers

Many migrating birds travel an astonishing number of kilometres and some even make the trip non-stop

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It’s migration time, not just for “Canadian snowbirds” returning from a winter in the southern U.S. or Mexico, but for actual birds returning north for the nesting season. April and May are prime months for migrating birds to reach Manitoba, although a few early species may appear in March, and late ones in June. Horned
Communications Tower with blue sky and clouds in the background.
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Province to upgrade emergency communications system

Unreliable FleetNet is 26 years old 
and at the end of its service life

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With sporadic flooding this spring and grassfire season just around the corner, one reeve in Manitoba says at least they know they won’t be handling emergencies much longer without proper communications systems. Provincial officials say they are finalizing a request for proposals to replace Manitoba’s now obsolete FleetNet public safety emergency communications system. “We are
Blacklegged tick risk areas (shown in orange) track the westward spread of the disease-carrying arachnid. The government has warned that the risk of a blacklegged tick biter is greater, but not exclusive to those areas.
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Doctors push disease prevention as tick season begins in Manitoba

The bloodsuckers are back and experts are once again 
offering advice on tick-borne disease

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Doctors and government are sounding the alarm on tick-borne diseases as the first blacklegged ticks of the season have been discovered in Manitoba. Lyme disease, the illness most associated with the blacklegged tick and a growing villain in the minds of Manitobans, once again tops the province’s tick-related health concerns. Last year saw the highest
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Tips for avoiding ticks

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Information taken from Manitoba Health, Seniors and Active Living Perform daily tick checks, particularly after spending time in areas with known blacklegged tick populations. Remain on paths and away from long grass. Wear appropriate tick repellant. Wear long pants, long-sleeved shirts and closed-toe shoes. Tuck pants into socks. Wear light colours to more easily detect
Parliament Hill in Ottawa.
Comment, National news

Government support for agricultural innovation vital

With the agriculture policy framework up for renewal, 2018 promises to be a critical year for the future of research

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The federal government has been applauded by leaders in agriculture, research, and agribusiness up and down the value chain for the promises contained in the 2017 federal budget, released just over two weeks ago. The government’s goal is to increase Canada’s agri-food exports to at least $75 billion annually by 2025. With such an ambitious
Melanie Dubois, an AAFC senior riparian and biodiversity biologist at the Brandon Research and Development Centre, displays some of the native bees she’s collected in her research into their habitat requirements.
Crops, Local news

Pollinator support program coming to Manitoba this summer

The North America-wide initiative between General Mills and the Xerces Society aims to establish 3,000 acres of pollinator habitat in Manitoba 
by 2021. The program will host demo workshops here this summer

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Native bees play a crucial role in a healthy environment but they need our help. That’s the message an Agriculture Canada staffer had for farmers and other rural landowners meeting here earlier this month. Melanie Dubois is a senior riparian and biodiversity biologist, based at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Brandon Research and Development Centre, who
Livestock, News

Goat milk producers voting on mandatory checkoff

Ontario is the largest goat milk-producing jurisdiction 
in North America

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Ontario’s goat producers will be voting from Feb. 27 to March 10 on a proposal to create a producer association under the Ontario Farm Products Marketing Act. The designation would allow Ontario Goat to collect a mandatory licence fee of $0.005 per litre of goat milk marketed from licensed goat farms. The $0.005 is the
National Post columnist Andrew Coyne told the Canadian Global Grains Symposium in Calgary that a carbon tax is the most efficient way to discourage carbon emissions because it’s market driven instead of regulatory.
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Carbon tax more efficient than regulations: Coyne

And just because the Americans don’t have one doesn’t mean Canada will be less competitive, according to the National Post columnist

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If Canadians want to cut carbon emissions to mitigate climate change, a carbon tax is the most efficient way to do it, says National Post, columnist Andrew Coyne. “My economics training tells me that’s the best way to approach this,” Coyne told the Canadian Global Crops Symposium April 12. “Carbon pricing I guarantee you is

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