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CN challenges revenue entitlement rules

The railway says some west-bound grain doesn’t go to port and shouldn’t be included

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The Canadian Transportation Agency has asked the grain industry for reaction to a proposal by Canadian National to exempt various Vancouver destinations from federal limits on freight rates. The issue flows from a CTA ruling in December that both CN and CP exceeded the maximum revenue they’re entitled to earn annually hauling grain to terminals
Leander Campbell, speaking at Crop Connect in Winnipeg.
Crops, Local news

Crop data assists in tracking crops and disease

It’s not a bird and it’s not a plane, those are satellites up 
there and farmers can access the data they produce for free


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Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada is aiming to bring satellite technology down to earth for Prairie producers. “Typically in agriculture you’re thinking biology, maybe chemistry, well this is physics in agriculture,” said Leander Campbell, speaking at the recent Crop Connect in Winnipeg. Campbell, a remote sensing specialist with the earth observation team at Agriculture Canada, said
Actors Amelia Sargisson and Eric Peterson play playwright Annabel Soutar and Percy Schmeiser in “Seeds.”  PHOTO: HAANITA SEVAL
Country Crossroads, Local news

‘Seeds’ docudrama tells the compelling Percy Schmeiser vs Monsanto story

Annabel Soutar's play on now at the Prairie Theatre Exchange is thought provoking, nuanced and entertaining

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account_id=”2206156280001″ player_id=”ryGLIkmv”] Monsanto Canada’s Trish Jordan (l) and actor Carey Lawrence who plays Jordan in “Seeds,” a play about Percy Schmeiser’s battle with Monsanto over patent infringement on at Winnipeg’s Prairie Theatre Exchange until Feb. 28.[/caption] The portrayal of several scientists is less accurate, making one out to be supercilious and two others as beer-swilling
St. Norbert’s indoor winter farmers’ markets are test runs in preparation for expansion year round, say executive director Marilyn Firth and FMAM president Phil Veldhuis.
Country Crossroads, Local news

St. Norbert’s Farmers’ Market grows — in winter

Customer demand is the main driver behind plans to expand to year-round operations

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The temperature is hovering around -25 C outside, but shoppers at St. Norbert’s Farmers’ Market mill among its stalls like it’s a balmy Saturday in July. They’re indoors, of course, visiting Manitoba’s largest farmers’ market’s winter market. This is the second winter St. Norbert’s stayed open for biweekly Saturday markets after October, with about 30
Environment Canada senior climatologist David Phillips says weather has become increasingly erratic across the globe.
Crops, Local news

Get ready for more ‘weather whiplash’

Unlike other regions, Manitoba may be able to benefit from climate change

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As climate change warms the globe, Manitoba may be well poised to become an agriculture superpower because of its proven ability to adapt, says the senior climatologist with Environment Canada. “I am optimistic about the future of agriculture in the Prairies because I have always been fascinated and intrigued with the ingenuity, resourcefulness and survivability
Crops, Local news

Swan River meeting calls for return of CWB

About 50 farmers supported the resolution

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A group of Manitoba and Saskatchewan farmers wants the Canadian Wheat Board and its single-desk marketing system reinstated. Organizers of a meeting Feb. 10 in Swan River say 50 farmers attended and unanimously passed a resolution calling for a return to orderly marketing and co-ordinated grain transportation logistics. The resolution says loss of the board
News, Oilseeds

Chuck Fossay new president of MCGA

The 2016 executive was decided Feb. 11

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Starbuck farmer Chuck Fossay is the new president of the Manitoba Canola Growers Association (MCGA) He replaces Ed Rempel, also of Starbuck, who remains on the MCGA’s board but declined to seek re-election as president. The MCGA held its reorganizational meeting to elect a new executive Feb. 11 following its annual meeting in Winnipeg. Clayton
Grain silo and train
Crops, News

Deadlines loom for grain-monitoring programs

Associations say tracking railway performance must continue

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Grain farmers and shippers have their eye on a couple of other deadlines. The federal government’s grain monitor’s contract ends in July 2017, while federal funding that helps the Ag Transport Coalition track railway performance ends in March 2017. “We need the data and so does the government so we can say, ‘Here’s what we
Local news

Farm safety consultant keeps busy

Farmers have made the most of an opportunity to consult their farm safety expert, says KAP staff

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A provincial consultant with expertise in workplace legislation has helped more farmers understand their responsibilities and obligations, say Keystone Agricultural Producer staff. “They’ve really filled her calendar,” said James Battershill, KAP executive director. “I believe that we’ve had 20 to 25 producers on the wait list for her to go out to.” Morag Marjerison was
VIDEO: Three things farmers should know about grain grading
Crops, Local news

VIDEO: Three things farmers should know about grain grading

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For nearly two decades, Judy Elias has worked for the Canadian Grain Commission specializing in grain inspection. At the recent CropConnect conference in Winnipeg, she spoke about how producers can get a proper grain sample ready for grading and what options they have if a dispute occurs at the elevator over grain quality.

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