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Editor’s Take: Simple solutions

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The agriculture industry is — rightly — proud of its track record of adoption of cutting-edge technology and techniques. From GPS positioning and auto steer to data collection and prescription soil mapping, information is the lifeblood of the farm of today and tomorrow. Which is why it’s so perplexing that relatively few farmers avail themselves
Close up of zebra mussels that washed up on the beach after a wavy and windy day.
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Comment: Management key to zebra mussel challenge

This invasive species is here to stay so we need to limit the damage

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You could almost set your watch by it. Since 2013, when zebra mussels were first detected in Lake Winnipeg, new sightings of the invasive species in our lakes and on our shorelines have become a regular occurrence. And while the ubiquitous videos of their shells collecting on the shores of Lake Winnipeg that we have
Many restaurant operators have next to no cushion to increase wages.
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Comment: Labour issues in food industry nothing new

Our labour market has been broken for years — the pandemic and recovery are just revealing it

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“We’re hiring” signs are simply everywhere. Some blame overly generous employment insurance programs which are keeping many highly capable individuals in their homes. Others will point to the younger generation not willing to work or are blaming the virus itself, because people are in fear of it. Rumours of agism have also emerged to explain
Plant developers (mostly large biotech companies) will decide for themselves whether their product meets the criteria for regulation.
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Comment: CFIA gene editing proposal problematic

The rules being floated are not science based or transparent

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Canada is deciding how to regulate gene-edited plants – and is largely proposing not to. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is responsible for regulating genetically engineered (genetically modified or GM) plants for environmental safety under the Seeds Act Regulations – Part V. These regulations define what is considered a “Plant with Novel Traits” (PNTs)
Voters head to the polls with the pandemic, climate change top of mind 
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Voters head to the polls with the pandemic, climate change top of mind 

It’s likely to be another urban-rural split at the ballot box

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Amid layers of uncertainty, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is asking Canadians to trust him once again in the federal election now underway. Though it’s been just 664 days since the governing Liberals won a minority in 2019, Trudeau clearly sees an opportunity to secure a third electoral victory and a second majority. From sunny ways
Demand is very strong for several products, including food.
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Comment: The ‘COVID tax’ at the grocery store

Food inflation is a likely ballot box issue this election, but there are policy roots

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The ballot booth question will likely differ depending on what you really care about. But since everyone eats and most try to manage a limited food budget, the most important electoral issue will likely be inflation. Or at least it should be. Everything is costing more, including food. And the worst is yet to come,
In 2020, U.S. gas sales were 119 billion gallons, down 21 billion gallons compared to 2017.
Op/Ed, Opinion

Opinion: Ethanol’s future is running out of gas

As electric vehicles take off, biofuels are set to sputter

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The key ingredients for a looming crack-up in ethanol — the fast rise of electric vehicles, lukewarm politics, and more evidence of catastrophic climate change — are in place and few in ag policy circles are prepared to face that reality. In fact, none of those woes are new; they’ve been building for years. For
Editor’s Take: On vaccine efficacy
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Editor’s Take: On vaccine efficacy

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One of the key metrics that crop protection products are evaluated on is one known as ‘efficacy.’ You’re quite right if you think that’s a $5 word for ‘effectiveness.’ Whether or not a crop protection product does what it says it will do is a critical part of its evaluation by federal regulators. If it
It’s clear there’s going to be a big crop insurance payout this year, even if nobody’s exactly sure how big.
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Editor’s Take: A tale of two programs

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Crop and beef farmers across the province have faced the same challenging times this year but when it comes to being backstopped by support programs, there are some sharp differences. Early reports suggest many grain farmers are seeing yields in the 60 per cent of normal neighbourhood on their cereals. Some have, of course, done
The inconvenient truth about glyphosate is that it’s not harmful, unless used irresponsibly, of course.
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Comment: Glyphosate. Treating science like a buffet

Health Canada did the agriculture sector no favours with its process

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Canadians had until July 20 to comment on the federal government’s proposal to increase the amount of glyphosate herbicide residue allowed on legumes. Now, due to some deserved public pressure, Health Canada is delaying the entire process. The debate on glyphosate in Canada and around the world is populist, chaotic, political, and simply unsettling. Many

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