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U.S., UAE lead $4-bln effort to help farming adapt to climate change

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Johannesburg | Reuters – The United States and the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday used COP26 climate talks  to launch efforts to channel funding into making agriculture resilient to climate change, as well as to cut its emissions. The farming industry, a major part of the U.S. economy, is already battling the effects of climate change, including
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Comment: Emissions report self-serving and built on false assumptions

Reductions won’t happen in a vacuum and producers will adapt their production systems

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In late September, Fertilizer Canada and Meyers Norris Penny (MNP) released their report Implications of a Total Emissions Reduction Target on Fertilizer. That report is a response to the December 2020 federal government announcement that it would “set a national emission reduction target (for 2030) of 30 per cent below 2020 levels from fertilizers and
Reporter Geralyn Wichers attempting to demonstrate that exercise combats stress.
Farmit Manitoba, News, Other

Filling the tool box on mental health and support

Co-operator reporter Geralyn Wichers takes the ‘Talk, Ask, Listen’ workshop

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The three most effective ways of reducing cortisol, the body’s stress hormone, are: exercise, having an ‘ugly cry,’ and eating carbs. Guess which one I like best? This was my “I wish you hadn’t said that” moment of the “Talk, Ask, Listen,” mental health workshop that KAP hosted alongside the Do More Agriculture Foundation on
The Manitoba Pork Council is urging its members to make sure farm entry points have warning signage.
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Farm groups warn of trespassing uptick

Farmers are being urged to watch for suspicious individuals, who may be impersonating Manitoba Hydro employees

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A rash of farm trespassing reports has at least one producer group advising its members on how to act, should it happen to them. The Manitoba Pork Council says it has got several reports of suspicious individuals attempting to access member properties in the last week. “These individuals have reported to be from utilities like Manitoba Hydro, but
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Canada economy seen weaker than expected as supply chain woes weigh

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Ottawa | Reuters – The Canadian economy most likely underperformed expectations in the third quarter amid ongoing supply chain woes and a brutal drought, official data suggested on Friday, prompting analysts to forecast the Bank of Canada could move slower on rate hikes. The economy expanded by 0.4 percent in August, missing estimates, and looked
Some assembly required: the unboxing and installation video for the Ambient Weather WS5000 station first shows you the components.
Other, Weather

Looking to buy a home weather station?

Given supply chain issues, it may be best to Christmas shop sooner rather than later

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It might seem a little early, but with all the supply chain issues we are seeing, I think it is time to look at a couple of weather stations, just in case you are thinking of adding one to your Christmas wish list. It also didn’t hurt that I just happened to get two emails
In August, federal and provincial governments confirmed that AgriRecovery would be triggered this year, eventually leading to $155 million earmarked for Manitoba.
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AgriRecovery payments arrive

Programs announced under AgriRecovery have made good time in issuing their first payments, according to industry

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Manitoba Beef Producers (MBP) says they have been, “very satisfied” with the province’s turnaround time on AgriRecovery, with money now arriving in farmers’ hands. “It’s actually quite impressive how they were able to get cheques out the door, especially when you think about the challenges of administratively setting up an AgriRecovery program from a provincial
The World Trade Organization (WTO) headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland on Oct. 28, 2020. (Photo: Reuters/Denis Balibouse)
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U.S. committed to WTO and wants it to succeed

Key Biden appointee says U.S. wants to see trade pact work

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Reuters – Top U.S. trade negotiator Katherine Tai has affirmed the Biden administration’s commitment to the World Trade Organization (WTO), saying consensus was possible on several trade and health proposals at a major meeting next month. The 25-year-old global trade body is facing questions about its relevance and director general Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is under pressure to deliver quick reforms and clinch
The urban-rural divide in support for Canada’s major parties has been around for generations, but has dramatically intensified over the past 25 years.
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Comment: The great societal divide

Canada’s split into two distinct political tribes, the rural and urban

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After all the ballots were counted in the recent Canadian federal election, was anyone surprised that Gudie Hutchings, incumbent Liberal MP in the district of Long Range Mountains, Newfoundland and Labrador, had been re-elected? After all, western Newfoundland has been a Liberal stronghold since the days of Joey Smallwood. Nevertheless, Hutchings has become something of
The Red Barn (pictured here in 1981) at the Brandon Research Station is slated for demolition.
Farmit Manitoba, News, Other

The last days of Brandon’s Red Barn?

AAFC’s plan to tear down an over-century-old barn at the Brandon Research Station is generating push-back

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As long as most can remember the Brandon Research Centre has featured the iconic ‘Red Barn 13’ as one of the central structures on its campus. Built in 1917, the barn was a replacement for a similar structure lost to fire several years earlier. At 112 feet long and 50 feet wide, it held the

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