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Cereals, Livestock, Oilseeds

Record Canola Plantings Predicted

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Canola and all wheat will closely contest Canada’s spr ing acreage battle as farmers look to cash in on the highest prices in more than 2.5 years, Agriculture Canada’s first planting forecast of 2011 shows. Canola has consistently provided high returns to farmers, and Canada’s Agriculture Department sees them planting a record-large area after flooding
Cereals, Crops

Protecting Canada’s Grain Quality Reputation

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The Canadian Grain Co m m i s s i o n , t h e Canadian Wheat Board and the Western Grain Elevators Association have jointly issued a release reminding farmers that producer declarations protect the returns farmers earn from the international marketplace. The declaration system relies on producers to attest that the grain
Cereals, News

In Brief… – for Nov. 4, 2010

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Russian drought:Extreme drought that ravaged Russia’s grain crop this summer could also impact production during the winter season, the Financial Timesreported Oct. 28, quoting the country’s agriculture minister. Russian farmers were expected to plant about 15.5 million ha of winter grain crop this year, down from earlier forecast of 18 million hectares, Elena Skyrnnik was
Livestock, News

Major Revision Possible For AgriStability

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Canada’s key agricultural safety net program may undergo a redesign to make it more acceptable to a majority of producers who say it isn’t working for them. Agriculture ministers could consider turning AgriStability into something resembling an income insurance program without the highly unpopular financial margins underpinning it. The idea is only one of many
Cereals, Crops, Oilseeds

Canola Growers Concerned About Rail Costs

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“We didn’t want to antagonize the minister, but we wanted to make sure that he knew we are concerned.” – ROB PETTINGER, MCGA Canola growers care about rail freight costs and want the federal government to review them, says Rob Pettinger, president of the Manitoba Canola Growers Association (MCGA). Pettinger was reacting to comments from
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More Rain, More Calls For Aid

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Calls for government aid to assist rain-soaked farmers are getting louder. And that was before rains of up to 100 mm hit parts of Manitoba and Saskatchewan late last week, adding to the precipitation – in some places double and triple the norm – that has already fallen this spring. Meanwhile, crop diseases appear to
Cereals, Livestock, Opinion

Letters – for Apr. 15, 2010

Disastrous economic development The warning previews are being posted, as John Oliver speaks out on global energy, with food and water shortages on the horizon. (March 25 Manitoba Co-operator story by Daniel Winters.) We read that more than one billion people go hungry every single day and have little or no clean water to drink,
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Prairie Farm Groups Wrestle With Attracting New Producers

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“We need to see profitability, first and foremost.” – GREG MARSHALL, APAS How you gonna get ’em back to the farm? Adequate government programs and a better public image of agriculture would help a lot, say the Prairie provinces’ three major farm groups. Support for young and beginning farmers was a major subject at an
Livestock

Sask. Farmers Urge Resolution At XL

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Saskatchewan’s general farm group is urging beef firm Nilsson Bros. and its unionized workers at the province’s only federally inspected beef plant to get back to the bargaining table. The Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan (APAS) on March 29 urged the two sides to “resolve their differences and enable the reopening” of the XL Beef

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