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Cereals, News

In Brief… – for Jun. 3, 2010

Ticks don’t like nerds: Tucking your pants into your socks will act as a barrier to black-legged ticks, also known as deer ticks, a research scientist with the Public Health Agency of Canada and an adjunct professor with the faculty of agricultural and food sciences says. Insect repellents containing DEET are helpful too. Robbin Lindsay
Cereals, Oilseeds, Opinion

CWB voter eligibility changes justified

We welcome readers’comments on issues that have been covered in the Manitoba Co-operator. In most cases we cannot accept “open” letters or copies of letters which have been sent to several publications. Letters are subject to editing for length or taste. We suggest a maximum of about 300 words. When your Conservative government introduced legislation
Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Spring Rains: Bullish Or Bearish?

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For three-times-daily market reports from Resource News International, visit “ICE Futures Canada updates” at www.manitobacooperator.ca. ICE Futures Canada’s canola futures were range-bound once again during the week ended May 28, although the bias was to the downside in most months as the Canadian dollar managed to claw back off of its recent lows. The currency
Opinion

CFIA’s Powers Have A Long Reach

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ACanadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) inspector stopped at a farm and talked with the old farmer: “I’m here to inspect your farm.” The old farmer replied, “You better not go in that field.” The CFIA inspector replied in a solemn tone, “You don’t seem to understand. I have the authority of the federal government with
Cereals, Oilseeds, Opinion

CWB election changes undemocratic

I am responding to recently proposed legislation regarding Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) voting rules. These proposed changes do two things at the same time: take small producers off of the voters’ list even if they market their grain through the CWB and thereby help pay the costs of the organization, while at the same time
Cereals, Crops

Confusion Reigns Over Who Gets To Vote

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“It certainly wasn’t what was intended from the panel report.” – DAVID ROLFE If farmers are confused whether they’ll get a vote in Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) elections this fall, they aren’t alone. Media, farm organizations, and maybe even the minister of agriculture, have been confused too. Ottawa tabled Bill C-27, the Canadian Wheat Board
Cereals, Crops

Higher Threshold Requested

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“My biggest fear was that they would immediately go to the weighted ballot. I think this will actually stop that.” – IAN WISHART The Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association (WCWGA) says C-27 is a step in the right direction, but doesn’t go far enough to prevent hobby farmers from voting in Canadian Wheat Board elections.
Cereals, News

Bill C-27 To Change Voting Criteria

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Farmers who want to vote in Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) elections will have had to produce 40 tonnes of grain in the current or previous two crop years if Bill C-27 becomes law. The Canadian Wheat Board Payments and Election Reform Act introduced in the House of Commons last week also promises to process CWB
Opinion

The Best Farm Support Program

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Scholarly types come up with different numbers when they set about quantifying the returns on public investment in agricultural research, but they are all, without fail, extraordinarily positive. University of Guelph agricultural economist George Brinkman summed it well in a 2004 paper by saying agricultural research is one of the highest payback uses for public
Opinion

Letters – for May. 13, 2010

We welcome readers’comments on issues that have been covered in the Manitoba Co-operator. In most cases we cannot accept “open” letters or copies of letters which have been sent to several publications. Letters are subject to editing for length or taste. We suggest a maximum of about 300 words. Farmers heading back to bad old

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