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Dairy and poultry farm managers are going to be the hardest group of employees to find in the future.

Supply management sectors also face labour shortages

More stable employment means less employee loss, but key skills are still in short supply

By Alex Binkley February 8, 2017

Despite the relative stability supply management provides the dairy and poultry sectors, they suffer from labour shortages like the rest of agriculture. Those shortages are more in the manager and owner categories though, says the Canadian Agri-Food Human Resources Council (CAHRC). As part of its extensive study of worker shortages in agriculture, CAHRC has issued

Livestock, News

Lamb co-op files for bankruptcy protection

The Canadian Lamb Producers Co-operative  seeks bridge funding

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff February 7, 2017

Reportedly unable to raise the sales volume needed to cover costs, the Canadian Lamb Producers Co-operative is seeking bankruptcy protection. The Western Producer newspaper on Jan. 27 quoted a recent statement in which the co-operative said it has been seeking an investor to finance its operations while production is ramped up and sales are increased

East Selkirk farmer and former Keystone Agricultural Producers president Doug Chorney (l) has been appointed assistant chief commissioner of the Canadian Grain Commission effective Feb. 13. Ogema, Saskatchewan farmer Lonny McKague (r) has been appointed a Canadian Grain Commission commissioner effective Feb. 13.

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Farmers Doug Chorney, Lonny McKague appointed to Canadian Grain Commission

They start Feb. 13 along with new chief commissioner Patti Miller

By Allan Dawson February 6, 2017

The Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) will soon have a full complement of commissioners. Doug Chorney, a farmer from East Selkirk, Man., is the new assistant chief commissioner and Lonny McKague, who farms at Ogema, Sask., is the new commissioner. Their cabinet appointments take effect Feb. 13. That’s also when Canola Council of Canada president Patti

A hefty surplus at the Canadian Grain Commission has some farmers  calling for a refund.

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Wheat growers repeats calls for CGC fee cut, refunds in wake of $106-million surplus

But some say mailing cheques is impractical and logistically challenging so lowering fees is the best option

By Allan Dawson February 6, 2017

The Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association thinks it’s time for the Canadian Grain Commission to cut some cheques to farmers. The WCWGA call comes because the CGC has, over the course of the past few years, accumulated a $106.3-million operating surplus, mainly through user fees on farmers. But a CGC official says he isn’t sure the

News

KAP calls for CGC surplus to fund producer insurance

With the idea of returning the Canadian Grain Commission’s surplus to producers off the table, KAP members eye possibility of insurance program

By Shannon VanRaes February 6, 2017

After much debate, Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) will investigate the possibility of using the Canadian Grain Commission’s $100-million surplus to establish an insurance program for producers. Members passed a resolution at the organization’s annual general meeting in Winnipeg last week, asking KAP to meet with the commission and examine the possibility of replacing the current

Get ready to sell new-crop canola soon, Thomas Mielke of Oil World, told farmers at Ag Days in Brandon Jan. 17.

Crops, Oilseeds

Consider selling new-crop canola soon — more than usual

Thomas Mielke of Oil World warns a jump in palm oil production will push world canola prices down later  and canola prices could decline by early this spring in anticipation

By Allan Dawson January 31, 2017

Canadian canola growers should consider selling new-crop canola soon and perhaps more than they would normally this early, says Thomas Mielke, executive director of Oil World, a German-based publication covering world vegetable oil and meal markets since 1958. “We all know these high prices (of around $500 a tonne on the Winnipeg futures market) cannot

Crops, News

Profitability could be easier to achieve through organic: 2017 COP analysis

Per-acre profitability is markedly different compared to conventional,  provincial estimates of production costs show

By Lorraine Stevenson January 31, 2017

Organic farmers potentially have a shorter road to profitability than their conventional neighbours in 2017, according to provincial costs of production budgets released recently. The most promising crops between the two systems are radically different and there’s marked difference in per-acre profitability, according to numbers shared by a Manitoba Agriculture farm management specialist at an

Local news

Agriculture Minister Eichler optimistic Trump will see value in ag trade

Trump’s nominee for ag secretary, Sonny Perdue,  has a record of supporting trade

By Allan Dawson January 30, 2017

Manitoba Agriculture Minister Ralph Eichler is optimistic President Donald Trump will see the value of agricultural trade, despite his protectionist rhetoric. “I think that Trump is a very educated man in his own way,” Eichler told reporters Jan. 17 at Ag Days. “Maybe he has to listen a little bit more than he talks… that

Crops, Markets

Big data and agriculture markets: Part 2

Trend-watching can tell us a lot about markets, but won’t necessarily mean better results

By David Derwin January 25, 2017

The first of this three-part series looked at the current state of farm revenue and risk management and how big data analysis can play a greater role. This time I’d like to explore some of the myths and misperceptions of agriculture hedging. To understand this topic we have to ask ourselves, for farm marketing and

Derek Brewin will be leading the University of Manitoba’s department of agribusiness and agricultural economics for the next five years.

Local news

Brewin named department of agribusiness and agricultural economics head

The five-year appointment began January 1

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff January 24, 2017

Derek Brewin is the new department head of the University of Manitoba’s department of agribusiness and agricultural economics. Brewin started the five-year appointment effective Jan. 1. He holds a B.Sc. in agricultural economics from the University of Alberta in 1986, and went on to do an M.Sc. at the University of Saskatchewan in 1994 and

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures rise on first WASDE since September

U.S. export sales include only small soybean business to China

U.S. corn and soybean yields revised down by USDA

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Supply management sectors also face labour shortages

Lamb co-op files for bankruptcy protection

Farmers Doug Chorney, Lonny McKague appointed to Canadian Grain Commission

Wheat growers repeats calls for CGC fee cut, refunds in wake of $106-million surplus

KAP calls for CGC surplus to fund producer insurance

Consider selling new-crop canola soon — more than usual

Profitability could be easier to achieve through organic: 2017 COP analysis

Agriculture Minister Eichler optimistic Trump will see value in ag trade

Big data and agriculture markets: Part 2

Brewin named department of agribusiness and agricultural economics head

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