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Retire redundant regulations rapidly

By Alex Binkley February 15, 2012

Too many government farm regulations waste time and do nothing to improve health and safety of consumers, says a report from the Canadian Federation of Independent Business. Farmers in Canada are hardest hit by regulations, an alphabet soup of rules including land-use restrictions, product labelling, food safety, border inspection, pesticides and data collection, said Virginia

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Learn from every safety incident on the farm

By Theresa Whalen January 12, 2012

Farming and ranching can be a dangerous occupation. That’s why it is so important to track and check each safety incident and learn from it — so that you can prevent it from happening again. The Canadian Agricultural Injury Reporting program (CAIR) reports an average of 115 people are killed by farm-related incidents every year,

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Conference Board Of Canada Says Ethanol Doesn’t Deserve Its Bad Reputation

By Alex Binkley November 17, 2011

co-operator contributor / ottawa Using crops to produce ethanol hasn t raised food prices and it positions Canada for a strong bioeconomy, according to a new report from the Conference Board of Canada. What s more, next-generation technologies, flex-fuel vehicles, and supporting policies could extend the role ethanol plays in Canadian transportation and manufacturing, adds

Cereals, News

Tories Tap Farmers For CWB Committee

By Alex Binkley November 3, 2011

The Conservatives have tapped their Prairie bench strength to serve on a special legislative committee that will review the bill to end the Canadian Wheat Board s monopoly over wheat and barley sales. There was nearly endless political jockeying over the bill, with NDP MP Pat Martin charging it was a conflict of interest for

Cereals, Opinion

KAP’s Policy On The CWB

By Doug Chorney October 27, 2011

The future of the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) and the Canadian government s decision to remove its single-desk marketing structure continues to be the paramount issue affecting Prairie farmers this fall. Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) has strived to take a balanced approach in dealing with this issue while using our official policy positions as guidelines.

Cereals, News

Marketing Freedom Bill Hits House

By Allan Dawson October 27, 2011

When Bill 18 the Grain Marketing Freedom for Farmers Act becomes law, the board s 10 farmer-elected directors will be fired and the five remaining government-appointed directors, including current president and CEO Ian White, will be in charge. Grain companies will be allowed to forward contract wheat, durum and barley for the 2011-12 crop year.

Cereals, News

Ottawa Accused Of Revising Wheat Board History

By Allan Dawson October 20, 2011

Regardless of how western farmers feel about the Canadian Wheat Board s (CWB) single desk today, the vast majority strongly supported it when it was created in 1943 and for years after, says Duke University history professor, John Herd Thompson. The Manitoba-born academic accuses Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz of trying

Cereals, News

A Majority For Single Desk

By Allan Dawson September 15, 2011

The Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) will fight Ottawa s plan to kill its single desk, a defiant CWB chair Allen Oberg said following a release of plebiscite results this week. Their message is loud and clear and cannot be ignored, Oberg, who farms at Forestburg, Alta., said during a news conference at a farm near

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WTO Should Seek Smaller-Scale Doha Deal

By Rod Nickel September 15, 2011

The long-running Doha round of talks will fail to reach a deal to broadly liberalize global trade this year, and should instead seek a smal ler-scale agreement in the near term, Australia s trade minister said last Friday. The Cairns Group of 19 agricultural exporters, including Australia, Canada, Brazil and Argentina, met in Saskatoon last

Cereals, News

CWB Fate Clouds Agriculture Ministers’ Meeting

By Alex Binkley July 14, 2011

Canada’s agriculture ministers agreed on food policy development and improved support programs for farmers, but the results of their annual meeting were overshadowed by debate on the Canadian Wheat Board’s fate. The meeting in St. Andrews, N.B. featured a green light for further development of a National Food Strategy (NFS) under the aegis of the

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Retire redundant regulations rapidly

Learn from every safety incident on the farm

Conference Board Of Canada Says Ethanol Doesn’t Deserve Its Bad Reputation

Tories Tap Farmers For CWB Committee

KAP’s Policy On The CWB

Marketing Freedom Bill Hits House

Ottawa Accused Of Revising Wheat Board History

A Majority For Single Desk

WTO Should Seek Smaller-Scale Doha Deal

CWB Fate Clouds Agriculture Ministers’ Meeting

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