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Support Group Eyes Farm Aid North

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Farmers may be singing the blues over uncertain prices and high costs but Farm Tribute Canada hopes to strike a different chord this summer. The farm support group plans to hold a Canadian version of the U. S.’s famous annual Farm Aid benefit concert, to be held at Downsview Park in the north end of
Forages, News

“Holy Smokes! Maybe I’m Dying Here!”

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“ I remember like it was yesterday. The freezing rain was stinging my face and I was lying there in the mud – so cold – with the horses sniffing and milling around above me. I could feel a painful heat and numbness rising up my body from my legs – like boiling water. All
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Pellerin New CFA President

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Laurent Pellerin is the new president of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture succeeding Bob Friesen who stepped down last year to run unsuccessfully for the Liberals in the general election. Pellerin, who had been CFA first vice-president for several years, defeated Ron Bonnett, CFA second vice-president and former president of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture.
Cereals, News

Ritz Asks CWB To Allow Full Federal Audit

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Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz has taken the Canadian Wheat Board up on its invitation to have federal Auditor General Sheila Fraser review its risk management practices. Going one further, however, Ritz also wants Fraser’s office to conduct “a full audit of all operations” at the CWB, the minister said in a release last Thursday,
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Ignatieff, Ritz Sweet-Talk CFA Delegates

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“Everywhere we go, we find new customers.” – AGRICULTURE MINISTER GERRY RITZ Delegates to the annual meeting of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture in late February could be excused for thinking a general election was underway. Not only did they get the customary speech from Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz, they also received a pitch from
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KAP demands tax credits for food safety

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“It can get very expensive.” – Ian Wishart, KAP Manitoba farmers want a tax reward for providing consumers with safe, wholesome food. Keystone Agricultural Producers delegates at their annual meeting passed a resolution demanding producers receive income tax credits for carrying out on-farm food safety programs. The credits could be in the form of income
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Budget Aid To Be Followed By Livestock Aid Meeting

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“We see (slaughter capacity funding) as filling in holes and gaps in packing facilities across the country.” – Agriculture minister Gerry Ritz The progress reports the Liberals have demanded for their support of the Jan. 27 federal budget should help farm groups keep track of how much of the $550 million allocated for agriculture is
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Budget will deliver on three fronts for agriculture

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Rural communities and farm incomes should benefit from provisions that Finance Minister Jim Flaherty was expected to unveil in his Jan. 27 budget, says Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz. Speaking to reporters Jan. 23, Ritz said the budget will focus on responding to the global economic slowdown by stimulating the economy, creating jobs and protecting the
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Celebrating Perseverance

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Jack Wilkinson, one of the most respected veterans of national and international efforts to give farmers a policy voice, was eloquent in his brief description last week of the crossroads farmers in Manitoba faced a quarter-century ago. “It was not obvious that Keystone would be successful,” he told farmers and dignitaries gathered for the 25th

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