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Churchill port sees new opportunities for shipping in a melting — and rapidly developing — Arctic
The thawing of the Arctic is a chilling environmental prospect, but Port of Churchill proponents say it heralds a new era for Canada’s long-neglected and underutilized northern deepwater port. Since the port was built 70 years ago, the focus has been on grain shipments, but it’s now shifting to supplying the fast-growing communities in NunavutProvince will consider lifting spring weight restrictions on Manitoba roads if producers need to move grain or livestock out of flood-affected areas
High potential yields, good prices and relatively low production costs have a growing number of farmers interested in winter wheat
It will be a month or so yet before Manitoba farmers get a peek at the winter wheat crop that lies beneath this winter’s heavily insulated snow blanket. Manitoba farmers seeded an estimated 560,000 acres of winter wheat under less-than-ideal, dry conditions last fall, but at least it’s well insulated with lots of snow. “ISince a Canadian flag helped American Lee Schatz escape the Iranian hostage crisis in 1979, he never left home without one
Brian Oleson is head of the department of agricultural economics at the University of Manitoba. He recently watched the Academy award-winning film Argo, based on the 1979 rescue of six U.S. diplomats by the Canadian Embassy in Iran under the direction of Ambassador Kenneth Taylor. Here he relates another Canadian connection. Watching Argo reminded meManitoba producer Danny Penner says there would be less duplication and better use of checkoff dollars
A Manitoba farmer mounting an effort to create one big commodity association says a splintered voice is not only expensive, it could cost farmers control of their industry. As the number of commodity organizations collecting checkoffs continues to grow, a 5,000-acre Manitoban farmer can be paying around $20,000 a year in checkoffs, said Danny Penner,
