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Letters, May 10, 2012

“Use it or lose it” comments tactless In the April 5 Manitoba Co-operator story “CWB offering new crop prices, contracts now,” by Allan Dawson, Grain Growers of Canada executive director Richard Phillips tactlessly comments that farmers need to use the CWB or lose it. This idea coming from Phillips is ironic and quite frankly foolish.
Cereals, News

Hefty raise for railroads

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Get ready to dig a little deeper to ship this year’s harvest to export ports. The Canadian Transportation Agency has approved a hefty 9.5 per cent raise in the revenue cap, which is the maximum railways can earn from shipping grain, a boost that could cost farmers an extra $87 million or about $3 per
Cereals, News

Farmers own CWB assets: KAP, WRAP, APAS

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They’ve given up trying to save the wheat board’s single desk, but three leading farm leaders are still fighting to save the board’s assets, including the contingency fund, for farmers. “I certainly have marching orders from my membership that the assets of the wheat board belong to farmers,” said Doug Chorney, president of Keystone Agricultural
Cereals, Crops, News, Opinion

What’s the message here?

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According to Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz, ending the wheat board monopoly will mean “the sky will be the limit” for wheat, prompting farmers to plant more acres. That presumably means a need for more and better varieties, so you might expect that the government would back up its claim by continuing support for public research,
Cereals, Crops, News, Oilseeds

Dominoes starting to fall as end of single desk draws nearer

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Research and market development, keeping an eye on the railways, 
and the fate of short line railways are just three of the issues KAP is trying to address

Manitoba’s farm leaders are scrambling to plug holes that will be left by the demise of the single-desk CWB. Research and market development, keeping an eye on the railways, and the fate of short lines were high on the agenda when Keystone Agricultural Producers delegates gathered at their General Council meeting last week. But challenges
Cereals, News

Flood erodes KAP memberships

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Many Manitobans are still suffering in the wake of last year’s flood, and so is the Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP). The general farm organization projects a $4,600 loss in its 2012 budget largely due to a drop in memberships. But long-standing problems with its funding checkoff aren’t helping. As of March 31, KAP had 2,177
Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, News

Canada barley trade losing ground to Argentina

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Reuters / Canada’s barley exports have dwindled to a fraction of their former might, as Argentina muscles in on trade and domestic cattle feedlots offer farmers better prices than exporters. Through March 25, Canada was on pace for exports of 1.3 million tonnes in 2011-12 similar to the past two marketing years, according to Canadian Grain
Cereals, Dairy cattle, Hogs, Livestock, News, Opinion

Letters, April 12, 2012

Government should help fund transition Regarding the article, “Time to start thinking about group housing” (March 22, 2012), Bernie Peet is right to alert pork producers to the reality that gestation crates are on the way out. While transitioning to new housing systems, this is an opportune time for producers to improve housing conditions for
Cereals, Crops, News

North Dakota wheat and durum acreage to rise

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Improved planting conditions will allow North Dakota farmers to seed more spring wheat and durum this spring, but corn will likely steal away potential acres. “Obviously (wheat) acres will be higher, just because so much was not planted last year,” said Jim Peterson, marketing director with the North Dakota Wheat Commission. Five million acres of

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