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DFAA For Farmers Not On The Table: Toews

By Ron Friesen December 2, 2010

Farmers wanting compensation for damage to agricultural operations from natural disasters will have to get provinces to ask Ottawa for it, says Public Safety Minister Vic Toews. So far, that hasn’t happened, Toews said. “That has not been raised with me specifically,” he said after speaking to the Association of Manitoba Municipalities annual convention last

Hogs, Livestock, News

Pork Package Creates Livestock Insurance Precedent

By Ron Friesen November 25, 2010

Aproposed model to insure pork producers against death losses in their herds could be a long-awaited breakthrough for livestock production insurance in Canada. The Canadian Swine Health Board hopes to have an all-peril mortality insurance product ready for producers in 2011. The package would cover death losses from disease, fire, equipment failure, adverse weather or

Beef cattle, Crops, Livestock

Throne Speech Hints At Livestock Insurance

By Ron Friesen November 25, 2010

Avague promise about livestock insurance in last week’s throne speech has Manitoba cattle producers hoping it’s the kind of insurance they have on their wish list. Producers want to insure for price, not production, said Major Jay Fox, Manitoba Beef Producers president. MBP favours a voluntary program with a guaranteed level of protection against sudden

Crops, News

Cmemap Pays $40.5 Million In Manitoba

By Allan Dawson November 18, 2010

About 1.74 million acres or nearly two per cent of Manitoba cropland was either too wet to seed this spring or the seeded crops drowned, the Manitoba Agr icultural Services Corporation says. The losses prompted $40.5 million in payments to farmers under the Canada-Manitoba Excess Moisture Assistance Program (CMEMAP). “We had applications from all areas

Crops, News

Masc Hail Premium Rebate Coming

By Allan Dawson October 28, 2010

The Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation is refunding $669,000 to 1,400 farmers after reviewing its policy on how to treat drowned-out acres for which farmers had purchased hail insurance. The change means farmers will get half their MASC hail insurance premium refunded on acres enrolled in the Canada- Manitoba Excess Moisture Assistance Program (CMEMAP). “Early in

Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Canola Trend Seen Continuing Upward

October 28, 2010

Canola futures on the ICE Futures Canada trading platform continued their upward trek during the week ended Oct. 22. The strength displayed by canola was again linked to Canada’s domestic processing industry who have an aggressive crush program in place. Favourable crush margins and good canola product sales on the books have resulted in this

News

KAP Protests Flood Aid Deductible

By Ron Friesen October 21, 2010

Manitoba farmers are crying foul over a five per cent deductible on a $30-an-acre payment to compensate producers for flooded cropland this spring. Producers say it’s unfair that they have to pay a deductible when farmers in Saskatchewan and Alberta do not. Keystone Agricultural Producers passed a resolution at last week’s general council meeting protesting

Cereals, Crops, Opinion

How Governments Can Help

By Kevin Hursh September 30, 2010

The difficult, abnormally wet growing season is being capped with a harvest from hell. If governments are interested in lending some support, here’s an idea that has merit. This concept has been suggested by a number of farm groups. The way the fall is going, the idea is now especially relevant. Why not provide a

Beef cattle, Forages, Livestock, News

MCPA Optimistic Aid Program Coming For Manitoba Cattle – for Aug. 26, 2010

By Allan Dawson August 26, 2010

Manitoba Cattle Producers Association (MCPA) president Major Jay Fox is optimistic an aid program will be announced by month’s end for cattle farmers struggling in the wake of excess moisture. Fox met with Manitoba Agriculture Minister Stan Struthers Aug. 17. Following the meeting, Struthers said in a news release “the province will continue to monitor

Opinion

Strained Relations Over Land Rents – for Aug. 26, 2010

By Kevin Hursh August 26, 2010

With millions of acres unseeded this year, some unusual strains have been placed upon the relationship between landowners and renters. Most Saskatchewan grain farms are a combination of owned land and rented land. Rented acres are a big percentage of the overall land base. Some renters with unseeded land are asking for a break on

Daily Network News

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

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