Grit leader says farmers need simplified flood compensation

Liberal Leader Jon Gerrard has released a self-authored report on the 2011 flood that calls for a full and independent review of how it was handled. In his report, Gerrard makes 33 recommendations and offers seven “main” conclusions, while accusing the province of providing inadequate warning and support to those in the Lake Winnipeg area.

City’s Sewage Discharges Detrimental To Lake Winnipeg

STAFF / Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) was quick to pounce on recent news reports that the City of Winnipeg has been discharging partly treated sewage into the Red River. The news that the City of Winnipeg s South End Water Pollution Centre has been discharging up to 60 million litres of sewage into the Red



Floods May Damage Quarter Of Thai Rice Crop

Thailand may lose a quarter of its main rice crop in the nation s worst flooding in decades, the government estimates, which could boost prices of the staple and further squeeze shipments from the world s top exporter. The flood damage to rice comes at a time when Thailand, which accounts for about 30 per


U.S. Needs Closer Watch On Afghan Farm Aid

The American Embassy in Kabul needs to do a better job of tracking aid to Afghanistan s Agriculture Ministry, which totalled $77 million last year, says a U.S. watchdog. The embassy should do more to evaluate whether the U.S. aid is properly used and whether the strategy to invest in the Agriculture Ministry is working,

Kazakhstan Back In The Grain Export Business

Kazakhstan s state-owned grain trader will return to the export market this season, shipping up to 1.5 million tonnes of what promises to be the country s biggest post- Soviet grain crop, the head of the company said. Beibitkhan Kabdrakhmanov, chairman of the management board at the Food Contract Corporat ion, forecast that Kazakhstan would


Award Recipient Pioneered Pesticide Container Recycling

STAFF / Cam Davreux, vice-president of stewardship for CropLife Canada from 1989 until his retirement in June 2011, was honoured for his commitment to environmental stewardship at the Conference on Canadian Stewardship in Halifax Sept. 20. Davreux was the push behind three stewardship programs in the Canadian crop protection industry that have gone on to

Record-Low Ice Volume In Arctic

With beautiful fall weather firmly in place across pretty much all of Western Canada, the question for me is, exactly what should I discuss in this week s weather article? We ve already discussed just what Indian summer is, we have taken a look back at the summer of 2011, and we ve looked ahead



Inglis-Area Farmer Preserves Land In Its Natural State

Future generations will be able to appreciate the beautiful landscape and varied wildlife in this area northwest of Riding Mountain National Park, thanks to a partnership between the Nature Conservancy of Canada and a retired Inglis-area cattle producer. Protecting the habitat in the Riding Mountain Aspen Parkland is important for future generations, according to the