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'The success of Canada’s economy doesn’t truly rely on a few favoured firms that are able to capture regulators and curry favour with politicians.' – Gord Gilmour.

Editorial: Checks and balances needed

By Gord Gilmour June 29, 2023

There’s a deepening need in Canada to increase oversight into competition in our economy, as evidenced by the latest food-related scandal. Canada Bread, an arm of the Mexican multinational Groupo Bimbo, just agreed to pay a $50-million settlement for its part in a bread price-fixing scheme. It was a conspiracy that ran for 14 to

Editorial, Op/Ed, Other

Editorial: Carbon hype is not market reality

By Alexis Stockford June 26, 2023

It’s easy to understand why farmers want carbon credits to work. They want to be paid for the ecological goods and services they provide. On a more emotional level, it’s nice to be treated like heroes in times when farmers are sometimes painted as environmental villains. The public is increasingly focused on climate change and

Editorial, Op/Ed

Editor’s Take: Booms and busts

By Gord Gilmour June 15, 2023

I’m just old enough to remember the farm bust of the 1980s. I was a teenager at the time, and like all good parents would, my folks tried to shield me from the worst of their worries and woes. But I grew up on a grain farm, and in that era, troubles were unavoidable all

The meat section in a grocery store in Selkirk, Man., on Jan. 30, 2022.

Editorial

The resiliency of ‘local’

By Alexis Stockford June 3, 2023

North America’s meatpackers are not having a good time. As our reporter Don Norman wrote in last week’s front-page story, there’s been a torrent of bad news from some of the biggest names in the business. In early May, Reuters reported that U.S.-based Tyson Foods, the world’s second-largest producer of beef, pork and chicken, had

John Heard leads a discussion at a past Crop Diagnostic School event in Carman, Man.

Comment, Op/Ed, Other

Comment: Provincial soil specialist left lasting mark

By Don Norman May 19, 2023

A few weeks ago, award-winning soil fertility extension specialist John Heard said his goodbyes to colleagues as he moved into retirement. His stalwart presence on the agriculture scene had a huge impact as I began my career with the Co-operator and entered the fray of agriculture writing. When I started the job in May 2022,

A private member’s bill currently moving through a committee on international trade in the House of Commons aims to enshrine supply management in Canada and ensure it’s not undermined by future trade deals.

Editorial, Op/Ed

Editor’s take: Private member’s bill reveals deep divisions in agriculture

By Gord Gilmour May 11, 2023

Not long ago, the deepest division in Canadian agriculture — at least west of the Lakehead — was the Canadian Wheat Board. From protests to prison sentences for running the border with truckloads of wheat, it had enough drama to keep everyone interested. And perpetually outraged. On one side were those who favoured the monopoly

Editorial, Op/Ed

Editorial: Food and the four-leaf clover

By Alexis Stockford May 5, 2023

Today’s teenagers aren’t eating particularly well, and it’s not just those in cities. In fact, according to a recently released study of Grade 9 students by the University of Manitoba, rural kids might be eating worse in terms of things like sugars and saturated fats. And when it came to veggies or certain major nutrients,

Editorial, Op/Ed, Other

Editor’s Take: Slipping one in

By Gord Gilmour April 27, 2023

Many years ago, I saw a cartoon that caused my cynical inner journalist to chuckle. A man in a suit sat behind a massive desk, handing a paper to a lackey, saying “Take this, Henderson, and hide it from the public.” I laughed because even a wet-behind-the-ears cub reporter in the early 1990s could recognize

Manitoba’s elk industry has yet to record a CWD case in farmed animals, and the industry wants to keep it that way.

Editorial, Op/Ed

Editorial: Now or never on chronic wasting disease

By Alexis Stockford April 20, 2023

The first deer was standing, unconcerned, on the edge of the highway near Holland as I drove past. It was the middle of the day. Then there were a few more chowing down on the remains of a bale and a veritable conga line of them along the railway near Treherne. The next day, in

The contents of a recent report on a looming retirement crunch in Canadian farmers really isn’t a huge surprise.

Editorial, Op/Ed

Editor’s Take: Durable solutions needed for human capital crunch

By Gord Gilmour April 13, 2023

When Canada has a systemic problem, all too often our national reaction is to slap a Band-Aid of some kind on it and call it a day. Nursing shortage in Manitoba? Jump on a plane and poach every available nurse from the Philippines. Doctor shortage? Hoover up every available international doctor from South Africa, India

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Editorial: Checks and balances needed

Editorial: Carbon hype is not market reality

Editor’s Take: Booms and busts

The resiliency of ‘local’

Comment: Provincial soil specialist left lasting mark

Editor’s take: Private member’s bill reveals deep divisions in agriculture

Editorial: Food and the four-leaf clover

Editor’s Take: Slipping one in

Editorial: Now or never on chronic wasting disease

Editor’s Take: Durable solutions needed for human capital crunch

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