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Editorial, Op/Ed

Editorial: Cattle at a tipping point

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COVID-19 gave everyone a new archetype for the phrase, “may you live in interesting times.” Or, to sum up a few social media posts at the time, living through a historic event isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. That’s what it feels like when looking at the cattle sector. In Saskatchewan and Alberta, ranchers
Editorial: Time to plug the BRM leak
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Editorial: Time to plug the BRM leak

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As reporter Don Norman notes in the front-page story of our Aug. 3 issue of the Co-operator, business risk management came up a few times when Canada’s federal, provincial and territorial ag ministers met in New Brunswick in July. That’s not unexpected. Farmers are being told to expect more volatile weather as a result of
Ford’s F-150 Lightning Lariat. (Ford.com)
Editorial, Op/Ed

Editor’s Take: The rural problem with EVs

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Electric vehicles have a chicken-and-egg problem in rural Canada. Until there are enough charging sites that drivers feel no constraints on travel, electric vehicle purchase will be a hard sell. And until there are enough electric vehicles to create demand for those charging stations, there isn’t an urgent push to install them. When Western Canada’s
Editorial, Op/Ed, Other

Editor’s Take: Reconciliation roadmap

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I recently attended the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists annual conference. This year it was at Olds College in rural Alberta. As one might expect, agriculture in all its forms was front and centre. From autonomous sprayers to crop-scouting drones and everything in between, the future of agriculture on the Prairies was on full display.
'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, Op/Ed

Editorial: Checks and balances needed

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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: Carbon hype is not market reality
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Editorial: Carbon hype is not market reality

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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
bank papers and coins
Editorial, Op/Ed

Editor’s Take: Booms and busts

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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’

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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

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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,

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