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A study from the Canadian Agriculture Human Resource Council shows that agriculture wages lack compared to other sectors such as construction, manufacturing, and transportation.

Editor’s Take: It’s a workers’ market out there

By Gord Gilmour December 15, 2022

I want to buy some wheat. Hard red spring. I’m willing to pay $7 a bushel. Wait, you mean to tell me it’s worth $11.74 a bushel these days, according to the latest figures from the province? But I can’t afford that! It’s more than I want to pay! I’ll never turn a profit at

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(Guest) Editorial: Will the country keep coming to the city?

By Kristy Nudds December 8, 2022

Earlier this month the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair (RAWF) took place in Toronto, celebrating its 100th year. That’s an incredible achievement. The RAWF shares this achievement with a multitude of agricultural societies throughout Canada, some of whom have been hosting fairs almost as long as Canada has been a country. In Manitoba the only other

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Editor’s Take: It’s about time

By Gord Gilmour December 1, 2022

As a transplanted Saskatchewanian – now with a Manitoba tenure longer than my time in the ‘old country’ – I’ve adapted. I even cheer for the Bombers now, rather than the Riders. But there’s one difference I’ve never embraced. That’s the spring-forward, fall-back nonsense that is the twice-annual time change. I’ve always agreed with the

The pork industry is highly integrated throughout North America, so having a requirement in one state will have a ripple effect throughout the value chain.

Editorial, Op/Ed

Guest editorial: California could set the rules on raising pigs

By Kristy Nudds November 24, 2022

The biggest pork market in the U.S. could no longer be accessible to Canadian producers if a ballot initiative known as Proposition 12 becomes law. Proposition 12 was part of the state of California’s general election ballot in 2018. Also known as the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, it aims to establish new minimum

Editorial, Op/Ed

Editor’s Take: Many tools

By Gord Gilmour November 17, 2022

Everything changed for agriculture after the Second World War. As the world went to war, the sector was largely driven by horsepower. By war’s end, it was poised for rapid mechanization and the Green Revolution. which brought about increased use of fertilizer and herbicides, all products of wartime research efforts. The widespread use of nitrogen

According to the World Bank, for every one percentage point rise in food costs, 100 million people are pushed back into poverty.

Editorial, Op/Ed

Editorial: Food security hurt by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

By Laura Rance-Unger November 10, 2022

The only clarity to emerge in the eight months that have passed since Russia invaded Ukraine is that there is no end in sight. Everyone can agree this war has profound implications for grain markets and global food security. However, our understanding of how fundamentally this conflict is changing the geopolitics of food is just

Editorial, Op/Ed

Editor’s Take: Stuck in the middle

By Gord Gilmour November 3, 2022

As Canadian citizens, one of the phrases we should fear most in our language is “shared jurisdiction.” That’s the weird governance ‘no man’s land’ stuck between the federal and provincial government, where both are technically responsible for an issue and neither is likely to step up. It’s a poor dynamic, one that sets the stage

If the current government truly is a listening government, then we have a few suggestions.

Editorial, Op/Ed

Editor’s Take: Time to get serious about rebuilding cattle sector

By Gord Gilmour October 27, 2022

Several years ago Ralph Eichler, then the newly-minted provincial agriculture minister in the early days of the Pallister government, staked out a goal. He said he wanted to see the province’s beef herd rebuilt to its pre-BSE high water mark. Before that economic disaster hit the sector, Manitoba had been home to about 750,000 beef

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Guest Editorial: A carrot with a consequence

By Kristy Nudds October 20, 2022

Glacier FarmMedia – In response to the backlash it has been receiving from farmers and industry over its nitrous oxide (NO2) emissions target, the federal government was quick to reiterate that it is a goal, not a mandate. However, whether this is an achievable goal is still up for debate. By setting a goal, the

‘If grain has always been a tool of war, the criminal syndicate disguised as a country that is Russia has taken it to a whole new level.’ – Gord Gilmour.

Editorial, Op/Ed

Editor’s Take: The Great Grain Robbery II

By Gord Gilmour October 13, 2022

I suppose theft of grain has always been part of war. Armies have always foraged for food, and victors have frequently carried away these spoils of war. One defence tactic has been to go ‘scorched earth’ and burn crops while retreating. But if grain has always been a tool of war, the criminal syndicate disguised

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Editor’s Take: It’s a workers’ market out there

(Guest) Editorial: Will the country keep coming to the city?

Editor’s Take: It’s about time

Guest editorial: California could set the rules on raising pigs

Editor’s Take: Many tools

Editorial: Food security hurt by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

Editor’s Take: Stuck in the middle

Editor’s Take: Time to get serious about rebuilding cattle sector

Guest Editorial: A carrot with a consequence

Editor’s Take: The Great Grain Robbery II

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