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Editor’s Take: Government support efforts are small change

By Gord Gilmour March 5, 2020

It’s been an interesting week, from the editor’s chair, watching the stories related to agriculture policy come in. One of the most interesting was from the Canadian Federation of Agriculture AGM, where that organization issued a clear call for greater understanding. As Ottawa correspondent D.C. Fraser reports, CFA vice-president Chris van den Heuvel suggested that

A demonstrator stands at a blockade on CN track west of Edmonton on Feb. 19, 2020.

Editorial, Op/Ed, Other

Editor’s Take: Leadership needed on rail blockades

By Gord Gilmour February 27, 2020

Where do the rights of protesters end and the responsibility of government begin? In the Canada of 2020, that’s no longer a rhetorical question or a philosophical exercise. It’s a reality that governments and citizens find themselves grappling with. The recent rail blockades are disrupting lives and the national economy with serious repercussions. For a

A speaker at the recent CropConnect conference in Winnipeg says one changing demographic isn’t getting enough attention.

Editorial, Farmit Manitoba, Op/Ed, Other

Editorial: Feeding a hungry world? Yes, but…

By Laura Rance-Unger February 20, 2020

A senior executive of the largest social research company in the world is cutting a wide swath through the rhetoric pushing farmers to keep ramping up production to feed a hungry world. “It’s all nonsense,” Darrell Bricker told the farmers attending CropConnect 2020 in Winnipeg. The CEO of IPSOS public affairs has written two books

The farm sector isn’t yet well positioned to fix its labour shortage problem — and it’s not entirely clear large parts of it can be.

Editorial, Farmit Manitoba, Op/Ed, Other

Editor’s Take: Farm labour in short supply

By Gord Gilmour February 13, 2020

Ordinarily, when there’s a shortage of something in the marketplace, classic economic theory tells us prices will rise along with demand, until producers create more of whatever is in short supply. It works for manufacturing, mining and even farming, where the old saying is that “nothing solves high prices like high prices,” alluding to the

While a 600 per cent increase in the number of vegetarians sounds impressive, it only amounts to 3.4 per cent of Americans, according to a recent poll.

Editorial, Farmit Manitoba, Op/Ed, Other

Editor’s Take: Beyond ‘Beyond Meat’

By Gord Gilmour February 6, 2020

How do you separate a food trend from a food fad? It’s a valid, and pressing, question for the agriculture sector, because these fads can have a huge impact. Recall the gluten-free craze of a few years ago, when many fretted over the cumulative impact on wheat prices. Or the fad diets that are basically

Editorial, Farmit Manitoba, Op/Ed, Other

Editor’s Take: Lobby power

By Gord Gilmour January 30, 2020

I’m sure at some point or another most farmers have felt their voice is never heard in public policy debates. There’s a germ of truth to it, mainly because of the demographic realities. When less than two per cent of the population is a member of any particular group, they’re always going to struggle to

Op/Ed, Other

Editor’s Take: Food as a weapon

By Laura Rance-Unger January 23, 2020

It’s hard to imagine how the heartbreaking loss of lives in a jetliner crash could translate into a bacon boycott, but welcome to the wild and wacky world of food politics. The reaction when Michael McCain, the CEO of Maple Leaf Foods, took to Twitter to say what a lot of Canadians were feeling after

Three current or emerging herbicide-resistant weed threats in Manitoba: Palmer amaranth (left), waterhemp (top right), and kochia (bottom).

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Editor’s Take: The cancer of herbicide-resistant weeds

By Gord Gilmour January 16, 2020

I’m a redhead. Or at least I once was, before I started seriously going grey. Along with the inability to hide in a crowd, I also got the pale skin that makes sunscreen and a hat a critical part of my summertime coping tool box. It’s also led me to be statistically more likely to

Editorial, Farmit Manitoba, Op/Ed

Editor’s Take: Farmers should be researchers

By Gord Gilmour January 9, 2020

More years ago than I care to remember, I began my career writing about agriculture production practices in this newspaper. While I did grow up on a grain and oilseed operation, I don’t have much in the way of formal agriculture training. My early years involved a lot of learning on the job, asking what

Columns, Editorial

The Year in Doggerel: 20-20 Foresight

By John Morriss January 3, 2020

As you may know, in each year’s first edition We follow a time-honoured farm writer’s tradition Of reviewing the past year in doggerel (that’s badly rhymed text) And giving you fearless predictions on what to expect for the next Since she’s in charge, I hesitate to criticize Mother Nature’s decisions But I wish she could

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Editor’s Take: Government support efforts are small change

Editor’s Take: Leadership needed on rail blockades

Editor’s Take: Farm labour in short supply

Editor’s Take: Beyond ‘Beyond Meat’

Editor’s Take: Lobby power

Editor’s Take: The cancer of herbicide-resistant weeds

Editor’s Take: Farmers should be researchers

The Year in Doggerel: 20-20 Foresight

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