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Editor’s Take: Canada’s farm labour gap needs holistic solution

By Gord Gilmour August 1, 2019

Farm labour, or rather the shortage of it, is getting much attention lately. In recent weeks, there’s been a pilot program announced to provide temporary foreign workers (TFWs) with a path to permanent residency. There’s also been a study that suggests farms are going high tech, automating and mechanizing at an even faster rate —

Editorial, Farmit Manitoba, Opinion

(Former) Editor’s Take: Record exports are not a problem

By John Morriss July 25, 2019

Canadian farm organizations have been making the case for better business risk management programs, and with margins getting tighter, they may be justified. But farm leaders should ask for the right reasons, and they shouldn’t include market access problems or being caught in a trade war, especially when export demand has never been better. Hardly

Columns, Editorial, Farmit Manitoba

Editor’s Take: Canada at a crossroads

By Gord Gilmour July 19, 2019

According to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Canada remains either a leader or laggard in the realm of support for its agriculture sector, depending on how one approaches the problem. A free market idealist who favours letting the invisible hand sort it all out might think less support to producers is a

Editorial, Farmit Manitoba, Opinion, Other

Editor’s Take: Fair’s fair

By Gord Gilmour July 11, 2019

An old friend lives in Winnipeg along a major thoroughfare that’s slated for expansion at some yet-to-be-determined future date. He and his wife have lived there for nearly 20 years, and the word of the planned roadwork came down shortly after they bought the house. They’ve been told, in no uncertain terms, that once the

Editorial, Opinion

Editorial: Interests aligned?

By Gord Gilmour July 6, 2019

Canada’s major grain companies — through their industry voice the Western Grain Elevator Association (WGEA) — have come out swinging against a discussion paper that puts analytical testing on the table (see Allan Dawson’s front-page story). The Canadian Grain Commission has been reviewing whether falling number and tests for the mycotoxin deoxynivalenol (DON) would serve

Editorial, Opinion

Editorial: Pulling it together

By Gord Gilmour June 27, 2019

It’s been a long road towards merger for Manitoba commodity groups. Over the past three years groups have opted in and out of the process and at times it’s seemed like little or nothing was happening. But in truth that’s just been the long, slow process of trying to bring independent entities together into one

Editorial, Opinion

Editorial: A fine balance

By Gord Gilmour June 20, 2019

Where does one individual’s rights end, and another’s begin? One famous definition runs like this: “The right to swing my arms in any direction ends where your nose begins.” It’s a straightforward common-sense approach that attempts to balance individual liberty with the rights of others. However, it’s also a very simplistic black-or-white view. The reality

Editorial, Opinion

Editorial: Brand name

By Gord Gilmour June 13, 2019

As the writing began to appear on the wall for the Canadian Wheat Board, many wondered what would become of Brand Canada. The nation has long enjoyed a global reputation as a producer of high-quality milling wheat. Canada has been a dominant player in this lofty quality grouping since the legendary Red Fife and Marquis

Editorial, Opinion, Other

Editorial: Back to normal

By Gord Gilmour June 6, 2019

A farmer who’s been around the block can’t be blamed for watching the current economic and political situation with growing nervousness. Anyone who was associated with a Prairie farm during the 1980s and ’90s has no choice but to remember those painful lost years, especially in the crops sector. Income dried up, losses mounted and

Editorial, Opinion

Editorial: Wild things roaming

By Gord Gilmour May 30, 2019

A few years back, an acquaintance returned to school at mid-career and studied natural resource management. He was lucky enough to land a job with the province that first summer, checking boats at a stop on the Trans-Canada Highway at the Manitoba-Ontario border, to prevent the spread of zebra mussels. I mentioned that this sounded

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Editor’s Take: Canada’s farm labour gap needs holistic solution

(Former) Editor’s Take: Record exports are not a problem

Editor’s Take: Canada at a crossroads

Editor’s Take: Fair’s fair

Editorial: Interests aligned?

Editorial: Pulling it together

Editorial: A fine balance

Editorial: Brand name

Editorial: Back to normal

Editorial: Wild things roaming

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