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A Change In Thinking

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Acomprehensive new report released by the Canadian Agri- Food Policy Institute (CAPI) is bound to ruffle a few feathers in farm country. It won’t be the section on increasing Canada’s production and exports, or the parts that say agriculture, food and health policies should be linked. Nor will it be the calls to buy more
Opinion

Forecast For March: Very, Very Hot

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After hiring into the market newsletter biz 30 years ago, my new bosses informed me that I’d sink or swim on how well I learned either fundamental or technical market analysis. I had two weeks to master one. Since fundamental analysis centres on farm and ranch facts and figures and technical analysis relies on charts
Cereals, Opinion

The Business Case For Farmers Owning Lake Freighters

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The Canadian Wheat Board has decided to purchase two lake vessels, based on a very strong business case that will result in significant economic benefits for Prairie farmers. This investment will generate revenue for decades to come, and pay for itself many times over – just as CWB ownership of rail hopper cars has done.
Cereals, Opinion

Letters – for Feb. 17, 2011

Wheat sold at a loss The 2009 crop took a year to get all the money from the Canadian Wheat Board. My cost to plant and harvest 160 acres was $25,897. When I got my last payment of $23,686 I lost $2,211 and did not charge for labour. I got $2.45 per bushel for No.
Cereals, Opinion

“Corn Pone” Opinions Don’t Serve Farmers

I would like to respond to John DePape’s ongoing criticism of the Canadian Wheat Board and DePape’s disparaging remarks about Travacon. Travacon has been called upon as an expert witness on several high-level rail hearings and it was Travacon’s analysis
Cereals, Opinion

Farmers Need Equal Treatment

Gerry Ritz doesn’t understand the wishes of western farmers who do not want to give up the Canadian Wheat Board in favour of the open-market system that the U.S. and Australia
Opinion

Last Train Out Of Town?

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With the fate of a significant portion of the rail line along Highway 2 in southern Manitoba about to be settled, I thought it a good time to question the relevance of what has been a part of our communities and our way of life for over 100 years. The value of this asset is
Opinion

Letters – for Feb. 10, 2011

The recent letter from MLA Stu Briese misleads Manitobans about the facts of the Bipole III line and the plans of his party that would put Hydro reliability and low rates at risk. Manitoba Hydro is moving forward to build Bipole III on the west side of the province in order to protect the reliability
Opinion

De Pape Misses The Point

With all due respect, I would suggest that John De Pape is the one who needs to check his facts (Manitoba Co-operator Feb. 3). My observations in the Jan. 6Manitoba Co-operatorare based on my direct experiences and the experiences
Opinion

Is Cheap Food Something To Celebrate?

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There were three storms making headlines over the past week, and only two of them were weather related. While the storm dubbed “Stormageddon” spread a wintry blast across 30 U.S. states, the Australian coast was hit by a major cyclone. But the storm that had all the world on edge last week was taking place

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