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Strained Relations Over Land Rents – for Aug. 26, 2010

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With millions of acres unseeded this year, some unusual strains have been placed upon the relationship between landowners and renters. Most Saskatchewan grain farms are a combination of owned land and rented land. Rented acres are a big percentage of the overall land base. Some renters with unseeded land are asking for a break on
Beef cattle, Opinion

Mixed Signals – for Aug. 26, 2010

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There is good news and bad news in the recent data released from the Beef Information Centre’s research into consumer preferences for beef. The good news is, the vast majority of consumers like to eat beef. Ninety-six per cent of Canadian households and 93 per cent of individuals consume beef, which places its popularity close
Cereals, Crops, Opinion

Letters – for Aug. 26, 2010

What is it going to take before the deteriorating state of Highway 34 is addressed? Letters have been written and phone calls have been made by many asking that this stretch of pavement be repaired properly. As a farmer, and on behalf of all farmers who must travel this stretch, I am frustrated that our
Opinion

Fair Food, Circus Fare – for Aug. 19, 2010

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As the county and state fair season spreads across America, farmers, ranchers and producer groups from Maryland and Montana will cook rib-eyes, whip up omelettes, grill chicken, barbecue pork steaks, butter sweet corn and pour thick milkshakes for their non-farming customers from Baltimore to Billings and nearly everywhere in between. This fresh, wholesome goodness will
Opinion

Doing The Right Thing – for Aug. 19, 2010

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Governments, although they usually mean well, make mistakes. And when those errors are incorporated into policy, they can have lasting repercussions. Such was the case in the mid-1990s when the Manitoba government made the ill-fated decision to regulate manure applications to farmland on the basis of nitrogen content. The error was an honest one. The
Opinion

Bipole III Absurdities – for Aug. 19, 2010

In response to Finance Minister Rosann Wowchuk’s statement regarding cultivating beneath power lines in the July 22 issue of theManitoba Co-operator,I would invite the minister to explain how exactly you get a 45-foot cultivator under a tower that has a footprint of 23-feet to a side. A farmer with big implements will not be able
Opinion

Letters – for Aug. 19, 2010

I happen to be one who believes climate change is not only real and affecting us now, but is caused by the way we live on this earth as humans. But don’t take my word for it. That is exactly what the world’s best scientific minds have been telling us for years. But nobody seems
Opinion

Doha Talks At Dead End, Trade Expert Says – for Aug. 19, 2010

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The Doha round of WTO negotiations are kept alive through pretence because no one wants to admit they’re as good as dead, says trade expert Peter Clark. A longtime Doha doubter, whose predictions have proved remarkably accurate, Clark has released a 49-page gloomy diagnosis about the state of the Doha round that was supposed to

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