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Consolidation Helps Potato Industry Grow

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The potato industry, similar to most other businesses is constantly changing and contracting in numbers as aggressive, more efficient operations purchase some of the smaller operations. This same situation has happened to many of the industry suppliers – the chemical companies, fertilizer companies, farm machinery companies – the same phenomena that happens in the city
Opinion

Don’t Derail The Review

Recently, the railways have been intensely lobbying the Conservatives to permanently postpone the rail costing review that farmers have been anxiously awaiting. Could it be that the railways are earning excessive returns on grain freight and are afraid what a costing review might reveal? According to the analysis by the Producer Car Shippers of Canada,
Opinion

Farmers Will Have Input On Hydro Detour

In response to Mr. Blaine Pederson’s letter to the editor (“Not a done deal,” Co-operator, Jan. 7, page 5) I would like to provide the following comments. The assessment of new transmission requirements for this province was reviewed by the Manitoba Hydro-Electric Board, with a decision being made to develop Bipole III on the west
Opinion

Misplaced Priorities

The Olympic games are upon us with the regular hype and hoopla. To prorogue Parliament solely to deflect attention for political purposes is purely uneconomical. A million dollars in free tickets to politicians (as if they need it) and their friends is an example of extravagance.
Crops, Forages, Opinion

Catering To Affluence

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We often fail to recognize just how rich and spoiled we’ve become. The upward affluence trajectory, happening in much of the world, is having a profound impact on what people want from agriculture. Futurist Lowell Catlett from New Mexico State University recently told the Managing Excellence in Agriculture conference in Saskatoon, that recessions happen from
Opinion

Just Plain Common Sense

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When governments come forward with programs to help those in need, in this case farmers, we’d like to believe they are developed with the best of intentions. But it seems those good intentions are routinely smothered in what could only be called games bureaucracies play in the name of protecting the public purse. We don’t
Livestock, Opinion

Industry Should Lead Change Not Balk At It

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I personally believe that North Americans will never stop eating their burgers or bacon and eggs. This means the only remedy is to improve living-dying conditions for the animals in our food chain. Iwas born and raised in the city and am exactly the Public mentioned in the Feb. 11 article “Some advice for the
Cereals, Oilseeds, Opinion

Letters – for Feb. 18, 2010

We welcome readers’comments on issues that have been covered in the Manitoba Co-operator. In most cases we cannot accept “open” letters or copies of letters which have been sent to several publications. Letters are subject to editing for length or taste. We suggest a maximum of about 300 words. Volunteer CWB would be democratic The
Opinion

Peak Article A Red Herring

I enjoyed your recent Peak of the Market article, which revealed it for the Mafioso cartel that it is, including inducing a “climate of fear” on growers. It also shows how the regulations stifle innovation, as in the $10,000 fine to someone who sprayed colour enhancer on the potatoes. But in my opinion this article

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