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Taking Ownership

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Farmers have heard lots about value lately – value-added processing, value chains and supply chain partnerships. But quite frankly, the “how” of where these initiatives will add to their bottom lines has remained elusive. Of course, value-added developments often mean additional or expanded marketing opportunities, but many of these tend to be small and selected,
Opinion

Gun bill hasn’t died

I would like to put to rest any suggestion that my private member’s bill to end the long-gun registry ended with the government’s action to prorogue Parliament. I am pleased to inform you that Alex Binkley’s reports of the death of Bill C-391, which would repeal the long-gun registry, are highly exaggerated. In his Jan.
Opinion

More Questions To Be Answered

Thanks for the story on Peak of the Market and for making the point that we care about what happens at Peak of the Market because it is we the citizens through our legislative representatives who gave it its authority. Please let me go a bit further to point out that we care also
Opinion

Peak Growers Industry Leaders

Ron Friesen’s article “Growers allege discrimination, Jan. 21, 2010” presents a one-sided scathing view of Manitoba’s best and most progressive farmers. His labelling of the industry being “in the hands of a few large commercial operations” is misleading and largely false. There is not one potato grower in the Peak organization that is not family
Opinion

The Colour Of Farm Politics

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A lot of Europeans travel but don’t seem to worry about consuming GM crops while on holiday in another country. Green is the new Red. In other words, a big part of the Green movement is fuelled by people with a philosophy that used to be called Red – a philosophy that’s anti-business and anti-development.
Opinion

Hold The Salt

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While the addition of vitamins and minerals to food is highly regulated, sodium is not. Policy-making in the area of food and nutrition is a difficult task at the best of times. It’s particularly difficult when the science is not clear, and this is more common than most people realize. When the science is uncertain,
Opinion

Potash prices plunder potential production

During the years 2000 to 2007, the price for potash fertilizer averaged out at $145 per tonne. In 2008, world grain prices increased dramatically due to expected or actual food shortages in the world. Almost simultaneously, potash prices rose over 400 per cent to an average of $643 per tonne. During 2009, potash fertilizer remained
Opinion

And This Little Piggy Squealed…

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Roosters crow, cows moo and pigs squeal. To be more precise, proud roosters crow, contented cows moo and, contrary to popular folklore, scared pigs – not happy ones – squeal. In fact, the more scared the pig, the louder the squeal. This simple piece of farm knowledge was confirmed, again, in a Jan. 5 letter
Cereals, Dairy cattle, Opinion

Marketing Board Or Private Club?

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Debate and controversy are nothing new to orderly marketing. Whether it is supply management, as in the case of dairy or poultry, or single-desk selling, as in the case of the Canadian Wheat Board, there is a legitimate discussion over whether the public good these systems generate outweigh their costs to personal freedom. There are
Cereals, Crops, Oilseeds, Opinion

Analysts Weigh In With New-Crop Prices Forecasts

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It’s refreshing to see an analyst come up with actual price forecasts, rather than just dancing around all the issues. What numbers should a producer pencil in for crop prices in the new crop year? That was the multibillion-dollar question for the thousands of producers attending Crop Production Week and the Western Canadian Crop Production

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