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Development Policy Driven By Common Sense, Not Edicts

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…most of the recommendations he identifies are drawn from the actual practice employed by many of the leading countries of the world as they went through their development phase. Alast-ditch effort to conclude the Doha Development Round of World Trade Organization negotiations was held in the summer of 2008 in the hope that George W.
Opinion

What Is A 100-Year Flood?

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In the past 40 years, nearly all of those living in the Red River Valley have had them – 100-year floods, that is. And some have experienced flood levels considerably beyond this. The 1969 spring flood at Crookston, Minn. was just slightly less than a 100-year flood. The 1997 flood at Grand Forks, Pembina and
Opinion

A Stinky Business

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Growing up on a farm situated on Osborne Clay in the Red River Valley, we learned early in life that rural waste management can indeed be a stinky business. A septic tank and field had been dutifully established using existing standards when the farm home was placed on a new foundation and indoor plumbing installed
Opinion

Caught Between Lifestyle And Commercial

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There are lifestyle farmers who are happy. There are commercial farmers who are happy. There are also farmers caught in between who are not happy at all. For an increasing number of people, the good life is a house in the country with a few acres and some animals. They like having more space than
Hogs, Opinion

Exit Auction A Bid For Failure

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The promise of free market access to American markets without fear of reproach has turned out to be one without profit, and even less access than before. Acouple years ago, I was involved with an experiment to see if farm program money could be auctioned as a mechanism for making program payments. The premise was
Opinion, Other livestock

Letters – for Dec. 3, 2009

Troubled times for cattle farmers Several years ago, at the height of the BSE crisis, two separate newspaper reporters labelled me “a troubled cattle producer.” They were right. I was troubled then and I am still troubled today. I am troubled about the Canadian cattle industry and its future. I am troubled by government policies
Opinion

Big Sky Outcome May Test Sask. Party

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The Saskatchewan Party government is proving you can lean a little bit to the right without upsetting too many people. The province’s $20 bounty on coyotes has drawn some adverse reaction, but isn’t contentious for most people who understand the explosion in the coyote population. As a kid on the farm, coyote sightings were rare
Opinion

Defining The “Actual” Farmer

JOHN MORRISS EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Private member’s bills are mostly an excuse for MPs, especially in opposition, to issue a press release and get their name associated with some popular cause. The odds of a private member’s bill being passed in Parliament may be somewhat better than winning the 6-49, but not much. There’s a lottery
Cereals, Opinion

Letters – for Nov. 26, 2009

If it doesn’t pay, don’t produce it Growing wheat for sale to the Canadian Wheat Board, I’ve ended up with $1.86 per bushel. From a total price of $11,626.02, I end up with $6,065.35; they took $5,560.67 for expenses, including weighing inspection ($44.35), elevator cleaning ($1,729.65), the freight adjustment ($1,398.62), rail freight ($2,344.34) and the
Cereals, Opinion

WTO Draft Threatens Rights Of Prairie Farmers

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In every one of the CWB’s major markets, the WTO’s proposed new “bound” tariffs are in fact higher than the tariffs actually being applied. Talks have dragged on so long it’s tempting to think there won’t ever be a new World Trade Organization deal. But bit by bit, the elements of a final agreement are

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