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Slung mud won’t patch program cracks

“This Conservative government puts farmers first in every decision we make.” This recent quote is from a letter by our agriculture minister, Gerry Ritz. It should be the way a government reacts to all decisions that concern agriculture in Canada. But a letter that I received from Mr. Ritz says something very different. When the
Cereals, Opinion

World Loses Its Leading Hunger Fighter

CIMMYT joins with members of the international development community to mourn the passing of Nobel Peace Laureate and renowned wheat scientist, Norman E. Borlaug, who died Sept. 12 at the age of 95 from complications from cancer, after an exemplary life dedicated to fighting hunger in developing countries. Borlaug worked as a CIMMYT wheat breeder
Opinion

Ghost Of The Crow

JOHN MORRISS EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Afew years ago CBC’s “As it Happens” radio show host introduced a political panel on federal-provincial equalization with the question “Now that the Crowsnest rate is no longer an issue, is equalization destined to take its place as a synonym for ‘bore you to death?’” For those who participated in the
Opinion

Sleeping With The Fishes

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If mega-biz is to be believed, the new antitrust chief in the Obama Department of Justice, Christine A. Varney, is really a hurricane whose chief ambition is to demolish the very foundations of modern American business. If the Wall Street Journal is to be believed, Varney’s first public comments on antitrust, offered in her May
Cereals, Opinion

Don’t Blame Ethanol For Hog Industry Woes

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Feed grain prices in Western Canada are not wholly dependent on the supply and demand in Western Canada. The dog days of summer are upon us, and with the last remnants of the small-town fairs still in the air, we’re left with fond memories of the circus clowns and second-rate magicians. Disappearing people, never-ending hankies,
Cereals, Opinion

CWB promotion about supporting farmers’ product

Unfortunately, Gertrude Sawatzky was misinformed about the Canadian Wheat Board’s branding and advertising efforts (“CWB promotion waste of farmers’ money,” Co-operator, Aug. 27, page 5). The advertising budget is spent on ensuring Prairie farmers are aware of and informed about the CWB programs and services they can use – everything from notifying farmers of upcoming
Opinion

Stephen Harper Abandons Canada’s Hog Farmers

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On Aug. 15, Gerry Ritz, Stephen Harper’s minister of agriculture, abandoned Canada’s hog farmers. After months of pleading for help, with a $3.2-billion sector at stake, the Harper government announced a loan program that only the most viable operations would consider, and a small amount to exit farmers out of the sector. Employing tens of
Crops, Opinion, Pulses

Touring The Drought Zone

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This will not go down in history as one of the big drought years in Saskatchewan. When everything is tallied, 2009 will not rival years such as 1988 and 2002 for crop-related drought losses. In early July, the drought conditions in west-central and northwest Saskatchewan were steadily worsening. Farm group leaders and opposition politicians were
Opinion

Good Planning Needs More Resources

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What local government should be asking for is resources to enable them to do better, long-term planning to ensure a sustainable future for their communities. Driving home after a visit to Grasslands National Park in southwestern Saskatchewan this summer, I saw our rural landscape with new eyes. After spending a few days in this 400-square-kilometre

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