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Letters – for Aug. 25, 2011

August 25, 2011

Proper tire inflation crucial to performance I have spent a number of years teaching advanced driving techniques to groups such as police, ambulance and the general public, and I take exception to Jim Kerr’s statement that one not “inflate the tires to the pressure shown on the tire sidewall.” To say this is to indicate

Cereals, Oilseeds, Opinion

Canola Pool, Maybe. Wheat? Probably Not

By John Morriss August 11, 2011

As we pointed out last week, opponents of the CWB monopoly are doing their best to distance themselves from the reality that ending the monopoly means ending the board altogether. They are throwing out red herrings claiming that the CWB would still be around in some fashion, including one that the board could run a

Cereals, Opinion

“Endnotes” On The CWB’s Future

By Milton Boyd August 11, 2011

The following is the endnotes from the recently published paper by the Frontier Centre for Public Policy called “Removal of the Canadian Wheat Board monopoly: Future changes for farmers and the grain industry.” The paper concludes that while the loss of the board’s monopoly will be challenging, Western Canada’s sophisticated farmers will adapt to find

Opinion

Government Should Walk In The Shoes Of Lake Manitoba Flood Victims

By Lydia Johnson August 11, 2011

There is a definite sense of anger and betrayal as we reside on our farm inside an eight-food earthen dike, living daily with the stench of the dying foliage from our tame hay crops instead of the sweet smell of curing hay. This stench circles us on all four sides. We do not live on

Opinion

Letters – for Aug. 11, 2011

August 11, 2011

This letter is in response to John Fefchak’s June 16 letter in theManitoba Co-operator. Your comment is actually quite in line with the premier of Manitoba. I really have to ask you what you are doing with your human waste? Doesn’t that also go down the river into Lake Winnipeg? Our animal waste goes onto

Cereals, Opinion

More About Money And Power Than Freedom

August 11, 2011

After surviving 14 challenges by the Americans (ruled in favour of the Canadian Wheat Board by dispute panel each time) Prime Minister Harper will dismantle the CWB in short order and Americanize the system. The CWB, which is “uniquely Canadian,” has

Opinion

Update From East Africa: People Pushed To The Brink

August 4, 2011

Canadian Foodgrains Bank executive director Jim Cornelius is on a study leave in Kenya and Ethiopia. Last week he sent this observation from southern Ethiopia, which is experiencing its worst food crisis in 60 years. Unlike the major Ethiopia famines in 1972 and 1984, which were concentrated in the northern highlands of Ethiopia, this food

Cereals, Opinion

Why Keep Bashing The Board?

By John Morriss August 4, 2011

After decades of hard work, the Canadian Wheat Board’s opponents have finally won their battle. Normally, congratulations would be in order, but congratulations are deserved only by those who have courage of their convictions and are gracious in victory. We’re not seeing much of either. Instead, the winners of this debate are continuing to heap

Opinion

Are Higher Commodity Prices The “New Normal?”

By Purdue University Release August 4, 2011

Higher commodity prices might be the rule rather than the exception in the coming years, a Purdue University agricultural economist says. While prices regularly rise and fall, they have trended upward in a way that suggests they’ve reached a plateau, said Mike Boehlje. He attributed much of the price movement to bullish export markets, weather-shortened

Beef cattle, Opinion

Federal Decision Ignores Regional Need For Beef Plant

By Manitoba Cattle Enhancement Council August 4, 2011

Manitoba cattle producers need the facts about the recent reallocation of federal funds under the federal Slaughter Improvement Program. They have a right to know what was done and said and draw their own conclusions. MCEC was pleased when the federal government joined the chorus of support for the proposed CFIA-inspected slaughter facility with a

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Tag Archives Editorials/Comments

Letters – for Aug. 25, 2011

Canola Pool, Maybe. Wheat? Probably Not

“Endnotes” On The CWB’s Future

Government Should Walk In The Shoes Of Lake Manitoba Flood Victims

Letters – for Aug. 11, 2011

More About Money And Power Than Freedom

Update From East Africa: People Pushed To The Brink

Why Keep Bashing The Board?

Are Higher Commodity Prices The “New Normal?”

Federal Decision Ignores Regional Need For Beef Plant

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