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Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister Lyle Stewart, shown here at Ag in Motion in 2015, plans to leave the post following a recent cancer diagnosis. (File photo by Lisa Guenther)

Saskatchewan ag minister, ag critic return in election

Saskatchewan’s agriculture minister and opposition ag critic both easily held their ridings Monday night as the governing Saskatchewan Party completed its electoral hat trick. By about 1 a.m. Tuesday, Premier Brad Wall’s Saskatchewan Party had won 51 of 61 ridings, for a third straight majority mandate coming out of Monday’s general election. The opposition New

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Election blackout begins in Manitoba

MASC meetings have been cancelled as a cone of silence descends on government departments in preparation for this spring’s provincial election

By Shannon VanRaes January 25, 2016

The curtain on government communication has fallen as Manitoba prepares to head to the polls on April 19. Already signs of the changes were visible at Ag Days in Brandon, or rather, they weren’t visible. “MAFRD staff will be part of the Ag Days trade show booths but will not be providing hand-outs or hanging

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Six farmers running for four spots around MCGA’s board table

Ballots were mailed last week. The deadline to return them is 4:30 p.m. Dec. 10

By Allan Dawson December 4, 2015

Six farmers, including three incumbents, are running in an election for four spots as director of the Manitoba Canola Growers Association (MCGA). Ballots were mailed to members last week and must be returned to the MCGA’s Winnipeg office by 4:30 p.m. Dec. 10. “We hope members will deal with their ballots as soon as they

Liberal leader, Rana Bokhari, opposition leader, Brian Pallister and  Premier Greg Selinger participated in the initial debate of the provincial election in Brandon on November 25.

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Debate marks beginning of provincial election

The Association of Manitoba Municipalities’ annual conference played host to the first debate  of the provincial election on November 25

By Jennifer Paige December 4, 2015

Tensions were evident as the top three candidates vying for the province’s lead role took to the podium to exchange views on hot topics last week. The Association of Manitoba Municipalities (AMM) hosted the initial debate of the provincial election at its annual conference held in Brandon on November 25. “Having the first debate of

Canada’s new Agriculture and Agri-Foods Minister Lawrence MacAulay (l) is sworn-in during a ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa November 4, 2015. Photo: REUTERS/Chris Wattie

Lawrence MacAulay sworn in as Canada’s new agriculture minister

By GFM Network News, Shannon VanRaes November 5, 2015

Ottawa/Manitoba Co-operator – Only hours after being sworn in by Governor General David Johnston and mere minutes after leaving his first cabinet meeting, Canada’s newly minted Minister of Agriculture paused to speak with reporters gathered on Parliament Hill Nov. 3. “I’m certainly pleased,” said Lawrence MacAulay. “Being a dairy farmer and a seed potato farmer

Most of farm file’s handlers to return to Commons

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff October 20, 2015

Most federal parliamentarians with experience in the agriculture and agri-food portfolio will be back in the House of Commons under a new majority Liberal government. As of Tuesday morning, prime minister-elect Justin Trudeau’s Liberals were elected or leading in 184 of 338 seats, for a decisive majority following Monday’s federal election. Stephen Harper’s Conservatives return

Dairy cattle, Livestock, Markets

Election shifts attention to trade deal as race narrows

By David Ljunggren, GFM Network News October 5, 2015

Ottawa | Reuters –– Trailing in second place with two weeks left before Canada’s election, Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced a new trade deal Monday that largely protects the key agricultural voting bloc, putting pressure on opponents who had hoped to have more to attack. Harper touted the Trans-Pacific Partnership as a good deal

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NDP would not feel bound by Pacific trade deal

By David Ljunggren, GFM Network News October 2, 2015

Ottawa | Reuters — Canada’s main opposition party said Friday that if it won an Oct. 19 election, it would not feel bound by the terms of a major Pacific trade deal the ruling Conservatives are negotiating in the United States. The New Democrats, currently trailing third in the polls, said in a letter to

Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz, shown here in February in Brampton, Ont., said farmers and processors would be “compensated” for losses incurred through any increased market access granted under a TPP deal. (Agr.gc.ca)

Dairy cattle, Livestock, Markets

Canada to pay farmers for any losses under TPP deal, Ritz says

By GFM Network News, Rod Nickel September 30, 2015

Reuters — Canadian farmers will receive government compensation for any losses resulting from a Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal, the country’s agriculture minister said Wednesday in a discussion about the nation’s protected farm sectors. The U.S., New Zealand and Australia want Canada to start dismantling a system of supply and import controls over dairy, poultry

Dairy cattle, Livestock, Markets

Farmers, upset over TPP talks, take cows to Parliament

By David Ljunggren, GFM Network News September 29, 2015

Ottawa | Reuters — Unhappy Canadian dairy farmers parked dozens of tractors in central Ottawa and walked their cows down the main street opposite Parliament on Tuesday to protest trade talks they said could cripple them. Canada is one of 12 Pacific Rim countries trying to nail down a trade deal in Atlanta this week.

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U.S. livestock: Cattle sink ahead of semi-annual inventory report

U.S. grains: Chicago wheat futures firm on recent dollar slide, winter weather

Feed Grains Weekly: More consideration being given to U.S. corn

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Saskatchewan ag minister, ag critic return in election

Election blackout begins in Manitoba

Six farmers running for four spots around MCGA’s board table

Debate marks beginning of provincial election

Lawrence MacAulay sworn in as Canada’s new agriculture minister

Most of farm file’s handlers to return to Commons

Election shifts attention to trade deal as race narrows

NDP would not feel bound by Pacific trade deal

Canada to pay farmers for any losses under TPP deal, Ritz says

Farmers, upset over TPP talks, take cows to Parliament

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