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Carbon Emission Agreements Worry Cattle Producers

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“You want to be harmonized.” – JOHN MASSWOHL, CCA Canada’s cattle producers are waiting nervously to see how international agreements on reducing greenhouse gas emissions will affect their industry. The immediate concern is about what will emerge from the United Nation’s world conference currently underway in Copenhagen. Nearly 200 nations are working toward a political
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Farmers Won’t Tolerate Further Environmental Regulation

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“Agriculture’s been doing more than its fair share without recognition, without the credit for early action from any government at this point…” Whatever measures the federal government selects for cutting carbon emissions must recognize the contributions farmers have already made, says Don McCabe, chairman of the OFA’s Environment and Science Committee. “Any increased costs for
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Sightseeing And Camping In The Fall

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“One of my favourite autumn trips is south of Boissevain to the Turtle Mountains, which are often a little later getting their fall colours.” Summer has come and gone once more, and many people have put away their tents and trailers and called it a season. But for me, September is the best outdoor season
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“Wilderness” Sites You Can Drive To

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We’ve been going there for more than 30 years, and it’s my favourite camping spot. If your trips to Riding Mountain National Park usually take you to the Clear Lake/ Wasagaming area, with all its amenities and people, why not try a different experience in some of the quieter sections of the park? There are
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Try Out A Yurt This Summer

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The yurt now being used at some Manitoba campgrounds has kept the name and a similar domed shape, but uses more high-tech materials. Do you enjoy the outdoors but aren’t keen on sleeping on the ground? Do you want to try camping this summer, but don’t own a trailer or a tent? Do you enjoy
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Community Wind Plans Move Ahead A Step

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Standing in the breeze just east of Forrest, Dan Mazier watches as a two-man crew prepares to raise a 60-foot tower in a canola field. Atop the tower will be a device for minute-by-minute measuring local wind speed, sending the data wirelessly via cellular phone signal to a computer. At the end of two years,
Hogs, Opinion

Letters – for Jun. 18, 2009

Fresh air good for animals too The article “Berkshire freerange hogs” by Daniel Winters Manitoba Co-operator May 28, brought back some nice memories. After growing up on a farm in the 1940s, I can relate to what the McDonalds are accomplishing. It’s been quite awhile since I first attended school, yet I remember the teacher
Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Soy Hits Six-Month High, Canola Doesn’t Follow

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For three-times-daily market reports from Don Bousquet and RNI, visit “ICE Futures Canada updates” at www.manitobacooperator.ca Grain and oilseed futures at the ICE Canada futures market closed the week ended April 17 mixed with canola moderately higher in the face of sharp gains in the U. S. soy complex. Commercial demand lifted the market with
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Wheeling and dealing in the new Wild West

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“We had some equipment over there and the farm manager decided he would keep my passport until he was sure that the equipment worked well.” – KEN KOTOWICH Doing business in Russia is exciting and lucrative, but not for the faint of heart. “It’s like having a pet 980-pound Kodiak bear. He’s with you, he’s

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