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Young farmers offered new loans

Staff / Canadian farmers up to age 30-something are being offered loans to help them improve their operations by buying or upgrading land or farm buildings. Farm Credit Canada and the federal government rolled out a new Young Farmer Loan product, featuring variable rates at prime plus 0.5 per cent, plus no loan processing fees.
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Farmers head to school for Canadian Agricultural Literacy Week

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It’s often said farmers speak their own language, but schoolkids in nine provinces might soon understand it a little better thanks to Canadian Agricultural Literacy Week. Hundreds of farmers will be going back to school Feb. 26 to March 3 to talk to children and read from selected books telling stories about food and farming
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Bringing global markets to Manitoba Ag Days

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Exploring new global markets is becoming increasingly important in agriculture and that’s what the Agri-Marketing Centre at Manitoba Ag Days is all about. Located in Salon A on Main Street at the Keystone Centre, the Agri-Marketing Centre is a semi-private business venue where Manitoba Ag Days exhibitors, manufacturers and other agri-industry professionals can meet with
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Farmland Values Take Another Jump

The value of Canadian farmland climbed 7.4 per cent during the first half of 2011, the biggest jump in 3-1/2 years, a large Canadian farm lender said Nov. 14. Among Canada s 10 provinces, values rose the fastest in Saskatchewan, where farmland s worth climbed 11.6 per cent on average from Jan. 1 to June
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Manitoba’s Outstanding Young Farmers For 2011

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Andrew and Tanis DeRuyck’s unique mix of grain farming and farm management consulting has earned them special recognition as Manitoba’s Outstanding Young Farmers (OYF) for 2011. The Mariapolis couple chosen at a recent banquet in Brandon, and will represent Manitoba when the province hosts the national OYF event later this year. Andrew and Tanis both
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Include Children In Your Farm Safety Plan

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Unlike most other industries, in farming, the workplace is also usually the home. Adults frequently work with their children nearby and that can increase the risk of children getting injured. “Farm life can put families in situations that are uncommon to the average household,” says Greg Stewart, president and CEO of Farm Credit Canada (FCC).
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Apply For FCC AgriSpirit Fund

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The application period for the Farm Credit Canada (FCC) AgriSpirit Fund opened May 3. Registered charities and non-profit organizations interested in applying for funding this year are encouraged to apply online at www.agrispirit.ca,from May 3 until June 14. The fund will provide $1 million to support rural capital projects across Canada. The FCC AgriSpirit Fund
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Optical Illusions

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It’s pretty easy to get people all fired up these days. Just announce you’re going to rewrite the national anthem. Or axe the wheat board. Or publicly sanction a Crown corporation in the business of lending money to farmers for sending its employees on all-expense-paid trips to Disney World. Farm Credit Canada was in the
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Deliberate Planning Can Create Safer Farm Work Environment

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Sheldon Wiebe farmed with his father for years with no significant farm-related injuries. Then a devastating incident changed everything on their MacGregor, Manitoba potato farm. The young daughter of one of the farm’s workers lost her hand and forearm to a potato seed cutting table. She was “helping” her father at the time. The manufacturer’s

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