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An early aerial photo of the Jefferies farm.

A family life in patterns

There’s a generational rhythm at the Jefferies family farm near Glenboro

By Marilyn Cullen February 23, 2022

My family’s farm near Glenboro, Manitoba continues to thrive as five generations have worked the land and built their farming business. Farming runs deep in the hearts of the Jefferies family. My great-grandfather, Sidney Jefferies of England, purchased a 320-acre farm in 1896 after working in the area for several years. As with many others,

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Childcare deal holds promise for farm families: KAP

A bilateral deal with the federal government will bring $10-per-day care and 23,000 more spots to Manitoba, the province says

By Geralyn Wichers August 23, 2021

A new federal-provincial deal for childcare shows promise for rural and farming families, says KAP. “There’s a lot of good news all around,” said Graham Schellenberg, communications and government relations co-ordinator with Keystone Agricultural Producers. “In terms of rural families, there’s really a good impact here from what we see,” he added. On August 9,

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Provincial childcare report offers few fixes for farm families

Funding channels for the extended-hours care farm families need are already in place but need more dollars

By Geralyn Wichers May 7, 2021

A recent provincial report which recommends the province fix Manitoba’s childcare system through ‘market stewardship’ is just more of what got us into this mess, says one childcare expert. “In a way it’s just a new rhetorical package for an old reality,” said Susan Prentice, a childcare researcher from the University of Manitoba. The report’s

Columns, Editorial, Opinion, Other

Editorial: Midpoint

By Gord Gilmour July 13, 2017

It’s that point of the summer when the crops are really getting their legs. They’re growing, stretching and filling and now success or failure is largely between themselves and Mother Nature. As a farmer, you’ve done what you can to set them up for success, and that’s no doubt made for some hard work, long

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Farm succession plans lacking, poll shows

Just 30 per cent of farms have done formal succession planning

By Lorraine Stevenson May 14, 2015

Most farmers expect to retire and hand over the farm to family, but few appear to be doing anything to ensure it happens, according to results of a newly released Ipsos Reid poll of Canadian farmers. Just 30 per cent of 455 farmers polled for the 2015 Canadian Agricultural Outlook Survey said they are doing

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Second Harvest redirecting surplus food to those in need

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U.S. livestock: Cattle futures down, hogs rise

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A family life in patterns

Childcare deal holds promise for farm families: KAP

Provincial childcare report offers few fixes for farm families

Editorial: Midpoint

Farm succession plans lacking, poll shows

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