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Coalition seeks farmers, ranchers to join climate change forum

Farmers for Climate Solutions aims to gather diverse viewpoints

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A farmer-led group is hoping to cut through the politics surrounding climate issues by bringing together a diverse group of Prairie farmers and ranchers for discussions around sustainability. “There’s a number of loud voices that tend to dominate the conversations,” says Ian McCreary, a grain and cattle farmer from Bladworth, Sask. McCreary is co-leading the
Ari Westhaver of the NFU demonstrating on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Nov. 22, 2023. (Jonah Grignon photo)
Markets, Other

NFU takes demand for ban on investor ownership to Parliament Hill

Organization's youth caucus concerned amid ‘transition crisis’

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Members of the National Farmers Union (NFU) gathered on Parliament Hill Wednesday to demand a ban on investor ownership of farmland. The demonstration was organized by the NFU Youth Caucus and Farm Workers’ Working Group. The goal was to demand protection of food sovereignty and help farmers, especially young ones, gain more access to farmland.
High schoolers from Iowa got hands-on journalism experience interviewing producers at Canadian Western Agribition. Pictured: Jake VanderHeiden, Hannah Grantz, and Katlin Truelsen, with Lexie Girodat of Rocking G Land and Cattle out of Gull Lake, Sask. (Becky Zimmer photo)
Livestock

At Agribition: Iowa school group looks in on Prairie ag

Media program students, alumni gather participants' stories

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Fresh faces and new blood were injected into the usual cadre of journalism veterans this week at Canadian Western Agribition. Students from Iowa’s CAC Media Group ventured to Regina for hands-on agricultural journalism experience. Hannah Grantz, Jake VanderHeiden and Katlin Truelsen, students from high schools across Clinton County in eastern Iowa, interviewed, photographed and videotaped
John McGregor (left) and Larry Wegner are this year’s MFGA wall of fame inductees.
Faces of ag, News

Two names added to MFGA wall of fame

Faces of Ag: Larry Wegner and John McGregor are this year’s inductees

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Two people who are institutions at the Manitoba Forage and Grassland Association have now been added to the organization’s wall of fame. Long-time board member and past chair Larry Wegner, and John McGregor, probably best known for his years managing the Green Gold alfalfa quality monitoring program, are this year’s inductees for the honour. Why it matters: It is the third
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Other

Feds plan to ease Underused Housing Tax reporting load

New exemption also proposed for employee housing outside cities

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Federal Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s latest Fall Economic Statement offers to take some of the reporting burden off certain farmers and other Canadians when filing for exemptions from the national Underused Housing Tax (UHT). The federal finance department on Nov. 16 posted its legislative and regulatory proposals for changes to the UHT online and has
Members of the North Norfolk Rural Cairn Committee hope the fundraiser will top up their site maintenance fund.
News

Hanging onto the history of one-room schools

Calendar fundraiser spotlights historical school sites around Austin, MacGregor and Sidney

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They’re found along the highways and back roads of Manitoba: pillars of stone and mortar or boulders, each fronted by a metal plate inlaid with text. If it’s one of the more travelled sites, there might be a parking area or flagpole. In many cases, that’s all that is left of rural schoolhouses that used to dot the Prairies,
Myrna Grahn is executive director of Protein MB and is seen here speaking at the Manitoba Sustainable Protein Research Symposium in June.
News

Protein advancement hub launches

ProteinMB designed to provide dedicated resources, staff for sector advancement

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An organization pitched as the future “hub and voice” of Manitoba’s protein sector marked its official launch Nov. 2. “The protein industry needs strong, united voices, and places to bring thought leaders together to grow our global market share,” said Greg Cherewyk, president of Pulse Canada, in an Oct. 27 release. Why it matters: The
Dan Cox presents highlights from the first year of the Prairie Watersheds Climate Program during the Manitoba Forage and Grassland Association’s annual regenerative agriculture conference in Brandon Nov. 13-15.
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PWCP inaugural uptake numbers in

Prairie Watersheds Climate Program funds were handed out to 731 Manitoba producers in 2023

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[UPDATED: Nov. 15, 2023] The first year of the Prairie Watersheds Climate Program has given its administrators reason for optimism. Dan Cox, program manager for the Manitoba Association of Watersheds, was on hand during the opening day of the Manitoba Forage and Grassland Association’s Regenerative Ag Conference in Brandon Nov. 13 to give an update
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Legislation allows Quebec’s UPA to rework funding formula

Bill 28 passes Quebec assembly

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Quebec’s legislative assembly has passed a bill allowing the province’s overarching general farm organization, the Union des producteurs agricoles (UPA), to start the process toward a new funding model. Provincial Agriculture Minister Andre Lamontagne on Thursday announced the passage of Bill 28, which amends legislation governing organization of farming activities and the accreditation of UPA.
KAP President Jill Verwey.
News

KAP aims to forge strong ties with Manitoba’s new government

Challenges and opportunities discussed at Fall Advisory Council Meeting

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The Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) had Manitoba’s new government – and how they could build relationships with that government – top of mind when the general farm group met for their fall advisory council meeting Nov. 8. “Our team has already engaged with the NDP for the past year, and we believe that we have

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