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Stewards of Wabano Aki at the ceremonial grounds: (L-R) Ken Norquay, Fayaz Hasan, Jeremy Hogan, Kevin Teneycke, Gordon Beddome, Midge Stace, Cary Hamel, Rebekah Neufeld, Christine Chilton, Josh Dillabough, Wendy Norquay, Lauren James and Karine Whitcher.
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TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION: Conservation project marries agricultural and Indigenous interests

Project renamed to reflect Indigenous contributions to conservation

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This story has been reposted in recognition of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on Sept. 30. For more stories of Indigenous farming, food sovereignty, challenges and triumphs in the ongoing work of reconciliation, see our Truth and Reconciliation landing page. It was a beautiful late September day near Shilo, Man., as Elder Roddy McKay, Anishinaabe
Ron Kostyshyn is sworn in on Oct. 18, 2023 as Manitoba’s minister for agriculture, with Premier Wab Kinew at left. (Government of Manitoba video screengrab via YouTube)
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Former ag minister returns in new Manitoba cabinet

Kinew names Kostyshyn to ag portfolio

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Incoming Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew has brought a former provincial agriculture minister back to the cabinet table to handle the ag file. Ron Kostyshyn, who from 2012 to 2016 was then-premier Greg Selinger’s ag minister while serving as MLA for the northwestern riding of Swan River, was sworn in Wednesday as minister of agriculture in
Fire crews work to extinguish the fire that destroyed the decades-old grain elevator in St. Jean Baptiste.
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Razed elevator was a 70-year fixture of the St. Jean skyline

Originally holding 40,000 bushels, the former Manitoba Pool elevator evolved with the town

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The St. Jean Baptiste grain elevator that burned down over the weekend was a fixture of the town’s skyline since the early 1950s. “The St. Jean skyline feels empty now and it will take some time to get used to,” wrote NuVision Commodities Inc., which owned the building, on Facebook on Oct. 15. The elevator
Manitoba’s incumbent NDP ag critic Diljeet Brar and Tory ag minister Derek Johnson appeared with Green Party leader Janine Gibson and Liberal candidate Neil Stewart (l-r) on Sept. 12, 2023 at a forum hosted by the Manitoba Farm Writers and Broadcasters Association. (Manitoba Co-operator photo by Geralyn Wichers)

Manitoba legislature’s agriculture leaders to return under new management

NDP scores majority over incumbent Tories

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Manitoba’s incumbent agriculture minister and lead opposition agriculture critic are headed back to the legislature — but under a new seating plan. Opposition leader Wab Kinew’s New Democrats are expected to form a majority government coming out of Tuesday’s provincial election, unseating incumbent premier Heather Stefanson’s Progressive Conservatives. Just after 1 a.m. Wednesday, NDP candidates
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Editor’s Take: Removing barriers

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My Glacier FarmMedia colleagues and I have been contemplating how to mark Canada’s National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on Sept. 30. One idea was a special edition of our electronic newsletter highlighting some of the work we’ve done over the past year to cover Indigenous issues in the agriculture sector. If you subscribe to
“…farmers were unfortunately caught up in this. The federal government has been clear it was never their intention to, you know, penalize farmers in this way.” – Dave Carey, Canadian Canola Growers Association.
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Ag groups say redundant tax returns a burden

Groups are lobbying to have farmers permanently exempt from UHT filing by next tax season

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Farmers have been forced to file tax returns on underused housing despite knowing they’ll be exempt from paying, says KAP. “The additional administrative and financial burden that is being placed on farmers does not seem like it is in the best interest of farmers or the government given the redundancy of this return for the many farmers,” said a
A Brandt manufacturing facility in Moose Jaw, Sask.
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Brandt adds to New Zealand holdings

Deal brings North Island construction, forestry and ag equipment market under one umbrella

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Saskatchewan equipment firm Brandt Group of Companies has added another arm to its international reach. The Regina-based manufacturer of grain handling and tillage equipment and John Deere distributor said Aug. 31 that it had acquired New Zealand equipment company Wairarapa Machinery Services Ltd. The acquired company is 100 kilometres northeast of the country’s capital, Wellington. The dealership will
(Left to right) Western Grains Research Foundation chair Laura Reiter, Canadian Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Lawrence MacAulay and WGRF executive director Wayne Thompson.
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Second agronomy cluster to receive funding

The Integrated Crop Agronomy Cluster will be publicly backed for another five years

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The Integrated Crop Agronomy Cluster will receive more than $7.6 million for its second phase. Funding, which comes from sources including the Western Grains Research Foundation, the Sustainable Canadian Agriculture Partnership and industry partners, will cover a five-year period between April 2023 and March 2028. Why it matters: Projects will tackle everyday agronomic problems faced
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Farmers Edge announces workforce cuts

The Manitoba-based digital agronomy firm has also closed its Australian operation, documents show

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Farmers Edge has announced layoffs of 20 per cent of its workforce as the company continues to struggle financially. In an Aug. 10 news release, the Manitoba-based digital agriculture firm said it had “delivered on its previously commenced plan in the fall of 2022 to achieve $20 million in annualized cost savings.” This involved “realignment”
There have been recent large investments in the Manitoba Pork sector.
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Study puts numbers to pork sector’s economic contribution

Pork’s outlook positive despite headwinds, industry says

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Twenty-two thousand, or 55 per cent, of all agriculture and food processing jobs in Manitoba are tied to the hog sector, according to a new study released by the Manitoba Pork Council. “The contributions of Manitoba’s hog farming and pork processing sector to the provincial economy are substantial and show that our sector is an

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