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Is Ag in the Classroom a corporate shill? Far from it

What one group sees as education, another views as propaganda

By Laura Rance-Unger April 3, 2017

Classrooms across the country were getting some special visitors in March as volunteers for the non-profit organization Ag in the Classroom Canada (AITC-C) did their bit to promote Ag Literacy Month. In this province, those volunteers included Manitoba Agriculture Minister Ralph Eichler and fellow cabinet minister and Portage la Prairie farmer Ian Wishart, who took turns

Farmers will have to produce more food to feed a growing population, but maybe not as much more as many think.

Did you know?, News

Food demand predictions could be inaccurate

Lots of people say food demand will double by 2050 — but some researchers say the numbers don’t add up

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff March 6, 2017

The widely held view that food production needs to double by 2050 to feed a growing world population may be inaccurate. In a study published in the journal Bioscience, researchers from Penn State’s agriculture college have challenged that view, saying the required increase may be as high as 70 per cent — or as low

Livestock

Livestock industry must prepare for just about anything

Threats can appear from any direction and most aren’t even on the radar

By Alex Binkley January 16, 2017

While the livestock industry and governments have improved their ability to respond to disease outbreaks, they need to broaden their preparations. They must include new diseases and challenges, says a report from the National Farmed Animal Health and Welfare Council. Rob McNabb, general manager of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association, says the report is aimed at

Editorial, Opinion

Editorial: Listen up

By Gord Gilmour December 1, 2016

I spend a lot of time at farm meetings. It’s an occupational hazard. After a while, one can blend into another, even as common themes emerge. Recently one of those common themes has been the need to engage the public, advocate for the industry and ‘educate’ consumers. I agree the math is remorseless. The farm

Canadian farmers and food processors say labour shortages are a critical concern for the sector and proposed fixes to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program are a good step forward.

News

Agri-food sector needs foreign workers

Groups say a parliamentary report offers recommendations that are a step in the right direction

By Alex Binkley November 2, 2016

A parliamentary report on fixing the controversial Temporary Foreign Worker Program is a step in the right direction, according to agri-food sector industry groups. They say the recommendations will help the sector deal with chronic labour shortages that hampers competitiveness. Following the release of the report by the Commons human resources committee, the government said

Unrecognizable person digging with pitchfork, low section, assorted vegetables in foreground

Opinion

Opinion: The idea of urban farming is oversold

By Stewart Truelsen October 18, 2016

If the buzz about urban farms can be believed, they are growing significantly even as rural farms and ranches decline in number — but there are no reliable statistics on the number of urban farms. In Chicago, by one count there are more than 230 community gardens and 60 urban farms. But that’s small potatoes

Comment, News & Opinion

Developing a Canadian food advantage

Farmers and the industry need to actually demonstrate that their products are produced sustainably

By Ted Bilyea And David Mcinnes August 2, 2016

What would you guess is the single most important ingredient in modern food production? Good seeds? Rainfall? Fertilizer? The surprising answer is that around the world, the scarcest and most precious resource for producing food is trust. Luckily, Canada has natural advantages that could allow the people of the world to view us as their

KAP president Dan Mazier addresses members during the organization’s summer advisory meeting on July 13 in Brandon.

Local news, News

KAP lobbies for increased funding for GF3

Keystone Agricultural Producers passed 11 new resolutions at the recently held summer advisory meeting held in Brandon on July 13

By Jennifer Paige July 25, 2016

Members at Keystone Agricultural Producers summer advisory meeting here last week heard an update on lobbying efforts for the new Growing Forward 3 (GF3) program. “We have delivered our messages to senior policy staff from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and Manitoba Agriculture in June and yesterday we attended an official stakeholders’ meeting,” KAP president Dan

Country Crossroads

Facts alone are unconvincing when it comes to our food

Science offers farmers a great many things, but ethical justification isn’t one of them

By Shannon VanRaes March 8, 2016

It gets used to defend GMOs, livestock production and food additives. But when speaking to consumers, experts say it is time to retire the phrase “science based” and focus on shared values instead. “You cannot abandon science, you absolutely have to have that to prove the claims you’re making, but at the end of the

Comment, Crops

Crop prices and consumer food demand

Neither the production nor the consumption side of the total food supply equation responds quickly to price decreases

By Daryll E. Ray, Harwood D. Schaffer March 7, 2016

Editor’s note: This is the third in a series of columns exploring how agriculture supply-and-demand fundamentals function differently than those of other businesses. In describing the model we use to analyze agricultural policies, the two previous columns examined the responsiveness of the production of grains, oilseeds, and fibres to changes in prices. We saw that

Daily Network News

How we’re tracking avian flu’s toll on wildlife across North America

Case IH reveals new Optum tractor at Agritechnica 2025

B.C. ostriches culled, CFIA confirms

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