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In Brief… – for Jul. 22, 2010

New faces at the NFU: The Saskatoon-based National Farmers Union has a new administration after incumbents Darrin Qualman and Terry Pugh resigned to pursue other opportunities. Ross Hinther, a Saskatoon-area cattle and organic grains farmer, is the NFU’s new director of research. Kevin Wipf, formerly a political science and public policy instructor at the University
Opinion

Time to change attitudes

I’m actually not sure where to start with all the comments that went through my mind as I read Dr. Terry Whiting’s perspective in “Social movements not always scientific” (Manitoba Co-operator July 15). I’ll make my first comment about his first sentence which was “what do you do if people have concerns about agriculture that
News

Farmers Large And Small Voice Concerns Over Wetland Preservation

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“How do you put a dollar value on birds nesting, or deer, or rare plants? It’s like trying to put a dollar value on different members of your family.” – AL ROGOSIN Farmers support wetlands, but don’t believe they should carry the cost of preserving them alone, participants in a public consultation on the future
Country Crossroads

How Clean Is Clean Enough?

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We live in a fairly sanitized world with all sorts of anti-bacterial products available to consumers. In fact, some medical researchers have questioned whether we might be a little too clean. Antibacterial products are linked by some researchers to the development of “superbugs” resistant to antibiotics. The products kill the normal bacteria in our environment,
Livestock

Lower Loonie To Draw More U. S. Buyers

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– Rick Wright,Heartland Order Buying Co. “There will be more competition from the U. S. for Canadian cattle this fall.” The outlook for the Manitoba cattle industry includes reduced cattle movement, aggressive U. S. buyers, a possibility of lower feed prices, later deliveries, an increase in demand for yearling cattle, and steady cow prices. During
Hogs, News

Cautious Approach Urged In EU Trade Talks

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“(Canadian farmers) would be forgiven for suggesting that the standard of support in the EU is risk elimination.” – TRADE CONSULTANT PETER CLARK Acautious approach to negotiating the agriculture component of a free trade agreement with the European Union is needed, warns trade expert Peter Clark. Clark’s observations about the trade talks came as the
Country Crossroads

Killarney Farmers’ Market Heads Downtown

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“More and more people are coming to the farmers’ markets, and it’s really growing. This is our fourth year, and sales have gone up 25 per cent.” – RICHARD GROSS OF THE MAYFAIR COLONY It was a whole new playing field July 3 as the Killarney Farmers Market vendors set up their stalls for the
Cereals, News

In Brief… – for Jul. 15, 2010

Winnipeggers out of cluck: It looks as if there won’t be backyard chickens in Winnipeg after all. Winnipeg City Council’s property committee has decided to take no action on a request to allow city residents to keep a few hens in their backyards for fresh eggs. The committee voted to receive the request as information,
Opinion

A “Rally” Good Idea

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Some of the biggest blessings in life are the things we take for granted. Like, living in a free and peaceful country, having access to good and plentiful food and being able to watch our youth grow in a safe and nurturing environment. One of the greatest blessings here in rural Manitoba is our ability
News

Social Movements Not Always Scientific, Producers Told

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“They don’t really want to understand what’s going on.” – TERRY WHITING What do you do if people have concerns about agriculture that are not based on fact? Dr. Terry Whiting served up that conundrum last week to a national egg producers conference in discussing how social movements can affect farming. The answer to his

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