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Cereals, Opinion

Puttin’ on the Ritz: are the railways next?

Gerry Ritz won the wheat board battle, now it’s time for a new challenge

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Gerry Ritz slew the Canadian Wheat Board, but can he rein in the railways? If anyone can, it’s Canada’s 33rd minister of agriculture. It won’t be easy, but neither was ending the wheat board’s 69-year-old monopoly. Ritz had help. Key was Prime Minister Stephen Harper, who had a deep disdain for the board and made
Chief commissioner Elwin Hermanson says the CGC and Atradius Credit Insurance couldn’t develop an insurance-based protection plan. The CGC will consider options, but in the meantime the current plan remains in place.  photo: allan dawson
Cereals, News

Grain commission bonding replacement plan stalls

Insurance industry rules make it difficult to protect farmer payments for delivered grain

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After a year of negotiations to develop an insurance-based producer payment protection plan, the Canadian Grain Commission has called it quits, surprising and disappointing some farm groups. The CGC has been attempting to replace the current bonding system to protect farmers against payment defaults for grain delivered to merchandisers. It had been negotiating with Atradius
Souris River flooding north of Melita, Man.
Crops, Local news

KAP still pushing AgriRecovery

The Manitoba and Saskatchewan governments say they’re still assessing the damage

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Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) continues to build a case for an AgriRecovery program to assist Manitoba farmers who couldn’t seed or lost crops due to flooding or excessive moisture this season. “We’re continuing to engage as many members as we can to get information and provide supporting rationale for a program,” KAP president Doug Chorney
Opinion

Leadership needed in agri-food policy

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During the last year or so, the agri-food industry has been the subject of enough reports on its economic potential and scope for improvement to fill a respectable bookshelf. Whether from academics, researchers, think-tanks or politicians, the documents focus on virtually all the major issues. Now to keep these tomes from gathering dust. The latest
A field of hay was under water within hours after there was an intentional breach on the west side of the Portage Diversion July 4. It would have been the first hay harvested from the field since 2010. Local landowners want help.  Photo: Sandi Knight
News

Hazy disaster aid outlook for flooded farmers

There are ongoing discussions, but no action for producers still seeking compensation for 2012 flooding

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Contrary to reports last week, governments have not ruled out additional assistance through AgriRecovery for flooded Prairie farmers, an official with Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz’s office said Monday. However, it’s not officially on the table either — at least not yet. The minister’s office was busy trying to clarify reports emerging from a July 18
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Livestock, Oilseeds, Opinion, Other livestock

Regaining access to China markets

Tainted food scandals have convinced Chinese buyers that imports are safer

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Cervid (elk and other deer) products have been used and prized in China for at least 2,700 years. That makes China a very valuable marketplace for cervid products. Indeed, it was a good market until Canada and the U.S. took action to contain and eradicate BSE in early 2003. China immediately closed its markets to
The Assiniboine was expected to crest at the Portage la Prairie Diversion earlier this week.  Photo: Shannon VanRaes
Beef cattle, Crops, Local news

KAP calls for special assistance

It’s urging the province to request AgriRecovery

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Farm leaders are calling for special disaster assistance as flood losses in Manitoba appear ready to top the billion-dollar flood of 2011. “It’s pretty hard to ignore the fact that there is a widespread problem that needs attention from all levels of government because rural municipalities and farmers on their own just can’t cope with
Cereals, News

Canadian government invests in grain innovation partnership

Two priorities will be boosting corn acreage in Manitoba and exploring functional food and feed opportunities

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The Canadian federal and Manitoba provincial governments are joining forces to create a new Grain Innovation Hub, designed to improve production, processing and value-added options for cereals, oilseeds and pulse crops. The hub will include various levels of government, industry groups, researchers, farm organizations and other stakeholders, in a bid to solidify the province’s place
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News

Push comes to shove for grain trains

The federal government is promising a legislated fix to ensure railway performance

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Now that the federal government has given the two national railways four weeks to get grain shipments up to speed or face daily fines of up to $100,000, all eyes are on what happens next. The government has promised it will table legislation to improve rail service for grain after the parliamentary break this month.

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