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Canada’s prime minister spells out his expectations for agriculture

An Agri-Food Value Investment Fund to create jobs in food processing is among  the new minister’s top priorities

By Justin Trudeau November 23, 2015

The following contains excerpts from the ministerial mandate issued to newly appointed Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Lawrence MacAulay As minister of agriculture and agri-food, your overarching goal will be to support the agricultural sector in a way that allows it to be a leader in job creation and innovation. You will implement our government’s

Opinion

Elections and the value of showing up

If farmers don’t speak, it will be others, who may not understand our industry, who decide who goes to Ottawa

By Cam Dahl September 8, 2015

There is an old saying in politics, “policy is set by those who show up.” Not always those with the best and brightest ideas and not even always a majority. The first and most important step on the road to being an influencer is to show up. Canadians will elect a new House of Commons

Crops, Local news

Changes to cost sharing could hit Manitoba hard

Federal government changes DFAA, increases amount provinces  must pay to trigger for federal disaster relief payouts

By Lorraine Stevenson February 12, 2015

Floods and other disasters are about to become even more expensive for Manitobans. That’s the inevitable outcome of a federal government change to how it contributes to disaster financial assistance, say provincial and municipal leaders. Canada’s Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Steven Blaney announced changes last month to federal Disaster Financial Assistance Arrangements

Crops, Local news

AgriInsurance rates drop

Rates are dropping by an average of 11 per cent

By Shannon VanRaes January 29, 2015

Farmers are accustomed to seeing commodity prices rise and fall, while operating costs rarely go anywhere but up. However, Manitoba farmers learned last week the cost of insuring their 2015 crops under AgriInsurance will drop by an average of 11 per cent — all because the effects of the 1988 drought have faded from memory

Local news

‘Disaster by design’ wreaks flood havoc on the Prairies

Meeting participants agreed the only way forward is to collaborate on a plan

By Lorraine Stevenson November 28, 2014

Some have coined the term “disaster by design” to capture how severe weather now impacts those farming and living on the Prairies. But improved long-term planning for times of excess and drought can reduce our vulnerability to the latter, said speakers at the inaugural Assiniboine River Basin Initiative conference in Regina earlier this month. “One

Local news

Beef and swine producers needed to detail farm jobs

New research project travels across Canada inviting input from producers to redefine farm jobs

By Meghan Mast November 26, 2014

A new national research project is aiming to better define the jobs in modern agriculture so that government can begin to address chronic labour shortages the sector faces. “The basis behind this is the government doesn’t have a clue,” said Jade Reeve, project manager from the Canadian Agricultural Human Resource Council (CAHRC). “We’re trying to

Opinion

Seed trade says thanks to Gerry Ritz

By Peter Entz November 27, 2013

On behalf of the board of directors and the members of the Canadian Seed Trade Association (CSTA), I would like to thank you for taking the time from your busy schedule to speak to delegates at our semi-annual meeting. Your comments were welcomed and appreciated. Your steadfast support of science as the basis for regulatory

Crops

Organic sector receives government support

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff November 27, 2013

The Canadian organic industry is getting $500,000 in government funds to update its standards and pursue new domestic and international markets. “Canada’s organic producers are constantly striving for the best quality so they can continue to increase their sales at home and abroad,” said Robert Goguen, the MP for Moncton–Riverview–Dieppe on behalf of Agriculture Minister

Beef cattle, Crops

Country-of-origin labelling appeal gaining U.S. support

By Jennifer Blair November 14, 2013

Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz has one thing to say about country-of-origin labelling (COOL): “It’s not cool.” In the midst of an appeal to quash COOL in the United States, Ritz has been working to gain supporters in the U.S. in an effort to halt non-science-based trade practices that could have far-reaching implications for Canadian

Cereals, Opinion

More than met the eye to Whelan

By Alex Binkley February 28, 2013

Eugene Whelan will be remembered mostly for his green Stetson, inability to speak either of Canada’s official languages and his cheerleading for the farm community. Too bad because there was a lot more to the former Liberal agriculture minister, who died just weeks after his Conservative counterpart John Wise. He was a lot politically shrewder

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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