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South Africa land reform slides back

By Wendell Roelf September 15, 2011

A plan to put 30 per cent of South African farmland into the hands of black farmers is stalling partly because would-be farmers have resold land bought for them by the government. Land ownership is a sensitive issue here and has been brought into focus by the decline in agriculture in neighbouring Zimbabwe, where many

Cereals, Opinion

More About Money And Power Than Freedom

August 11, 2011

After surviving 14 challenges by the Americans (ruled in favour of the Canadian Wheat Board by dispute panel each time) Prime Minister Harper will dismantle the CWB in short order and Americanize the system. The CWB, which is “uniquely Canadian,” has

Cereals, Crops

CWB Ballots Must Be Postmarked By Aug. 24

By Cwb Release July 28, 2011

Farmers who have not yet received a ballot on the future of the CWB must apply for a ballot by August 8 if they wish to vote. “Voting packages were mailed two weeks ago, and should be in farmer mailboxes by now,” said plebiscite co-ordinator Ian Craven of MNP, a chartered accounting and business advisory

Crops

Cfia Gets New President

By Alex Binkley July 14, 2011

George Da Pont, a seasoned federal bureaucrat, has been named president of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. He replaces Carol Swan who has retired. Da Pont became executive vice-president of the agency a year ago with the expectation that he would move into the top job eventually. With CFIA under repeated attack by its main

Country Crossroads

RCMP Bust Rural Drug-Trafficking Network

By Lorraine Stevenson May 19, 2011

Rural Manitobans received another reminder this month that drug trafficking is not just a big city problem. Thirty-one people were arrested and another three are being sought in connection with drug trafficking – all with addresses in smaller towns and rural municipalities of eastern Manitoba, RCMP announced earlier this month. Police laid over 100 charges

Country Crossroads

Grab And Go

April 28, 2011

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA EXTENSION Devastating disasters like a flood are a vivid reminder of life’s uncertainty. With the high likelihood of spring flooding in many areas, ask yourself if you would know what to grab if you only had minutes to escape from your home. “The plans you have made in advance and the items

Cereals, Opinion

Letters – for Apr. 21, 2011

April 21, 2011

I almost gagged when I read your front-page article “Cold weather makes cattle greener.” I had to check and make sure it wasn’t dated April 1. Alas, it was the April 14 issue. Attaching all these devices to cattle to measure for contributions to global warming seems somewhat foolish. For a true test of how

News

World’s Biggest Meat Packer Listening To His Mom

By Reese Ewing April 14, 2011

Wesley Batista is likely to take a little less heat from his mother from now on. The 40-year-old chief executive of the world’s biggest meat producer, Brazil’s JBS, says his mother is always complaining that the family business was buying too many companies in its zeal to expand. “My mom for years has been saying,

Cereals, News

Court Of Appeal Upholds Ritz’s Rules

March 31, 2011

The Federal Court of Appeal has confirmed legality of federal government changes to the voters’ list in the 2008 Canadian Wheat Board director elections. But the same court also ruled that the Friends of the Canadian Wheat Board (FCWB) – had a legal right to challenge the ruling. In January 2010 Federal Court Judge James

Dairy cattle, Hogs, News, Oilseeds

Ritz Says Farm Groups Wanted Budget Passed

March 31, 2011

Buoyed by endorsements from farm groups for the 2011 budget, Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz lashed out at opposition parties March 23 in what sounded more like an election rally than a news conference. “The coalition of opposition parties should explain why they will vote against the budget that has the support of farm groups,” said

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: CME cattle tick lower in thin pre-holiday trade

U.S. grains: Wheat extends gains on short covering, war risk

Prairie forecast: Plenty more chances for snow over Holidays

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