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Tories seeking all-party support for ban on bulk sales of Canadian water

By Alex Binkley June 8, 2012

ATory MP is hoping to win all-party support for a bill that would ban bulk water transfers from Canada. “Canadians need to know that our water is not for sale,” said Larry Miller, who is also chair of the Commons agriculture committee. “It’s not a commodity like coal or iron ore or oil.” Miller has

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Business Students Took Candidates To Task Over Rural Issues

By Shannon VanRaes October 6, 2011

CO-OPERATOR STAFF /OTTERBURNE Business students at Providence University College received a firsthand look at politics in the lead-up to the provincial election with an on-campus debate broadcast live on Goldenwest Radio. All in all I think it was really good, it was great to see everyone come out to take part, said 22-year-old Andrew Friesen.

Cereals, Crops, Hogs

Farm Debate Mostly A Rerun Of Earlier Shows

April 28, 2011

Other than the occasional elbow in the direction of Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz, the two-hour debate among the main political parties on agriculture policy April 11 featured a lot of the same old taunts and promises. Liberal Wayne Easter, Bloc Andre Bellevance and New Democrat Pat Martin, whose downtown Winnipeg riding includes the headquarters of

Cereals, Crops

Party Agriculture Platforms For May 2 Election

April 28, 2011

CONSERVATIVE PARTY: A Conservative government would invest $100 million over five years into the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, extend accelerated writeoffs for new food-processing equipment and create a $50-million agriculture innovation fund. It would increase support for the Agriculture and Food Trade Commissioner Service and the Market Access Secretariat to find new markets for Canadian

Cereals, Opinion

Lots Of Heat, Not Much Light

By Laura Rance-Unger April 21, 2011

There was a little heat but not much light from the five candidates who squared off in the two-hour debate on agricultural issues hosted by the Canadian Federation of Agriculture April 11. Despite his recent remarks in Minnedosa about letting farmers decide the future of the Canadian Wheat Board, Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz reiterated the

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In Brief… – for Feb. 17, 2011

By Reuters February 17, 2011

Biodiesel mandate:Canadian canola growers are pleased by a federal announcement Feb. 10 to mandate biodiesel in diesel fuel starting July 1. “A two per cent renewable fuel mandate for diesel fuel has the potential to create new domestic demand for about one million tonnes of canola,” says Ed Schafer, president of the Canadian Canola Growers

Crops

Australian Farmers Lose In Bid To Save River

October 14, 2010

Farmers would lose more than a third of irrigation water in Australia’s major food bowl, the Murray-Darling, under a plan released Oct. 8 to restore ailing rivers, posing a new headache for the Labor minority government. The move could see the value of cotton production cut by 25 per cent, and farmers and irrigators have

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The Jacksons – for Sep. 30, 2010

By Rollin Penner September 30, 2010

Why the hunted look, Bill?” said Andrew Jackson. He gave Bill Elliot a searching look as he pulled up a chair and sat down at the usual table next to the window of the café. A cold wind blew raindrops noisily against the pane outside as a steady rain fell from the low, grey clouds.

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Homegrown “Fiction” Charms Crowd

By Daniel Winters March 11, 2010

You’ve heard about local food. How about local laughs? For three years now, Anna Glover and Ellen Martens have been harvesting small town anecdotes and yarns from local people, and creatively processing them into a comedy routine called the “Ellen and Anna Show.” At the recent Farm Focus 2010 in Boissevain, the pair sat in

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Coalition Attacks Prison Farm Closures

By Ron Friesen February 11, 2010

Acampaign against the closing of Canada’s prison farms could signal a new opposition aggressiveness against the Conservative government’s anti-crime agenda when Parliament reconvenes next month. Speakers at a panel discussion last week slammed Ottawa’s plan to shut down Correction Canada’s six prison farms, including the Rockwood Institution at Stony Mountain Penitentiary. The closures reflect the

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U.S. grains: Soybean futures set two-week high on US weather worry, soyoil rally

Alberta Crop Report: Rains in the south, dryness in the north

Agriculture ministers agree to AgriStability changes

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Tories seeking all-party support for ban on bulk sales of Canadian water

Business Students Took Candidates To Task Over Rural Issues

Farm Debate Mostly A Rerun Of Earlier Shows

Party Agriculture Platforms For May 2 Election

Lots Of Heat, Not Much Light

In Brief… – for Feb. 17, 2011

Australian Farmers Lose In Bid To Save River

The Jacksons – for Sep. 30, 2010

Homegrown “Fiction” Charms Crowd

Coalition Attacks Prison Farm Closures

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