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Cereals, News

Ritz Committed To Promoting Trade

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Gerry Ritz says if reappointed agriculture minister in Stephen Harper’s new majority Conservative government he’ll continue to push to open markets around the world for Canadian farmers. “We’re also expanding the Market Access Secretariat,” Ritz said in an interview May 3. “We’re going to put actual agricultural people in consuls around the world where we
Cereals, Opinion

Ritz Offers Illusionary Freedom

Only weeks after declaring that the Harper government respects farmers’ decision to support the Canadian Wheat Board single desk (Minnedosa Ag Forum), Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz said during the Canadian Federation
Cereals, Opinion

Remember When?

Reporters are notorious information pack rats and the Manitoba Co-operator’sAllan Dawson is no exception. Rumour has it his house is slowly settling into the Pembina escarpment due to the piles of paper, assorted reports and tape recordings stored in his office. But give Dawson a bit of time and he can pull together a pretty
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Strahl Slip Sliding Away

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Transport Minister Chuck Strahl’s decision not to run in the next federal election wasn’t a great surprise considering his health issues, but there was general agreement he will be a significant loss for the troubled Harper government. Strahl, who was first elected in 1993, has an untreatable form of lung cancer but keeps himself in
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Farmers Worry About Budget Cuts To Agriculture

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Prairie farm organizations fear major cuts to agriculture spending in the upcoming federal budget. A projected $418.6-million decrease in net Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada spending for the coming year has farm groups worried the March 22 budget will contain bad news for western Canadian farmers. “It’s the wrong time to be backing away from agriculture
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Get Moving On Railway Service Review

The Grain Growers of Canada is calling on the federal government to release the final report of the Rail Freight Service Review and a plan for fixing railway delivery problems. “The immediate release of the Rail Service Review is needed as soon as possible,” GGC president Stephen Vandervalk said in a statement March 4. “The
Cereals, Crops

Ritz Offers Railway Costing Review Compromise

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Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz says he would support a costing reviewing if it focused on all elements of the grain-handling and transportation system not just the railways. But the first order of business for the Harper government remains dealing with the recommendations of the final report of the Railway Freight Service Review, he told the
Livestock

Outlook Improving, But Problems Remain, Politicos Tell CFA

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The next few years appear positive for farmers with both crop and livestock prices on the rise, says Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz. Farmers have rebounded from the BSE crisis in the beef industry, influenza outbreaks in the poultry sector, widespread bankruptcies among pork farmers and depressed grain prices, he told the annual meeting of the
News, Poultry

Doha Nearly Dead, Ritz Concedes

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The Doha round of international trade negotiations has passed its “best before” date and it would make more sense for countries to salvage the progress made during 10 years of negotiations, says Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz. “I don’t see a groundswell of support for the latest efforts to reach a wide-ranging agreement,” Ritz said at
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Young Farmer Issues Divide MPs

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MPs on the Commons agriculture committee all favour encouraging young farmers but can’t agree on how government can best help them. The committee agreed on 13 recommendations to assist young farmers, but the Conservatives, Liberals and Bloc Quebecois decided to chip in dissenting reports with a bunch of extra ideas wrapped in political rhetoric. By

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