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The system works

By Laura Rance-Unger December 11, 2008

Step away from the hollering last week – both in and outside of the House of Commons – for just a minute. Block out the images of television journalists shivering in the damp Ottawa cold trying to find words to fill the minute-by-minute live coverage, the murky handycam footage of an Opposition leader who can’t

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It was a green 4-H month

By Canadian 4-h Council Release December 11, 2008

Go green; Go 4-H. That is what Canadian 4-H Council, with support from Bayer CropScience, asked all 4-H members, leaders, alumni and supporters to do on November 5 to help kick off November as National 4-H Month across Canada. Across the country, green was the colour of the day and the colour of the month,

Cereals, News

CWB election ends in controversy

By Allan Dawson December 4, 2008

Canadian Wheat Board election co-ordinator Ian Craven is investigating whether four Conservative members of Parliament (MPs) illegally used the CWB election voters’ list to send letters last month advising farmers how to vote. He’s also seeking a legal opinion as to whether federal politicians should be registered as third-party interveners. The letters, sent on House

Cereals, Opinion

Smart thinking

December 4, 2008

JOHN MORRISS EDITORIAL DIRECTOR At first glance, it’s beyond bizarre. Members of Parliament, at public expense, sending letters to constituents recommending how to vote in a Canadian Wheat Board director election (see page ). What were they thinking? A recent “blog” by Globe and Mail columnist Robert Silver provides a possible explanation. He says the

Cereals, News

Gerry Ritz happy to be back in ag chair

By Allan Dawson November 6, 2008

“ We’re already getting squeaking noises from the Liberals that they’re going to be tough this time… but at the end of the day I don’t think anybody wants another election in the spring.” – Gerry Ritz Improving Canada’s safety net programs are among reappointed federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz’s top priorities, he said in

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Inconclusive results may force parties to co-operate

By Ron Friesen October 23, 2008

“They have to at least get something done or a pox on all their houses.” – Peter Phillips, U of S It was an election that few wanted and nobody really won. Besides producing a third consecutive minority government, Canada’s 40th general election last week saw political parties all fail to live up to expectations

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U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures rise on first WASDE since September

U.S. export sales include only small soybean business to China

U.S. corn and soybean yields revised down by USDA

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