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Editorial: Appoint a farmer to the Senate

By John Morriss August 21, 2017

On one hand it’s tempting to say, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,” because the Senate Agriculture and Forestry Committee certainly isn’t broke. Reading transcripts of meetings of the House of Commons Agriculture and Agri-Food Committee can be a bit of a chore, as members often engage in partisan politics. That’s not only a

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

Our History

Many prizes up for grabs in “Rapeyield 30” contest

Our History: June 1976

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff June 11, 2015

In 1976 Elanco sponsored the Rapeyield 30 contest to encourage producers to use Treflan and shoot for a 30-bushel rapeseed yield and win watches, shotguns and a trip to Japan. The previous five-year average yield in Manitoba was 18.3 bushels. Farmers trying for that high yield would be challenged by flea beetles — we reported

Cereals, Opinion

Support for single desk wasn’t ‘cooked up’

And farmers won’t control  the voluntary CWB 

By Allan Dawson April 24, 2015

In the heat of debate it’s easy to forget a fact or dismiss your opponent’s argument out of hand. Perhaps that explains why Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz accused Lowe Farm farmer Dean Harder of citing a “cooked up” number when the two were sparring April 15 in Winnipeg over the privatization of CWB — the

Crops, Markets

No emergency debate on CWB sale

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff April 21, 2015

Members of Parliament won’t be having a debate on the sale of the former Canadian Wheat Board anytime soon. Andrew Scheer, speaker of the House of Commons, on Monday rejected the request from Pat Martin, the New Democrats’ MP for Winnipeg Centre, for an emergency debate on CWB’s planned sale of a 50.1 per cent

The CWB Marquis, CWB’s new laker vessel, is shown here before leaving China in October last year. (CWB.ca)

Crops, Markets

Opposition seeks Commons debate on CWB sale

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff April 19, 2015

The federal opposition New Democrats are asking for an emergency debate in the House of Commons on the pending sale of majority control in CWB, the former Canadian Wheat Board. Winnipeg Centre MP Pat Martin, the party’s critic for public works and government services, announced Friday he has written to Commons Speaker Andrew Scheer requesting

Cereals, Opinion

Editorial: Will Wheat Commission’s PDQ project have any teeth?

Also, A job for the senators: Answering the unanswered questions of UPOV '91

By John Morriss February 17, 2015

If you didn’t read Phil Franz-Warkentin’s article on calculating basis on page 11 last week and don’t still have a copy, you can find it by going to our website and searching for “muddied.” That word appropriately describes the voodoo combination of futures and exchange rates that Prairie grain companies use to calculate their published

Crops, Local news

You can save seed, but can you ‘stock’ it?

As UPOV ’91 becomes closer to reality for Canadian farmers and seed breeders, many questions remain to be answered

By Shannon VanRaes February 17, 2015

Planned amendments to Canada’s Plant Breeders’ Rights Act are generating a lot of questions and few answers, as some farmers begin to fear they’ll be left to reap what the federal government sows. Omnibus Bill C-18 — known as the Agricultural Growth Act — will affect a total of nine pieces of legislation including the

sentries standing guard at Canada's National War Memorial

National news

SeCan staff duck for cover during attack on Parliament Hill

What was thought to be construction noise turned out to be gunfire

By Allan Dawson October 31, 2014

What seed company executive Todd Hyra first thought was an annoying construction noise disrupting his meeting on Parliament Hill Oct. 22 turned out to be gunfire. “It sounded like somebody was doing sheet metal work,” Hyra, SeCan’s Winnipeg-based business manager for Western Canada, said in an interview Oct. 24. “Then within a few seconds a

Cereals, News

CWB issues final annual report from single-desk era

Ownership of the board's assets is still disputed

By Allan Dawson May 22, 2013

Cereals sold through the Canadian Wheat Board last year fetched prices ranging from $7.48 to $15.30 a tonne more than U.S. prices, the board’s final annual report under the single-desk era shows. The Canadian Wheat Board earned $7.2 billion in revenue, distributing $4.85 billion to farmers — the third highest for both on record —

Daily Network News

Women who fed a nation

U.S. grains: Soybeans rise on China demand hopes; corn and wheat rebound

U.S. livestock: Hogs rebound, cattle hit upward limits

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