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Province Softens Approach To Minor On-Farm Drainage

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“It could have been an absolute nightmare.” – IAN WISHART, KAP In Oct. 2008, a Keystone Agricultural Producers council meeting was startled to hear farmers in southwestern Manitoba were getting letters from the province saying they would need licences to drain water from their land. The reason was Section 3(1) (c) of The Water Rights
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KAP Slams Sewage Ejector Ban

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“We view this as a very rural-unfriendly piece of legislation.” – IAN WISHART Manitoba farmers want Winnipeg to stop growing until it has fully upgraded its sewage-handling system. A resolution passed at the Keystone Agr icul tural Producers annual meeting said the province should “encourage the City of Winnipeg to suspend all urban expansion” until
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Economic Downturn Threatens Future For ALUS

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“We know that we’re going to be dealing with tough economic times.” – STAN STRUTHERS Hopes for an environmental goods and services program for Manitoba farmers have been dampened by the current recession and a looming provincial deficit. The Alternative Land Use Services (ALUS) program promoted by Keystone Agricultural Producers may have to wait until
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In Brief… – for Dec. 3, 2009

Resort rapped: The federal Competition Bureau has sanctioned the Manitoba-based Elkhorn Ranch & Resort Ltd. for how it runs its promotional campaigns. The bureau’s investigation concluded the company had run contests without fair disclosure of accurate odds of winning and without ensuring that winners were selected on a random basis. As well, winners were led
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How Weatherindexed Production Insurance Works

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Bees don’t fly much when it’s cold so honey production suffers. The weatherindexed crop insurance Rick McConnell, a consultant, and Watts and Associates have developed would give beekeepers the option to insure against cold at specific times of the year. A farmer could insure against too much or not enough rain or heat for the
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Safety Net Programs Continue To Fail Farmers: KAP

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“This program just doesn’t work well on multi-year declines.” – IAN WISHART, KAP Adramatic plunge in government program payment s, t r iggered mainly by a livestock industry crisis, is further proof that farm safety net programs do not work properly, according to Keystone Agricultural Producers. Statistics Canada reported Monday that program payments to Canadian
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Prairie Farm Leaders Agree On Issues

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“It is a sign of trouble I think and market protection seems to be the issue.” – ian wishart Protection for farmers when they deliver grain, trade barriers, saving producer car loading sites and cattle price insurance were on the agenda when the presidents of the Prairie provinces’ three general farm organizations met in Regina
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Briefs Continued – for Oct. 29, 2009

Drive away hunger: Farm Credit Canada’s (FCC) Drive Away Hunger program finished the last leg of its annual five-week journey on Oct. 16, with 1,627,617 pounds of food raised for food banks nationwide. Six tractor tours took place in Alberta, New Brunswick, Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan and Regina (where FCC’s corporate office is located) from October
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Payments Or Prosecutions Wanted

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“We’ve noticed as grain companies have gotten bigger and head offices have been elsewhere it has been tougher for us to get the checkoffs from them.” – KAP PRESIDENT IAN WISHART Keys tone Agr icul tural Producers (KAP) wants grain companies that don’t col lect the general farm organization’s checkoff prosecuted. KAP relies on a
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KAP Delegates Critical Of Province

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“Some people are having some challenges and they want to blame me and I can live with that.” – ROSANN WOWCHUK Rank and file delegates verbally pummelled the Manitoba government at the Oct. 15 Keystone Agricultural Producers meeting, accusing it of being indifferent to outright hostile towards agriculture. “I can’t understand what the government is

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