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Commons To Grill CN On Rail Siding Closures

By Alex Binkley September 24, 2009

Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz says he wants the Commons agriculture committee to investigate CN’s decision to stop serving 52 Prairie sidings where farmers load grain into producer cars. “Farmers know that this Conser vat ive government has always defended producers’ access to hopper cars,” the minister said. “We know that producers are concerned about transport

Crops

Drainage Licensing Rules In Place

September 17, 2009

Anew, fast-tracked approvals process for minor water-control work on Manitoba farmland is now in place, Water Stewardship Minister Christine Melnick announced last week. Water-control work includes installation of or changes to dikes, dams, drains, culverts and/or waterways. If such work is “minor in nature” and unlikely to have any impact, it can now be licensed

Cereals, News

Farmers See Smaller Share Of Bigger Grocery Bill

By Dave Bedard September 10, 2009

If a Winnipeg family wants to know how Canadian farmers’ wares are faring in the marketplace, they won’t find the answer on their grocery bill, a new study released by Keystone Agricultural Producers suggests. Shopping trips for the same basket of foods on May 10, 2008 and June 2, 2009 find the grocery bill for

News, Weather

Briefs continued…

September 3, 2009

Interlake shows holes in safety nets: Farm safety net programs such as the federal/provincial AgriStability plan have proven ineffective against multi-year “back-to-back disasters” as seen in Manitoba’s Interlake this summer, according to Keystone Agricultural Producers. Some farmers in the already-waterlogged region were hit with another major storm Aug. 24 that reportedly dropped up to another

News, Pulses

Health And Agriculture Need Joint Strategy: Capi

By Lorraine Stevenson August 27, 2009

Linking agriculture and health policy could improve Canadians’ health and, at the same time, revive this country’s agricultural sector, says a new report released by the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute (CAPI). Canada’s health crisis, a result of rising rates of obesity and diet-related chronic diseases and the farm income crisis could be tackled by what

News

Let Farmers Pay For Drainage: Kap Resolution

By Ron Friesen July 23, 2009

Farmers who find governments slow to fund drainage projects may start paying for the service themselves. Keystone Agricultural Producers last week called for a funding arrangement allowing municipalities needing drainage to levy local improvement fees on farmland to help pay for it. Such projects would still require cost sharing from Ottawa and the province, according

Cereals, News

No Obvious Winner In Comparisons

By Ron Friesen July 23, 2009

“Buyers will not volunteer payment security.” – SCOTT WOLFE REPORT Any replacement to the current system of bonding western Canadian grain buyers as required by federal law should be mandatory because a voluntary producer payment security system will not work, a new report says. “Buyers will not volunteer payment security,” says the summary of a

Livestock, News

Groups Remain Concerned With Bill 7

By Lorraine Stevenson June 4, 2009

Farm and rural groups are lining up to voice their concerns over proposed new food safety legislation in Manitoba, but they might have to wait until next fall to do it. Bill 7 had not yet received second reading, been reviewed by cabinet or been scheduled for public consultations as of early this week. The

News

KAP, WRAP, APAS Reach Farm Policy Consensus

By Allan Dawson April 23, 2009

“The federal and provincial governments all need to be working together towards the same ends.” – GREG MARSHALL The three Prairie general farm organizations have accomplished something rare among farm groups – common ground on farm policies. Manitoba’s Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) hosted the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan (APAS) and Alberta’s Wild Rose Agricultural

Livestock, News

Cattle Producers Warn Against New Farm Group Plan

By Ron Friesen March 12, 2009

Manitoba cattle producers have expressed concern about a provincial government proposal requiring every farmer to belong to a general farm organization. The plan, still under discussion, would require all farmers in Manitoba to register their operations and select a general farm organization to belong to. Producers would then pay a mandatory direct membership fee instead

Daily Network News

Klassen: Stronger barley prices weigh on feeder cattle values

Russia stops ammonium nitrate exports for one month amid global supply crunch

Manitoba farmland values jumped 12.2% in 2025, biggest gain in Canada

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