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Editor’s Take: The crops groups merger vote nears

By Gord Gilmour December 5, 2019

Are you ready for the Manitoba Crop Alliance vote? The MCA is the name a new merger of crops groups is poised to take on if their amalgamation proposal passes votes to be held at this winter’s CropConnect conference. That meeting, slated for February 11-13 in Winnipeg, will see the annual meetings of the Manitoba

The Pallister government has reconfirmed its commitment to removing education taxes from farmland.

Local news, News, Other

Pallister committed to education tax phase out

That’s just one of several election promises included in the new Manitoba government’s throne speech

By Allan Dawson November 28, 2019

Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister says he’s committed to phasing out education taxes on farmland and other property over 10 years starting in 2022 when the Manitoba government’s books are expected to be balanced. It’s a promise welcomed by farmers who say the burden of funding schools in rural areas has shifted disproportionally to them because

Excessive moisture in fields could be a problem for a good number of southern Manitoba producers looking to seed next spring.

News, Other

Worries begin for how 2019’s wet conditions could impact 2020

KAP president Bill Campbell says get Excess Moisture Insurance — the deadline is Dec. 2

By Allan Dawson November 8, 2019

This is probably not the year to skip Excess Moisture Insurance, according to Minto-area farmer and KAP president Bill Campbell. As Manitoba farmers struggle to get the rest of this year’s crop off, there are already worries about what 2020 might bring. “In our particular area we may not seed a crop,” Keystone Agricultural Producers

Keystone Agricultural Producers says new drainage regulations are just more of the same and are a "big disappointment."

Local news, News, Other

KAP unhappy with new drainage regulations

Manitoba’s general farm organization was expecting rules that would let farmers manage water better and help protect wetlands

By Allan Dawson October 10, 2019

The Manitoba government’s new drainage regulations, which came into effect Oct. 2 are a “big disappointment,” says Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) vice-president Mitch Janssens. “We were trying to convince them to dangle the carrot to create more beneficial wetlands, but also allow producers to improve their land. That’s not what we got. That’s where the big disappointment is. We

Keystone Potato Growers Association manager Dan Sawatzky says potato growers are hoping for better harvest weather soon so the disastrous harvest of 2018 isn’t repeated.

Crops, News, Weather

Potato growers struggling with harvest — again

The second wet harvest in as many years has Manitoba potato growers worried

By Allan Dawson October 9, 2019

Manitoba potato growers, forced to leave an unprecedented number of acres unharvested last fall, are worried 2019 could be a repeat. “It’s not looking very good,” Dan Sawatzky, manager of the Keystone Potato Growers Association (KPGA) representing the province’s 52 processing potato growers said in an interview Sept. 30. “I am hoping we can dig

Livestock, Local news, News

Light at the end of the tunnel on Crown lands leases?

Livestock producers have been stuck in limbo, but the province has released some of the details that farmers have been waiting for

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff October 3, 2019

Farmers awaiting new agricultural Crown lands regulations after months of suspended unit transfers and an uncertain regulatory future finally have some clarity. In 2018 the province froze new lease applications and unit transfers during their rework of the Crown lands system and shifted grazing and forage leases to an open auction system rather than the

If political parties are unwilling to defend modern farming — the foundation of the nation’s export-oriented agricultural economy — they should tell farmers now.

News, Other

Make modern agriculture an election issue

Bill Campbell and Cam Dahl fear opponents to new technology will derail agricultural productivity, sustainability and undermine Canada’s economy

By Allan Dawson October 2, 2019

Modern Canadian agriculture faces an existential threat that farmers should be raising as an issue in the federal election. That’s the view of two Manitoba-based agricultural leaders — Bill Campbell, president of the Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP), Manitoba’s general farm organization, and Cereals Canada president Cam Dahl. Both came to their positions independently, without consulting

The biggest complaint coming from farmers is with AgriStability, the farm risk management program.

News

Other agriculture issues farmers want political candidates to address

Farm groups seek action on risk management, carbon tax and other topics

By Allan Dawson October 2, 2019

Business risk management, trade, labour, and climate change mitigation are some of the top issues farmers want candidates to address during the current federal election campaign. Farmers, and the major federal parties, agree agriculture is an important driver of Canada’s economy and can potentially contribute more by increasing agri-food exports, Keystone Agricultural Producers’ president Bill

A Manitoba livestock specialist is stressing the importance of, “getting those livestock out of the dugouts,” as water supplies in her area continue to lag.

Livestock, News

Has the time come to ditch your dugout?

After three years of dry conditions, a new approach to watering systems may be needed

By Alexis Stockford September 16, 2019

Manitoba’s dwindling pastures have some provincial livestock specialists urging producers to take another look at watering systems. Pam Iwanchysko, livestock specialist in the northwest, is stressing the importance of, “getting those livestock out of the dugouts,” as water supplies in her area continue to lag in some areas. “Certainly that could be something that could

Two parties have pledged to change the province’s education tax system.

Local news, Other

Election 2019: Education tax relief promised in provincial election campaign

KAP welcomes the announcement, but says it needs details

By Allan Dawson September 10, 2019

For decades farmers have complained taxing farmland to help fund education is unfair, now two parties have promised to scrap education taxes on all property, including farmland and houses, in the dying days of the provincial election. The Progressive Conservative (PC) Party of Manitoba announced Sept. 3, education taxes on property would be phased out

Daily Network News

U.S. grains: Wheat falls after hitting six-week high on U.S., Russia crop worries

U.S. livestocK: CME cattle advance as brutal cold threatens herds

Federal food affordability measures, food security strategy announced

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