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Editorial: A shaky foundation

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It’s often said employees are the bedrock of any business. Without them wheels don’t turn, work isn’t done, products aren’t created and customers aren’t served. If that really is so, and there’s a small library of management manuals to back that claim, agriculture in Canada is in real trouble. A joint study from the Conference
As older workers are set to retire, few replacements are to be found. One factor contributing to that is the lack of growth in rural population in Canada.
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Agricultural labour shortage will worsen, new report says

Cash receipt losses to Canadian farmers from job vacancies pegged at $1.5 billion, 
or three per cent of the industry’s total value in sales and production

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Canadian agriculture’s already acute labour shortage will worsen over the next decade, as high numbers of employees retire and the domestic labour pool continues to dry up. The Canadian Agricultural Human Resource Council released labour market information (LMI) research last week, showing a gap of 59,000 employees between primary agriculture’s need for workers and those
Shereese Qually, labour and employment lawyer with Taylor McCaffrey LLP presented at Ag Days in Brandon on January 19, discussing the importance of implementing employee contracts.
Local news

Protecting the farm from labour-related grief

The most important thing employers can do to protect themselves from labour-related headaches is to have employment contracts in place, says lawyer

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Employment contracts are a farmer’s best insurance against costly and stressful disputes with workers hired to help out on the farm, a labour and employment lawyer told an Ag Days crowd recently. Taking the time to understand your obligations to workers is an investment that can protect your wallet in the long run, Shereese Qually,
Manitoba’s chief statistician Wilf Falk spoke to municipal leaders at the Association of Manitoba Municipalities convention last week describing a rapidly changing demographic for Manitoba.
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Manitoba’s regional populations projected to grow, labour force too

A projected larger population will include a labour force, 
but one comprised of more older workers, says chief statistician of Manitoba

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Manitoba municipalities should prepare for a rapidly changing workforce in coming decades, the province’s chief statistician says. Wilf Falk told the Association of Manitoba Municipalities last week that although the province’s median age is the third youngest in Canada, its labour force is greying as people choose to work well into their senior years. And
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Crops, Markets, Weather

Western states to get US$110M in drought aid

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Washington | Reuters — The White House said Friday it would spend an additional US$110 million to help farmers and communities in western states hit hard by drought and wildfires. The drought has affected a third of the western United States, and President Barack Obama was slated to discuss it with western governors in a
farmer loading grain truck with auger
Opinion

Editorial: The ‘Bonanza’ farm

Serious thought needed about who will do the work, how will they be paid, and where the investment capital will come from

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I’ve seen a man on one of our big farms start out in the spring and plow a straight furrow until fall. Then he turned around and harvested back.” This anecdote dating back to the late 1800s was shared by Sam Moore in the 2010 article “Bonanza Farms of the Red River Valley,” found on
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CP trains rolling again

reuters/staff / CP trains were rolling again after Canadian Senate passed back-to-work legislation May 31. “There will be a period to catch up on backlog and that is something we’ll be doing once we’re operating again. We’ll be doing that as quickly as possible,” CP spokesman Ed Greenberg said. The Teamsters Union launched its strike
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Feds put CP back to work

The Canadian government will force striking workers at Canadian Pacific Railway back to work with fast-track legislation to end the strike, Labour Minister Lisa Raitt said May 28. “We’re proposing legislation today to protect our recovering economy and resume rail services,” Raitt told the House of Commons a day after the latest round of talks
Livestock

Barn Building Code In Force Nov. 1 – for Sep. 2, 2010

A long-discussed building code for livestock barns and other nonresidential farm buildings will take effect in Manitoba on Nov. 1, the province announced Friday. The changes in the province’s new Farm Building Code will only affect new construction over 600 square metres, or buildings undergoing “extensive renovation,” the province said. However, “there will be some
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Ottawa Appoints Mediator In CN Dispute

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Veteran mediator Andrew Sims has been appointed as arbitrator in the contract negotiations between CN and its 1,700 locomotive engineers. The railway and the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference agreed to binding arbitration in early December after a brief strike. They’ve reported little progress in subsequent contract sessions. Labour Minister Rona Ambrose said the presence of

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