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Letters: Message to the pork council
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Letters: Message to the pork council

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I feel I must take issue (once again) with Manitoba Pork. In a 700-plus word article appearing in several rural papers recently, Cam Dahl, the industry group’s general manger, makes the preposterous claim that “it’s hard to be green while in the red.”  If you are in the red, you must have been working at
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Letters: Why the cover up?

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In response to the Nov. 2 article,“The Catch-22 on animal activism.”:  Cam Dahl, general manager of Manitoba Pork, voices concern about the threat of disease outbreaks to the Manitoba hog industry. He tells readers that legislation like the now-law Bill 62 is a necessary step for those who trespass onto farm operations.  However, he does not
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Letters: Manure and E. coli go together

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The Manitoba Co-operator’s election campaign story on Sept. 21, 2023, contained the following quote: “The Green Party platform contains numerous water-related plans, including a note to strengthen manure management regulations in the Red River Basin ‘to eliminate manure run-off.’ [Liberal candidate Neil] Stewart said water-related incidents are likely to become larger, and the province needs
Letters: Winds of change turn against pork industry
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Letters: Winds of change turn against pork industry

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Manitoba hog producers would do well to pay very careful attention to California’s Prop 12 and the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding it. Consumers around the world are letting their views on animal welfare be known, both through the power of their buying habits and through their support of issues like Prop 12. Contrary
Letters: Pork should lead with values
Letters, Op/Ed

Letters: Pork should lead with values

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In response to the May 2 Co-operator article, “Values lead on public trust”: As Amy te Plate-Church, presenter at the Manitoba Pork Council’s most recent annual meeting said, “lead with values” in the debate about industrial hog methods of raising pigs. Let’s do that. The crux of this value debate lies in the reality of
Letters, Op/Ed

Letters: More hogs, more problems

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In response to the May 26 Co-operator article “Meat industry hits hard times”. Without the benefit of taxpayers’ dollars (read: government support), the Manitoba hog industry (not farming) would have collapsed many years ago.  Born and raised on a farm, I appreciate the proper raising and care of swine. Pigs produced in a factory-type situation
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Letters: Reverse senseless Crown land policies

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It is sad and disheartening to see how the Manitoba government has treated the small cattle ranchers who are the stewards of our grasslands. They forced most of the First Nations ranchers out of business with the Portage Diversion flood of 2011. The people and the land have never recovered. In the last three years,
Letters, Op/Ed, Other

Letters: Ag minister Pedersen should resign

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Recently my friend had a heart attack. Our young neighbour can’t sleep. A worried widow cries when her kids are in bed. They are ranchers whose operations use leased Crown land. The devastation you and your government have caused to this small group of hard-working Manitobans is unconscionable. The budget will hardly be balanced on
Letters: Concerned for the future of seed
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Letters: Concerned for the future of seed

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As a farmer I am keenly aware of the importance of genetics when it comes to raising life, be it plant or animal. This does not make me unique, but rather defines a farmer’s historic relationship with the life we have been entrusted with, the idea being that genetics matter. This historic relationship has been

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