“Managing Supply” An Option For Battered Hog Farmers

“The nice thing about managing supply is it actually gives producers the tools to get it (returns) from the marketplace and we don’t keep going back to government with our hands out.” – IAN WISHART Canadian hog farmers should consider managing supplies, as American potato growers do, to avoid excess production and depressed prices, says

Canadian Wheat Board Sees Balanced Contingency Fund

The Canadian Wheat Board expects its contingency fund to balance this year after volatile grain prices caused a $28.9 million ($24.7 million) deficit last year and fuelled fresh government criticism of the grain-marketing agency. The fund underwrites the risk of non-traditional payment programs that are designed to give farmers flexibility to price some of their


LETTERS – for Nov. 6, 2008

Drainage maintenance still allowed In response to the article “Licence exemption for minor drainage works removed,” which appeared in the Oct. 30 edition of the Manitoba Co-operator, Keystone Agricultural Producers would like to assure its members that we are working in co-operation with officials from Manitoba Water Stewardship to bring forward the concerns of producers.

CWB candidates’ debate broadcast

Single-desk selling versus a dual market dominated a discussion between the five candidates running for Canadian Wheat Board director in District 10 broadcast on Radio Southern Manitoba Oct. 29. Incumbent and single-desk supporter Bill Toews argued the focus should be on single-desk selling versus an open market. “There is no model for a dual market,”