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Canada’s new Agriculture and Agri-Foods Minister Lawrence MacAulay (l) is sworn-in during a ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa November 4, 2015. Photo: REUTERS/Chris Wattie

Lawrence MacAulay sworn in as Canada’s new agriculture minister

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Ottawa/Manitoba Co-operator – Only hours after being sworn in by Governor General David Johnston and mere minutes after leaving his first cabinet meeting, Canada’s newly minted Minister of Agriculture paused to speak with reporters gathered on Parliament Hill Nov. 3. “I’m certainly pleased,” said Lawrence MacAulay. “Being a dairy farmer and a seed potato farmer
Winter Derange (r) and Maeve Partyka (l) show off goats to visitors at Aurora Farm. Nearly 40 farms participated in the annual event, which is in its sixth year.
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Open Farm Day a success

Warm weather and sunny skies drew droves of urbanites to Manitoba farms

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Gravel roads and farm lanes were packed with vehicles last Sunday, as Open Farm Day brought out what might be a record number of visitors in its sixth year. Just south of Winnipeg, Aurora Farm was literally crawling with visitors of all ages, eager for the opportunity to feed a goat, touch a chicken or
In 2014, nearly one million Manitoba acres were too wet to seed and thousands of acres of crop were damaged by too much moisture.
Crops, Local news, Weather

Risk management review task force seeks farmer input

It’s looking for ideas to mitigate the impact of increasing severe weather on producers

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Everybody complains about the weather, the old saying goes, but nobody does anything about it. Well, Manitoba’s Agriculture Risk Management Review Task Force can’t fix the weather, but it wants to hear Manitoba farmers’ ideas for mitigating its impact. “We’re hoping there will be some real thinking out of the box by people on the
leafy spurge weed
Crops, Local news

Manitoba overhauling Noxious Weeds Act

Noxious weeds will be listed in three tiers with control action 
based on the threat to agriculture and natural areas

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The Manitoba government is overhauling one of the oldest laws on its books — the Noxious Weeds Act — to bring it into line with current weed threats in the province. If passed, Bill 32, the Noxious Weeds Amendment Act, will put into statute much of what is already common practice — controlling weeds commiserate
A field of hay was under water within hours after there was an intentional breach on the west side of the Portage Diversion July 4. It would have been the first hay harvested from the field since 2010. Local landowners want help.  Photo: Sandi Knight
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Hazy disaster aid outlook for flooded farmers

There are ongoing discussions, but no action for producers still seeking compensation for 2012 flooding

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Contrary to reports last week, governments have not ruled out additional assistance through AgriRecovery for flooded Prairie farmers, an official with Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz’s office said Monday. However, it’s not officially on the table either — at least not yet. The minister’s office was busy trying to clarify reports emerging from a July 18
Most North Americans use velvet antler as dried powder in capsules, for recovery from injury or exercise, to boost testosterone, and improve circulation.
Livestock, Oilseeds, Opinion, Other livestock

Regaining access to China markets

Tainted food scandals have convinced Chinese buyers that imports are safer

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Cervid (elk and other deer) products have been used and prized in China for at least 2,700 years. That makes China a very valuable marketplace for cervid products. Indeed, it was a good market until Canada and the U.S. took action to contain and eradicate BSE in early 2003. China immediately closed its markets to
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Grain transportation bill stumbles on procedural glitch

An amendment to compensate shippers for delayed rail service was ruled out of order

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Former Conservative MP Brent Rathgeber has tripped up the government’s plan to allow farmers and grain companies to collect compensation from the railways for losses caused by delayed shipments. It proved to be a temporary setback for the government, but it hinges on an important part of how laws are drafted in Canada. Rathgeber, who
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New deputy minister appointed to federal Agriculture Department

Andrea Lyon steps in as deputy minister as Suzanne Vinet retires

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Andrea Lyon will have a hard act to follow when she takes over as deputy minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada succeeding Suzanne Vinet, who held the post for nearly two hectic years. Vinet is retiring after 28 years in the federal civil service including several stints in agriculture as well as senior executive posts

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