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The NFU’s views on the agriculture ministers’ meeting

Excerpts from an NFU brief sent to federal, provincial and territorial agriculture ministers  in advance of their annual conference in Calgary July 20 to 22

By National Farmers Union July 25, 2016

We expect the next agriculture policy framework will continue to have two main areas of focus: safety net, or Business Risk Management (BRM) programs for farmers, and Strategic Initiative funding to support programs with broader policy goals. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada research has shown that AgriStability is used disproportionately by larger farms. When GF2 (Growing

Dairy cattle, Livestock, Markets

Diafiltered milk issue sours on slow federal response

By Erin Debooy, GFM Network News June 17, 2016

CNS Canada — Two weeks after rallying on Parliament Hill to protest Trans-Pacific and European trade agreements, some dairy farmers say the government is still slacking when it comes to supporting their industry. The immediate crisis, according to Jan Slomp, a Vancouver Island dairy farmer and president of the National Farmers Union, is diafiltered milk.

Editorial, Opinion

Editorial: Keeping PEDv out

Plus, restoring prison farms to be studied

By Laura Rance-Unger June 16, 2016

Is it a coincidence that three Manitoba hog operations have experienced outbreaks of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDv) within weeks after the Canadian Food Inspection Agency reinstated protocols for washing trucks returning from the U.S.? We think not. During the height of the PEDv outbreak in the U.S. two years ago, the CFIA suspended a

Comment, Opinion

Comment: A great mind and a great character

By John Morriss May 30, 2016

The name Roy Atkinson used to be one of the most mentioned in the Manitoba Co-operator, but it’s been awhile since it appeared. Our digital search records go back to 2007 and since then Roy’s name comes up just once, in an interview with Allan Dawson at the National Farmers Union 40th anniversary annual meeting

Claudia Schievelbein and Guy Kastler spoke about Europe’s experience with UPOV ’91 at the University of Manitoba Feb. 22 at a meeting organized by the National Farmers Union with funding from Growing Forward 2 and Interlake Forage Seeds Ltd. Schievelbein is an organic farmer and farm reporter in Germany. Kastler is an organic farmer in France and advocate for farm-saved seed.

Comment, Crops

Analysis: Rising seed costs on farmer radar

There are different options for producers to consider

By Allan Dawson March 14, 2016

There are no crops without seed. It’s as essential to production as air, soil, water and sunshine. Seed is also increasingly expensive ranking in the top three “operating expenses” for Manitoba crop producers along with fertilizer and pesticides. (Operating costs do not include fixed costs such as land and equipment or labour.) The National Farmers

News

More farm groups pan CTA review panel report

It’s thumbs down from the NFU, SaskWheat, SaskBarley and APAS

By Allan Dawson March 10, 2016

The National Farmers Union (NFU), and a coalition of Saskatchewan farm groups, are disappointed with a report prepared by the panel that reviewed the Canadian Transportation Act. “The CTA review was carried out by the previous government’s appointees, and its results predictably reflect an alignment with CN, CP and the multinational grain companies regarding grain

A shortage of grain trains during the winter of 2013-14 prompted an early review of the Canadian Transportation Act.

News

Criticism of CTA review panel report continues to build

Agricultural economist Richard Gray says if the railway Maximum Revenue Entitlement ends the only alternative to protect farmers is running rights

By Allan Dawson March 10, 2016

Without a competitive rail market, or regulations to mimic one, scrapping the Maximum Revenue Entitlement (MRE) will encourage railways to ship less grain and charge more to do it, warns University of Saskatchewan agricultural economist Richard Gray. Gray was commenting on the Canada Transportation Act review panel report released two weeks ago. It recommends phasing

Local news, Weather

Manitoba to adopt cap and trade

The province is offering to work with farm organizations to reduce farm emissions

By Shannon VanRaes December 11, 2015

A cap-and-trade system for carbon emissions is a key pillar of a new plan to reduce the province’s greenhouse gas emissions. Premier Greg Selinger made the announcement last week, outlining a plan to cut greenhouse gases by one-third by the year 2030, while also promising to create 6,000 “new green jobs” in the next four

Local news, Weather

Farmers and climate change policy

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff December 11, 2015

The Manitoba government’s climate change plan has laid out some new priorities for agriculture in the province including a promise to partner with Keystone Agricultural Producers and the National Farmers Union. The goals include: Building resiliency by expanding the focus of Environmental Farm Plan-related programming from assessment of agri-environmental risks towards building resiliency against adverse weather

Dairy cattle, News

Is TPP the beginning of the end for supply management?

The NFU fears the new TPP deal but a University of Manitoba economist says it doesn’t go far enough

By Allan Dawson October 16, 2015

The National Farmers Union (NFU) predicts the Trans-Pacific Partnership deal is the beginning of the end for supply management while claiming prospects for export agriculture are “illusory.” But Ryan Cardwell, a University of Manitoba agricultural economist, says the deal announced earlier this month doesn’t go far enough to end higher costs for dairy, eggs, chicken

Daily Network News

More canola, spring wheat likely to be seeded this spring

No way to segregate gene edited pigs Canadian Pork Council says as groups call for labeling

CUSMA: a guide to the review and what it means for the agriculture sector

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Diafiltered milk issue sours on slow federal response

Editorial: Keeping PEDv out

Comment: A great mind and a great character

Analysis: Rising seed costs on farmer radar

More farm groups pan CTA review panel report

Criticism of CTA review panel report continues to build

Manitoba to adopt cap and trade

Farmers and climate change policy

Is TPP the beginning of the end for supply management?

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