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Editor’s Take: Slipping one in

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Many years ago, I saw a cartoon that caused my cynical inner journalist to chuckle. A man in a suit sat behind a massive desk, handing a paper to a lackey, saying “Take this, Henderson, and hide it from the public.” I laughed because even a wet-behind-the-ears cub reporter in the early 1990s could recognize
Leaseholders double down with Crown land survey results
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Leaseholders double down with Crown land survey results

Elimination of unit transfers remains massively unpopular

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A provincial survey on agricultural Crown lands put numbers to the issues, but to the Manitoba Crown Lands Leaseholders Association, there was little in the results that hadn’t been said already. “Every point they have in there is exactly what we told them four years ago,” said association president Brent Benson. Why it matters: Agricultural
Heather Stefanson, Manitoba NDP leader Wab Kinew and Manitoba Liberal leader Dougald Lamont at the AMM provincial leaders forum April 4.
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Unofficial provincial election campaign kicks off

Association of Manitoba Municipalities hosts provincial leaders forum

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The first blows leading up to Manitoba’s fall election landed as the Association of Manitoba Municipalities (AMM) hosted an April 4 forum featuring major party leaders. Candidates for Manitoba’s three main political parties sparred over which one best represents the interests of AMM members. Why it matters: Campaigns have not officially launched for the provincial
Letters: Crown land changes botched
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Letters: Crown land changes botched

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For the past seven years, ranchers and producers have seen their way of life undermined by the PC government. The changes brought in under Brian Pallister and his minister of agriculture, Blaine Pedersen, to the Crown Land Lease system were done without consultation or regard for the impact it would have on Manitoba producers. Ranchers
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U.S. senators seek to expand ethanol with support from Big Oil

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Reuters – U.S. senators have reintroduced a bipartisan bill that would allow sales of gasoline with a higher blend of ethanol year-round, with the support of a leading oil trade group. Republican Senator Deb Fischer from Nebraska and Democratic Senator Amy Klobuchar from Minnesota argue that the expanded sales of E15, or fuel containing 15
Manitoba NDP leader Wab Kinew at a press event in 2020.
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NDP set sights on rural Manitoba

Battle lines are being drawn for upcoming election

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The provincial NDP has rural Manitoba, including traditional Progressive Conservative (PC) strongholds, in their crosshairs as parties start showing their hands ahead of this year’s election. In a March 1 release, Manitoba NDP leader Wab Kinew took specific aim at rural health care. “It’s clear that things are getting worse in rural Manitoba, not better,
AMM president Kam Blight speaks to media at the Legislature after the province released its 2023 budget March 7.
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Provincial budget good for municipalities, unremarkable for agriculture

Budget 2023: Increased education property tax rebates, funding for vets, lab testing among ag highlights

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Rural municipalities were winners amidst a somewhat mundane provincial budget for the agriculture sector. Why it matters: Agricultural issues were not front and center in the 2023 budget, although a few line items are worth noting. In this year’s budget, tabled March 7, the province thawed a seven-year freeze on municipal operating funding, increasing it to $217
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau shakes hands following his address to the Canadian Federation of Agriculture general meeting in early March.
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Federal leaders vie for farmer support at CFA

Ottawa seems to be sitting up and taking notice of agriculture

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The meeting hall was buzzing the afternoon of March 6 as the Canadian Federation of Agriculture’s annual meeting awaited the arrival of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. A last-minute addition to the agenda, the prime minister’s participation had been quietly rumoured for several days, but only confirmed on the opening morning of the event. A long-time member of the Parliamentary
If Canadians want improved environmental outcomes at the farm level, farmers need to be compensated accordingly.
Editorial, Op/Ed, Other

Editor’s Take: The window opens

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It’s been a long-held dream of many in the agriculture sector to see farmers paid for the environmental goods and services they provide to society. The argument goes that farmers can do great things for the environment. But as Bill Campbell, past president of the Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP), has often noted, farmers can’t be
We need to provide our input while policies are being drafted, because reacting after the election is called or after the policy platforms are published is too late.
Comment, Op/Ed, Other

Comment: The election hasn’t been called but the campaign has begun

Farmers should be meeting with candidates now to ensure their views are heard

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Sometime before Oct. 24, Manitobans will go to the polls to elect the next provincial government. While we don’t know the election date, the campaign has already begun, or at least, it should have begun for farmers if we want to see agriculture’s needs reflected in the parties’ policies. The political parties are getting prepared

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