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Canadian cattle producers continue to miss market opportunities due to BSE, and Conservatives say a key deadline was missed.
Beef cattle, News

Conservatives criticize Liberals for missing BSE risk status deadline

Canada had an opportunity to boost its BSE risk ranking, which would improve market access

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The Conservative Party of Canada (CPC) is criticizing the federal government for missing a deadline to apply for a more favourable World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) designation for beef exports. CPC Agriculture Critic John Barlow says Canadian ranchers were given a “stunning setback” because the federal Liberal government missed a deadline this summer to
As the White House openly panders to its rural voters, China, wall or no wall, continues to play the long game.
Comment, Opinion, Other

Comment: U.S. trade policy hits the Great Wall

China plays the long game; United States keeps getting played

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Several years ago, when Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Tom Friedman was asked to choose which rising Asian nation, China or India, he’d bet the farm on, Friedman didn’t hesitate to pick India. The reason, he explained, was that while both nations were on an expressway to the future, India, the world’s largest democracy, had an open
Despite the real upset the CN Rail strike caused for several sectors, the almost immediate calls to end the strike with back-to-work legislation were premature.
Comment, Farmit Manitoba, Other

Comment: No politician wins in CN strike

Partisan antics at the expense of farmers won’t play well with Canadians

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Elected officials took different approaches to handling the Canadian National Railway strike — but none of them come out of it looking good. When roughly 3,200 yard workers and train conductors represented by the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference walked off the job Nov. 19, they did so in protest of safety concerns. They highlighted issues
An elevator fire in Crystal City last year left residents unable to co-ordinate their emergency response due to poor cell service.
Local news, News, Other

Province promises emergency communications upgrade

The province says it will foot the bill for setting up a new multimillion-dollar emergency communications network to be in place by 2021

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Manitoba’s FleetNet emergency communications network may soon get a long-awaited replacement. Premier Brian Pallister announced $400 million to replace the communications systems used by Manitoba’s emergency services, police and conservation officers Nov. 25. “The new system will give our police officers, firefighters, paramedics, conservation officers and forest fire crews a superior communication tool that will enable
“Maybe as we start rolling into these times of more climactic events, more weather-related events, maybe there’s an onus on MFGA and some of the other producer groups to start showing more leadership so that producers don’t get caught up unawares.” – Duncan Morrison.
Local news, News, Other

Manitoba rural municipalities put province on notice

They say future changes to forage insurance are meaningless while farmers struggle to survive today

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Manitoba’s new agriculture minister found himself in the hot seat at the recent annual meeting of the Association of Manitoba Municipalities in Brandon. Representatives of the 16 rural municipalities who have declared themselves in a state of agriculture emergency chided the province and Minister of Agriculture and Resource Development Blaine Pedersen, for lack of response.
“On this and other trade agreements, those in the supply management sectors will be fully and fairly compensated, with many farmers in the dairy sector receiving their first cheques this month.” – Gov. General Julie Payette, reading from the Throne Speech. Photo: Reuters/Blair Gable
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Throne speech kicks off Parliament with nod to agriculture

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The federal throne speech opening the first session of Canada’s 43rd Parliament further committed the Liberal minority government to combating climate change, supporting natural resource sectors and removing international trade barriers. Including a pledge to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, the speech, delivered Thursday in Ottawa, showed the government again demonstrating its commitment to a
Marie-Claude Bibeau is embraced by Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau after being presented as minister of Agriculture and Agri-food during the presentation of Trudeau’s new cabinet, at Rideau Hall November 20.
Markets, News, Other

Federal cabinet may need more tweaking

Westerners conspicuously absent in cabinet

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Although Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made several changes to his federal cabinet on Nov. 20, the shortage of ministers from Western Canada remains a glaring issue. Of 37 cabinet members, including Trudeau, only five are from constituencies west of Ontario. Furthermore, Manitoba MP Dan Vandal, who was named minister of northern affairs, is the lone
The Pallister government has reconfirmed its commitment to removing education taxes from farmland.
Local news, News, Other

Pallister committed to education tax phase out

That’s just one of several election promises included in the new Manitoba government’s throne speech

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Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister says he’s committed to phasing out education taxes on farmland and other property over 10 years starting in 2022 when the Manitoba government’s books are expected to be balanced. It’s a promise welcomed by farmers who say the burden of funding schools in rural areas has shifted disproportionally to them because
ICE canola futures remain rangebound
Grain Markets, Markets

ICE canola futures remain rangebound

Talk of more trade talks supports Chicago futures

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The ICE Futures canola market flatlined during the second week of November, trading within a rather narrow sideways range and showing little incentive to break one way or the other. The steady tone came despite a sizable drop in Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) soyoil prices, as world vegoil markets backed off nearby highs. Soyoil
Editorial, Farmit Manitoba, Other

Editor’s Take: Ignoring the rural electoral base

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Just weeks after the last provincial election campaign wrapped up, it might seem too soon to talk about the next one. But in the context of discontent in Manitoba’s farm country, it’s a topic worth considering. The governing Progressive Conservatives benefited, as they typically do, from strong support in rural Manitoba. In fact, agro-Manitoba voted

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