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Two University of Manitoba agricultural economists say it’s wrong to assume all of the price drop in canola is due to losing the China market.
News, Oilseeds

How much has losing China cost Canadian canola growers?

The canola council estimates $1 billion on annual basis, but a recent report says the price drop is within the recent trading range

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Losing access to China’s canola seed market will cost Canadian farmers $1 billion annually, according to a Canola Council of Canada estimate. But University of Manitoba agricultural economists Derek Brewin and Ryan Cardwell aren’t so sure. The council’s estimate is based on canola futures prices having dropped 10 per cent from February, before China stopped
"Any help that can be provided is a good thing." – Carson Callum, Manitoba Beef Producers.
Livestock, News

Province pledges funds for water access for drought-stricken areas

Efforts to provide relief stymied by back-to-back elections

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Help is on the way for drought-stricken Interlake and Parkland ranchers, but it’s unclear how much — or how helpful — it will be. “[It] really does nothing for the guys up here,” said Art Jonasson, reeve of the RM of West Interlake. On September 12, the province announced it would provide funding under Ag Action Manitoba
Dominic Barton, Global Managing Partner, McKinsey & Company, attends the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 18, 2017.
News, Other

Canada’s new ambassador to China authored landmark report on agri-food’s potential

Dominic Barton’s appointment welcomed by farm organization representatives

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The appointment of Dominic Barton as Canadian ambassador to China was welcomed by farm leaders but the former business leader and university chancellor will have a lot of issues to deal with besides blocked shipments of canola, pork and beef. The arrest of a Chinese executive in Vancouver on a U.S. arrest warrant soured relations
Two parties have pledged to change the province’s education tax system.
Local news, Other

Election 2019: Education tax relief promised in provincial election campaign

KAP welcomes the announcement, but says it needs details

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For decades farmers have complained taxing farmland to help fund education is unfair, now two parties have promised to scrap education taxes on all property, including farmland and houses, in the dying days of the provincial election. The Progressive Conservative (PC) Party of Manitoba announced Sept. 3, education taxes on property would be phased out
Local news, Other

Election 2019: Supporting farmers doesn’t win votes in Winnipeg

House taxes were focus of announcement

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The Progressive Conservative party’s promise to phase out education taxes on all property, including farmland, is a huge win for Manitoba farmers and the Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP), says University of Manitoba political studies professor, Christopher Adams. But the news release announcing the pledge doesn’t mention farmers at all and instead focuses on the tax
A re-elected PC government aims to raise the ethanol requirement in fuel to 10 per cent from 8.5 per cent and the biodiesel requirement to five per cent from two per cent.
Farmit Manitoba, Local news, News, Other

Election 2019: Provincial candidates give little reaction to biofuel mandate promise


Progressive Conservative pledge would more than double biodiesel level

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Electoral candidates at a recent forum had little to say about the Progressive Conservative promise to increase the biofuel and ethanol requirements in Manitoba. “Certainly we’re excited for that opportunity,” said Minister of Agriculture Ralph Eichler, adding he hoped the other provinces would follow suit. Premier Brian Pallister announced on August 27 that a PC
From top left: Martha Jo Willard, Green party candidate for Notre Dame, Terry Hayward, Liberal candidate for Lac du Bonnet, Mitch Obach, NDP candidate for Selkirk, Ralph Eichler, PC minister of agriculture and MLA for Lakeside.
Farmit Manitoba, Local news, News, Other

Election 2019: Electoral forum raises rural issues

The event saw candidates from four provincial parties duke it out over infrastructure, trade, the environment, and Crown land reform

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An electoral forum on agriculture saw candidates get heated about rural infrastructure problems, and take swings at the Pallister government on trade and land reform. The Manitoba Farm Writers and Broadcasters Association on August 27 brought together candidates from the four provincial parties to answer questions from commodity groups and farmers. Agriculture Minister Ralph Eichler

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