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U. S. Spud Dumping Ongoing In B. C.

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Afour-month review by Canada’s customs agency predicts U. S. potatoes will likely be dumped in British Columbia if seasonal antidumping duties don’t remain in place. As has been the case every five years since 1990, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) in late December launched an investigation of its most recent anti-dumping order in September
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Peak Does Damage Control

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Peak of the Market did some serious damage control late last week when it negotiated a so-called “cease fire” in what had come to be known as this province’s Potato Wars. The marketing agency for Manitoba’s potato and root crops was in an untenable position – under attack by a vocal coalition of locavores dedicated
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Peak Calls Truce In Spud War

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“This is in place right away. We’re not going to enforce anything else.” – LARRY MCINTOSH Trevor Schreimer figured something was up when he and other members of the Manitoba Potato Coalition met with Agriculture Minister Stan Struthers earlier this month to lobby against Peak of the Market’s new regulation governing small potato growers. “He
Cereals, Livestock, Opinion

Letters – for Apr. 15, 2010

Disastrous economic development The warning previews are being posted, as John Oliver speaks out on global energy, with food and water shortages on the horizon. (March 25 Manitoba Co-operator story by Daniel Winters.) We read that more than one billion people go hungry every single day and have little or no clean water to drink,
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Year-Round Farmers’ Markets Seen At Risk

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New provincial regulations for small potato growers will jeopardize the ability of farmers’ markets to operate year round in Manitoba, opponents say. The new rules make it illegal for a farmers’ market to sell seasonally grown local potatoes after Oct. 31. That could threaten plans for a year-round farmers’ market in downtown Winnipeg. It could
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New Potato Rules Rile Small Producers

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“We are not a threat to orderly marketing of potatoes in Manitoba.” – ALAN GRAHAM, FMAM Anewly formed coalition of farmers’ markets, small producers and independent grocers will oppose recent provincial regulations for in-season table potatoes. Called COFARM (Coalition of Farmers and Retailers Manitoba), the group plans a lobbying effort to get the new regulations
Crops

UAP Has New Biocontrol For Sclerotinia

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“If it (Contans) is used by more and more growers the regional approach would be a good approach because the overall inoculum would be reduced.” – VIKRAM BISHT Manitoba sunflower growers finally have a tool in the battle to protect their crops from sclerotinia, a potentially devastating fungal disease that also attacks canola and other
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New Rules Require Permits For Small Potato Growers

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New provincial regulations require small potato growers who sell to farmers’ markets and roadside stands to have permits, although the rules won’t be enforced for the next three years. However, growers who supply seasonal vegetable retailers will require permits, beginning this year. The new regulation under the Farm Products Marketing Act means all potato growers
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Manitoba Potato Farmers Face Steep Contract Cuts

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“People just aren’t eating out as often as they used to.” – CALLA FARN, MCCAIN FOODS A sharp downturn in exports has Manitoba’s processing potato growers bracing for major cuts in contracted acres this year. McCain Foods Inc., the province’s largest potato processor, will cut potato contracts by 15 to 20 per cent this year,
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Colder Climates Produce Healthier Food

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“This study shows that the Canadian Climate Advantaged Diet is currently a theoretically possible approach.” Winter woes aside, Western Canada’s colder climate may prove very good for what ails us. Following the release of the CAPI report last August the Manitoba Agri-Health Research Network commissioned an assessment of the clinical data established by the Manitoba

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