Business risk management, pesticide management and animal disease preparedness were among topics discussed by provincial, federal and territorial ministers of agriculture at their annual meeting this week.
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Ag ministers meeting covers risk management, pesticides, animal disease
Share concerns, build relationships with MPs, lobbyist says
Stay informed and hold representatives to account regardless of affiliation, farmers hear
“Meet with your member of Parliament annually. That’s how you inform politicians. That’s where you can gain some real momentum and leverage. It only takes one MP to stand up at caucus and say I visited my constituents and this is the big issue,” said Dave Carey.
Federal and provincial ag ministers meet in Fredericton
Environmental issues remain a hot topic for provincial agriculture ministers. That and sustainable agriculture dominated discussions during the recent federal, provincial and territorial (FPT) agriculture ministers meeting in Fredericton, N.B. The annual conference was held from July 19-21. The focus on sustainable agriculture tracks, as this is the first time the ministers have met since
NDP, province spar on data quality after grain dryer carbon tax exemption nixed
Should the province have gathered better data before fighting for a federal exemption on carbon tax for grain dryers?
Manitoba’s official Opposition says the province should have fought harder to get a carbon tax exemption for grain dryers, following last year’s “harvest from hell.” NDP Leader Wab Kinew has argued that the province failed to collect adequate data on carbon tax cost accrued by farmers, after saying it would do so in January. “The
Manitoba rural municipalities put province on notice
They say future changes to forage insurance are meaningless while farmers struggle to survive today
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.
Expectations were that PC government would fix education taxation
The current government has many rural MLAs and cabinet ministers
There was an expectation when the current Progressive Conservative (PC) government was elected three years ago changes in how education funds are raised would follow. The PCs took most of the rural seats and rural MLA’s made up two-thirds of cabinet. The government lived up to its promise to review Manitoba’s education system, which is
Mazier defends KAP’s approach on ‘made-in-Manitoba’ carbon tax
He says the position was developed democratically and KAP got much of what it wanted to reduce the negative impact on farmers
A year after the Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) opted to participate as the provincial government developed “A Made-in-Manitoba Climate and Green Plan,” some KAP members are asking why the farm organization doesn’t oppose a carbon tax. “I find this entire carbon tax thing to be a complete fiasco and I view our prime minister (Justin
Agriculture major player in ‘Made-in-Manitoba Climate and Green Plan’
Increasing the biodiesel mandate could cut up to 431,000 tonnes of carbon by 2022, second only to reductions expected from the $25-a-tonne carbon tax
Agriculture’s role in reducing carbon emissions and protecting the environment looms large in the provincial government’s, Made-in-Manitoba Climate and Green Plan. The word “agriculture” appears 34 times in the 60-page document. “Manitoba’s farmers are at the front lines of climate change and need to be at the forefront of solutions,” the plan says. “The Manitoba
Province to assist with amalgamation costs of municipalities
Nearly a year after forcing amalgamation on 100 municipalities, the provincial government announces a $1-million support fund to help with expenses
A year after forcing amalgamation on 100 municipalities, the provincial government is stepping up to help communities deal with the expense. “In the long term, amalgamations have a huge positive effect on finances. In the short term, there were some front-end costs that need to be addressed,” said minister of municipal government and Brandon East
Severe hail strikes The Pas, 10,000 acres affected
Our History: July 1987
This ad in our July 2, 1987 issue was for Grassroots, an online agricultural information system based on the Canadian Communications Research Centre Telidon system. While it featured a great deal of information, it was difficult to access due to slow download speeds over phone lines, and the system was expensive. This ad offered the
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