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CWB Is About Much More Than Selling Grain

By Garry Draper November 18, 2010

Iwould like to take this opportunity to introduce myself. My name is Garry Draper and my farm is located at Lenore, Man. My wife, Holly, and I have been married for 30 years and have two sons, Shaune and Michael. Both of our sons have bought farms, and together we farm 2,100 acres of wheat,

Crops, Forages, Livestock

Saskatchewan Offers Livestock Assistance

November 18, 2010

The Canadian province of Saskatchewan will compensate livestock farmers for costs they incurred because of too much rain this year, the provincial government said Nov. 9. Saskatchewan received record rainfall in spring, followed by wet periods in summer, damaging hay crops and pastures. The province will help cover farmers’ costs of transporting feed to their

Livestock

MCPA Airs Range Of Wildlife Beefs

By Daniel Winters November 18, 2010

Robin Hood famously hunted the king’s deer in Sherwood Forest. Should Manitoba’s ranchers be allowed to do the same? As part of a wide-ranging discussion of wildlife issues at the Manitoba Cattle Producer’s Association annual general meeting, Don Ransom spoke in favour of a resolution carried by the MCPA to lobby the provincial government to

Livestock

Predator Control A Year-Round Affair

By Daniel Winters November 4, 2010

Manitoba Conservation’s decision to allow year-round coyote and wolf hunting and trapping is aimed at alleviating the pressure on livestock producers, according to Barry Verbiwski, who heads the province’s fur-bearer and problem wildlife unit. “In many instances, wolves and coyotes were coming off of Crown land and coming on to private land to maraud and

Livestock, News

Rising Waters Too Expensive To Fight

By Laura Rance-Unger October 7, 2010

Flooded ranchers and landowners around the three Shoal Lakes in the Interlake were told last week it is cheaper for governments to buy them out than come to their rescue with drainage. Area residents who packed into the community hall here had their worst fears confirmed as they learned the conclusions of a study commissioned

Cereals, Crops, Opinion

StatsCan Needs To Get It Right – for Sep. 9, 2010

By Kevin Hursh September 9, 2010

It’s rare to find a grain farmer with anything good to say about Statistics Canada. At best, the field crop production reports are viewed as a waste of time and money. At worst, the reports are viewed as a government plot to manipulate grain prices. For each of its reports, StatsCan surveys a pile of

Cereals, Opinion

Letters – for Sep. 9, 2010

September 9, 2010

It is the time for Premier Greg Selinger to show his leadership concerning the ever-expanding flood waters of the Shoal Lakes and Vestfold Ducks Unlimited Project. As of September 1 there are over 90,000 acres of farmland under the lake. Large sections of Provincial Roads 415 and 518 are under water resulting in them being

Opinion

Manitoba Must Lead, Not Follow, In Water Innovation – for Aug. 26, 2010

By Henry David (hank) Venema August 26, 2010

Water is never far from the minds of Manitobans – incidents of catastrophic spring flooding across the Prairies and toxic algae washing up on the beaches of Lake Winnipeg this summer dominate our thinking. What may be less obvious is just how important sophisticated water management will be to ours and our children’s prosperity. Water

News

Drainage Enforcement Should Be Fair – for Aug. 19, 2010

By Allan Dawson August 19, 2010

A story about a western Manitoba farmer fined $474 for a ditch that was two inches too deep led KAP delegates into a discussion about drainage at a general council meeting here July 22. Their conclusion: drainage rules need to be enforced equitably across the province. “We have trees, cattails, willows, plugged culverts, ditches that

Opinion

Carbon Credit Market In Doubt

By Kevin Hursh July 15, 2010

With almost no fanfare, Saskatchewan has passed a new greenhouse gas bill that should theoretically provide a mechanism for farmers to be paid for carbon credits. However, the devil will be in the details and the regulations for the bill have yet to be established. Observers worry that when the dust clears, farmers will not

Daily Network News

U.S. corn and soybean yields revised down by USDA

JBS profit falls amid still-challenging US market environment

U.S. grains: Soy hits 17-month high, corn to four-month top as trade braces for U.S. data

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