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Breaking Down The Windbreaks

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It’s common to hear the chainsaws buzzing this time of year, as the untold number of residents in this province who heat with wood at least some of the time go about gathering, stacking and splitting their winter supply. It’s hard to imagine a more annoying sound than these saws cutting through the afternoon’s calm,
Hogs, Livestock, News

Financially Strapped Hog Farmers Seeking Tax Relief

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Manitoba’s financially stressed hog farmers are asking the provincial government for tax relief as barns shut down and producers leave the industry at an accelerating rate. The Manitoba Pork Council wants the province to waive municipal taxes on hog barns this year, saying many producers just can’t afford to pay. MPC made its appeal in
Beef cattle, Livestock, News

Keystone Processing gets government fund injection

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“This is about the future of the cattle industry here at home.” – kelly penner, keystone processing lans for a new beef-processing plant in Manitoba got a $17.5-million boost this week. The provincial government is investing up to $7.5 million in Keystone Processors Ltd., which will trigger as much as $10 million in loans from
Opinion

Stop The Blame Game

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It goes without saying tensions are running high in the agricultural community right now. Early reports from the fall calf run indicate prices this year could actually be worse than when the border closed in 2003. The main culprits appear to be the languishing U. S. dollar, which is bringing the loonie closer to par,
Livestock

TAP Funds Offered To Hog Farmers

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In response to increased challenges facing Manitoba’s pork industry, pork producers will now be able to access 75 per cent of their estimated 2009 AgriStability payment. This increase to the targeted advance payment will make an additional $70 million available in cash flow assistance to the industry. “This government is always willing to adjust programs
News

KAP Delegates Critical Of Province

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“Some people are having some challenges and they want to blame me and I can live with that.” – ROSANN WOWCHUK Rank and file delegates verbally pummelled the Manitoba government at the Oct. 15 Keystone Agricultural Producers meeting, accusing it of being indifferent to outright hostile towards agriculture. “I can’t understand what the government is
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School Trustees Concerned About Future Ability To Set Rates

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“We’re getting a message that everything’s on the table.” – CAROLYN DUHAMEL, MSBA Manitoba school trustees are watching closely as a Saskatchewan measure to strip local school boards of their power to levy education taxes takes effect this year. The Saskatchewan move leaves Manitoba as virtually the only province in Canada where local school boards
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Funds To Restore Manitoba’s Largest Marshes

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“The cost of restoring our internationally significant wetlands is small compared to the tremendous benefits they provide by improving the water quality of our great lakes, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and providing wildlife habitat and wildliferelated recreation opportunities.” – STAN STRUTHERS, CONSERVATION MINISTER The province is strengthening its strategy for healthy waterways with an investment
Crops, Forages, Livestock

Hay Sellers And Buyers In A Standoff Over Price

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“I think right now guys are trying to decide whether they can afford to keep their cows.” – MARJORIE JARVIS At the Jarvis farm near Gladstone, there’s 1,000 alfalfa-grass hay bales that were put up this summer waiting to be sold. The asking price for the feed-tested hay is four cents a pound. For a
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Province Accused Of Carbon Credit Grab

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Manitoba farmers are being warned that the provincial government will seize carbon credits resulting from conservation practices conducted under environmental farm plans. An agronomists’ group called Farmers Edge Precision Consulting is encouraging producers to ask serious questions about carbon credits before signing on to the new Environmental Farm Action Program (EFAP). Farmers Edge says the

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