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Province Helps Fund Fairground Upgrades

By Lorraine Stevenson July 16, 2009

“There needs to be upgrading.” – DORIS FLETCHER, MAAS PRESIDENT Agricultural socie-ties will share $94,500 in provincial grants in 2009-10 to help cover costs of much-needed upgrades such as paint and repairs to barns, grandstands, bleachers and signage. The provincial government announced the grant last week. “These organizations support and encourage the exhibitions and fairs

Hogs, Opinion

Letters – for Jul. 9, 2009

July 9, 2009

Move in new livestock direction Governments have once again chosen political expediency over science. They are doling out another $37 million to the hog industry. Why? Because, in the words of the minister of agriculture, “the false connection to the H1N1 flu,” is unjustly damaging the industry. She makes no mention of how she reached

News

Tender Hoped To Clear Up Junk Pile

By Daniel Winters July 9, 2009

“Our hope in doing jobs like this is that all the players will come forward. Unfortunately, I will be phoning scrap metal dealers as well, but the preference was always to find somebody to take it on.” – COLLIN LEGALL The bankruptcy trustee handling the assets of the failed Ranchers Choice beef slaughter plant is

Hogs, Livestock

Hog Producers Want Pork Profit-Sharing

By Ron Friesen July 2, 2009

“A fundamental restructuring of our industry with shared accounting across the supply chain is imperative.” – JURGEN PREUGSCHAS, CPC CHAIRMAN Hog producers want a share of the money which other industry players – processors, food manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers – make from selling pork. The Canadian Pork Council is calling for a way to pass

Livestock

Support For New Processor Questioned

By Alana Vannahme June 18, 2009

The addition of Keystone Processors Ltd. to the small Manitoba beef market has ruffled the feathers of some of the province’s existing processors. Keystone Processors Ltd. opened March 10 at the old Maple Leaf facility on Marion Street in Winnipeg. It is currently processing beef for Manitoba retailers such as De Luca’s Specialty Foods, Winnipeg

Livestock, News

Survey Finds Public Willing To Pay For EGS

By Daniel Winters June 18, 2009

“Manitobans are willing to pay $294 per household over a five-year period for wetlands, according to the survey results. If 100 per cent of wetlands are restored in the province, the public is willing to pay $358 per household over five years. This is even after those polled were told this money would come out

News

Community Development Experts Meet In Manitoba

By Lorraine Stevenson June 11, 2009

Experts in community economic development gathered in Winnipeg early this month for a three-day conference hosted by a national organization the Canadian Community Economic Development Network or CCEDNet. The province of Manitoba declared June 1 to 5 Community Economic Development Week in Manitoba in recognition of the important contributions groups focused on community development are

Opinion

Stop the free rides across farmland

June 4, 2009

The problem with off road vehicles running rampant in our province is not a recent revelation. Agricultural producers have been victims of this escalating abuse for more than 20 years and have repeatedly lobbied local and federal governments for preventive measures. We are among hundreds of farmers who face economic and environmental losses every year

Country Crossroads

Northern Agriculture Gets A Boost

By Manitoba Government Release June 4, 2009

Aprogram to encourage the expansion of agriculture production and to increase the availability of locally produced healthy foods in northern Manitoba was jointly announced May 28 by Treasury Board president Vic Toews and Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives Minister Rosann Wowchuk. “Northern Manitoba offers many real and untapped opportunities for sustainable development in agriculture

Opinion

Community Ownership Key To Successful Short Lines

By Paul Beingessner May 21, 2009

There is seldom enough money available in moving grain on branch lines to afford extensive services from outside contractors. Nobody likes rain on the day of a parade. And so the metaphor about raining on someone’s parade is pretty apt. You don’t get to be the crowd favourite if you’re disrespecting an idea the crowd

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures rise on first WASDE since September

U.S. export sales include only small soybean business to China

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

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