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NFU Seeks Excise Tax Rebate On Retail Fuel

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The National Farmers Union says farmers should be able to buy their excise tax-free diesel at retail pumps and receive an 11.5-cent-per-litre rebate later. The NFU made the request in a letter to Agriculture Minister Rosann Wowchuk. Wowchuk was hesitant to comment on the request last week having not yet received the letter. “But the
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Eco Dev Needs Refocus: Report

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A new provincial report says too many groups are doing economic development work across rural and northern Manitoba, and recommends a “single window of delivery” be created instead. Titled Manitoba Connects: Building A New Rural Manitoba Economic Development Strategy, the 37-page report by Serby Consulting contains findings from consultations begun by the province last fall
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Province Increases Compensation For Last Year’s Flooding

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The Disaster Financial Assistance (DFA) pro-g ram for AugustSeptember 2008 flooding in the Interlake-Westlake region will increase to $3 million from $670,000, Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Steve Ashton, minister responsible for emergency measures, and Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives Minister Rosann Wowchuk have announced. “The provincial government has more information on the extent of claims and
Livestock, News

Alberta Looks To Dial Back Agriculture Spending

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The Alberta government plans to pare back its spending on agriculture and rural development to about $1.14 billion in the coming year, down from its projected 2008-09 expenses of almost $1.4 billion. That will include a net reduction of 91 employees, following both the province’s “value review” of the department and the establishment of the
Cereals, News, Oilseeds

Nexera Growing At Bunge Altona

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The owners have changed a few times and so have the oilseeds it crushes, but the processing plant farmers built here in 1946 still epitomizes the concept of “value added.” In fact, this plant has been “value adding” since long before the words became part of the Prairie lexicon. Canola, the oilseed it processes almost
Opinion

Wetlands vital to nutrient management

The Government of Manitoba’s March 25 throne speech includes a statement identifying more research being undertaken to reduce nutrient loading into Lake Winnipeg. This comes at the right time as Ducks Unlimited Canada’s (DUC) new water quality research in the Broughton’s Creek watershed in southwest Manitoba shows the need to assist landowners as a critical
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Province Announces Provincial Land Use Policy Review

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The provincial government announced last week a full public review of provincial land policies will begin later this month. This will be the first review of provincial land use policies (PLUPs) since 1994 with public input to be sought through workshops around the province and meetings with key stakeholders. Proposed changes to the PLUPs were
Livestock, Opinion

What’s The Alternative?

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“Never forget this – it’s a pennies business,” Keystone Processors president Kelly Penner said last week following the new beef-packing company’s official opening in the former Schneider’s pork plant on Marion St. in Winnipeg. It’s also a business in which new players need to watch their backs. As one industry participant put it recently, the
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Grazing Clubs Run Out Of Grass

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“I guess the feds have decided they could spend their money better somewhere else.” – MICHAEL THIELE, DUC Manitoba’s 30 grazing clubs could be scrambl ing for an alternate source of funding this spring as the federal government pulls the plug on Greencover Canada. As the sun sets on the five-year program, up to two-thirds
Country Crossroads

Farmers’ Market Season Could Be Extended

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“There’ll be some sort of modification to the 14-day limit.” – MIKE LEBLANC, MANAGER OF THE HEALTH PROTECTION UNIT WI TH MANITOBA HEALTH Farmers’ markets could be in business more than 14 days per year once Manitoba Health completes an overhaul of the rules governing their operation. The rules will also give vendors clearer direction

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