Agriculture ministers from across Canada said they’ve met with farmers and heard canola producers’ concerns about tariffs but it seems unlikely the ministers will be able to do much about them.
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Ag minister says tariff situation with China remains fragile, volatile
Tariffs on canola and other products were discussed at the annual federal, provincial and territorial ag ministers’ meeting
Kostyshyn wraps up 2023
Ag minister light on detail for weighty agricultural files, but says discussions are ongoing
Consultations on major agricultural issues, including some carryovers from the previous government, were still plugging away as Manitoba Agriculture Minister Ron Kostyshyn wrapped up 2023. Kostyshyn looked back on the year during a Dec. 19 interview with the Manitoba Co-operator. Why it matters: The Dauphin region MLA, elected Oct. 3, regained his old post as
Kostyshyn back in the saddle as he lays a course on ag file
Provincial Agriculture Minister Ron Kostyshyn discusses what the sector can expect now that he’s back in the role
Ron Kostyshyn says rural economic development is critical to the health of agriculture in Manitoba. “We don’t need to be chasing producers away. We need to have more of them involved for the economic development of rural Manitoba,” said Manitoba’s reappointed agriculture minister. Why it matters: Returning to his role as ag minister, which he
Former ag minister returns in new Manitoba cabinet
Kinew names Kostyshyn to ag portfolio
Incoming Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew has brought a former provincial agriculture minister back to the cabinet table to handle the ag file. Ron Kostyshyn, who from 2012 to 2016 was then-premier Greg Selinger’s ag minister while serving as MLA for the northwestern riding of Swan River, was sworn in Wednesday as minister of agriculture in
Manitoba legislature’s agriculture leaders to return under new management
NDP scores majority over incumbent Tories
Manitoba’s incumbent agriculture minister and lead opposition agriculture critic are headed back to the legislature — but under a new seating plan. Opposition leader Wab Kinew’s New Democrats are expected to form a majority government coming out of Tuesday’s provincial election, unseating incumbent premier Heather Stefanson’s Progressive Conservatives. Just after 1 a.m. Wednesday, NDP candidates
Farmers welcome a premier with rural roots
Brian Pallister grew up on the family farm near Edwin and still has relatives farming
account_id=”2206156280001″ player_id=”ryGLIkmv”] KAP president Dan Mazier said it doesn’t hurt that Manitoba’s premier-elect Brian Pallister has rural roots.[/caption] “Brian Pallister, our premier-elect, is from rural Manitoba,” Dan Mazier, who farms near Justice, said in an interview during KAP’s quarterly advisory council meeting here April 20. “I think that really helps us out. His roots are
Manitoba ag minister unseated in Tory sweep
Manitoba’s incumbent agriculture minister was among the casualties in Tuesday’s provincial election as Brian Pallister’s Progressive Conservatives swept the New Democrats from office. Ron Kostyshyn lost his seat Tuesday to Tory candidate Rick Wowchuk, a schoolteacher from Swan River, by a spread of over 1,500 votes. Kostyshyn, a cow-calf producer from Ethelbert, Man., had been
Province lifts limitation on pasture insurance
The pasture insurance pilot program that was limited to 90 producers last year is now open to the entire province
Producers who graze their cattle have a new option for protecting themselves from underperforming pastures. Ron Kostyshyn, minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, announced January 19 that the province has lifted limitations on the pasture days insurance program. The program is designed to compensate producers who have had to remove livestock from pasture and
More crop insurance coverage for less in 2016
Grade guarantees will be introduced for feed wheats, including Faller, Prosper and Elgin ND
Manitoba farmers will get higher crop insurance coverage in 2016 and pay less for it, Agriculture Minister Ron Kostyshyn told Ag Days attendees Jan. 19. “Premium rates will decrease by an average of about 11 per cent compared to last year’s premium rates and this is due to the removal of the high 1989 (crop
Crossing the urban-rural divide to promote pulses
The International Year of Pulses has the potential to increase demand for the types of pulse crops grown in Manitoba
It’s noon and McNally Robinson Booksellers in Winnipeg’s Grant Park Shopping Centre is so packed that it takes several minutes and sharp elbows to navigate the throng of people. But these urbanites aren’t here to shop for books to feed their minds, they’re here to learn about healthy new eats made from some unlikely sources
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