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Letters – for Oct. 14, 2010

Eating local can be done While there may be some accurate points in Ronald L. Doering’s recent articleManitoba Co-operatorOct. 7 article regarding “locavores,” energy consumption of production, processing and preparing of certain foods and how it outweighs transportation of food, you cannot make the subject so “simplistic” that it applies to all food. For example,
Opinion

Buy Local — But Ignore The “Locavores” Nonsense

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You can’t open the food section of your newspaper these days without another sermon on the virtues of eating local. The eulogy takes as self-evident the moral superiority of the gospel of locavorism: relocalizing the food supply promotes sustainability because it reduces the fossil fuel needed to deliver the food. Buying local makes a good
Livestock, News

Downed Animal Transport Now Forbidden

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It’s now illegal to ship a “downer” animal to sale or slaughter in Manitoba. The Animal Care Amendment Act proclaimed last week prohibits the loading and transportation of animals not fit to travel. The new law fills a gap created by the federal Health of Animals Act, which also prohibits transporting downers. That law only
Livestock, Other livestock

Prevention Of Gastric Ulcers In Horses – for Sep. 23, 2010

Horses are not too different from people in that a stressful lifestyle can lead to the development of gastric or stomach ulcers. The introduction of new portable diagnostic equipment, such as the endoscope, allows veterinarians to gain a clear view of the inner reaches of the horse’s stomach, and identify the physical presence of open
Grain Markets

CTA Questions Freight Rate Legality – for Sep. 2, 2010

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OTTAWA The Canadian Transportation Agency plans to delve into railway freight charges known as limited distribution tariffs (LDTs). It hopes to render an opinion on them by next February. The issue is whether LDTs “reflect an agreement between the parties such that they can properly be viewed as contracts between the parties or if they
Cereals, Opinion

An Appeal To The Prime Minister – for Aug. 12, 2010

Groups representing Prairie farmers have appealed to Prime Minister Stephen Harper to do something about excessive railway profits at the expense of farmers. This is the letter they sent June 29. We, the undersigned, call on the Government of Canada to immediately undertake a full costing review of the railway revenue cap on grain transportation.
Cereals, Opinion

An Appeal To The Prime Minister – for Aug. 12, 2010

Groups representing Prairie farmers have appealed to Prime Minister Stephen Harper to do something about excessive railway profits at the expense of farmers. This is the letter they sent June 29. We, the undersigned, call on the Government of Canada to immediately undertake a full costing review of the railway revenue cap on grain transportation.
Cereals, Opinion

Maintaining Trade Is Ongoing Battle – for Aug. 5, 2010

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As everyone knows, agriculture is at the mercy of the weather. Agriculture is also at the mercy of trade disruptions. Saskatchewan is the world’s largest exporter of canaryseed and a trade issue has emerged with Mexico, our largest customer. Mexican officials have been complaining about the level of wild buckwheat seeds within canaryseed shipments. Back
Opinion

End Of An Era – for Jul. 29, 2010

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It was dry in the late 1980s, and farmers were told by the herbicide manufacturer that’s why their favoured herbicide – trifluralin (Treflan) – wasn’t doing its job. But two public extension workers in Manitoba, the late Ian Morrison, a weed scientist with the University of Manitoba, and Barry Todd with the soils and crops

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