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Honouring The Builders

JOHN MORRISS EDITORIAL DIRECTOR It’s always a pleasure to drive to Portage for the annual induction ceremony for the Manitoba Agricultural Hall of Fame, especially since it’s around berry season in mid-July and you can head home with a supply of strawberries and saskatoons from roadside stands along the way. In recent years the crowds
Crops

CGC Changing Grain Shrinkage Regulations

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“It’s about creating an even regulatory playing field and there is grain price transparency for producers.” – REMI GOSSELIN The Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) is making more changes regarding grain shrinkage. Effective August 1 licensed primary elevators will no longer include a 1.1 per cent moisture rebound factor for grain artificially dried at primary elevators.
Livestock, Pulses

What’s Up – for Jul. 8, 2010

Please forward your agricultural events to [email protected] call 204-944-5762 July 6-9: Crop Diagnostic School, Ian N. Morrison (University of Manitoba) Research Farm, Carman. Enrolment limited to 60 people per day, cost $160 per person. For more info or to register call 204-745-5663. July 9-10: “Trees Without Borders” woodlot program charter bus tour to Peace Gardens,
Dairy cattle, Hogs, Livestock

Canadian Groups Knock UN Climate Change Report

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Areport by the Intern ational Panel for Sustainable Resource Management that calls for drastic cuts in animal agriculture shows little understanding of Canadian practices, Canadian farm groups say. “How the world is fed and fuelled will in large part define development in the 21st century as one that is increasingly sustainable or a dead end
News

Railways Don’t Want More Regulation

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The rebounding North American economy is boosting the rail sector as can be seen in the first-quarter profits most railways posted this year but the carriers still have a long way to roll before they reach their potential, industry representatives say. “The indicators for 2010 are optimistic,” says John Gray, vice-president of policy and economics
Livestock, Opinion, Other livestock

End of an Era?

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You don’t have to like horses to appreciate the value the horse industry adds to Manitoba. As one industry participant once described it while standing on the sidelines at one of the many horse shows every summer, “There’s lots of money in horses – and I have the bills to prove it.” A 2009 study
Cereals, News

More Balanced Railway-Customer Relationship Sought

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“It is not reasonable to expect any operation to function competitively when vital transportation fails to arrive one in five times.” – WESTERN CANADIAN SHIPPERS’ COALITION The federal rail freight review panel made it clear last fall that it wanted final submissions from the railways and shippers to contain solutions and not just rehash old
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Farm Borrowing Tapers Off

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Forty-nine per cent of Canadian producers and agribusiness and agrifood operators surveyed by Farm Credit Canada plan to pay down debt in 2010, 29 per cent say they won’t spend much differently than in 2009 and 22 per cent will seek more financing, the Crown corporation says. The numbers are from an FCC Vision Panel
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Federal Officials Watching Container Capacity Issue

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The Canadian Transportation Agency is monitoring container ship capacity for export cargoes, but can’t take any action until someone complains about a lack of capacity, or rate increases. Alex Robertson, a CTA spokesman, said in an interview the agency has been made aware of the problem “and is monitoring the situation.” But it can’t take
Beef cattle, Country Crossroads

Consumers Have A Role In Beef Safety

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The safety of our beef supply starts in the pasture and ends at the dinner table. That means that consumers have a role to play, as do producers, packers, retailers and food service vendors. The vast majority of food-borne illness occurs at the consumer level due to inadequate handling, cross-contamination of raw meat products and

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