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Colder Climates Produce Healthier Food

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“This study shows that the Canadian Climate Advantaged Diet is currently a theoretically possible approach.” Winter woes aside, Western Canada’s colder climate may prove very good for what ails us. Following the release of the CAPI report last August the Manitoba Agri-Health Research Network commissioned an assessment of the clinical data established by the Manitoba
Opinion

Producers, Markets And Better Returns

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I read with some interest an analysis of the potential for supply management in the cattle industry from John Masswohl, the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association director of government and international relations. He is certainly correct in his assessment of the impact on the cattle industry and undoubtedly the impact would be similar to any agricultural sector
Cereals, Opinion

Peak On Shaky Ground

JOHN MORRISS EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Apologies to anyone in the group who may think otherwise, but it’s probably fair to say that most of the people attending the recent Growing Local conference in Winnipeg would be favourable to the idea of collective marketing. They would tend to support measures to counterbalance the influence of large food-processing
Crops

Potato Market Outlook: Bad, Better, Then Outstanding

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A bear. Then two bulls. That’s how Idaho-based potato economist Joe Guenther sees the North American potato market shaping up in the short, medium and long term. It’s the current crop that’s still in the storage he’s most bearish on, Guenther told the recent Manitoba Potato Days meeting. Last year’s spud acres rose about one
Crops

Proper Storage Takes Planning

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Apotato storage is a home, not a hospital.” That was the central theme of potato storage specialist Duane “Sarge” Preston’s recent presentation at Manitoba Potato Days. Preston, a now-retired extension specialist, told growers that getting conditions right before, during and just following harvest would trump anything they could do once the crop was put up
Crops

Shareholders Pressure Companies For Change

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“I think all agriculture products are going to face this challenge, not just potatoes.” – YVES LECLERC It all began with a filing at the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission. A group of unlikely McDonald’s Restaurant shareholders – including a college investment fund, an ethical investment adviser and a labour group registered a “shareholders’
Opinion

Consolidation Helps Potato Industry Grow

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The potato industry, similar to most other businesses is constantly changing and contracting in numbers as aggressive, more efficient operations purchase some of the smaller operations. This same situation has happened to many of the industry suppliers – the chemical companies, fertilizer companies, farm machinery companies – the same phenomena that happens in the city
Opinion

Local Growers Shut Out Of Gourmet Potatoes

Most Manitobans have seen the Peak of the Market ads depicting a friendly, caring president Larry McIntosh. What most people do not see is the dictatorial way Peak operates. Last year they forced local gardener Trevor Schriemer to quit growing small gourmet potatoes because he was told that he was bypassing the Peak potato board.
Opinion

Peak Article A Red Herring

I enjoyed your recent Peak of the Market article, which revealed it for the Mafioso cartel that it is, including inducing a “climate of fear” on growers. It also shows how the regulations stifle innovation, as in the $10,000 fine to someone who sprayed colour enhancer on the potatoes. But in my opinion this article
Crops

Products Now Labelled For Broader Use

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Titan seed-piece treatment has an expanded label to include control of above-ground pests such as: Colorado potato beetle, aphids (potato, green peach, foxglove and buckthorn), potato leafhopper and potato flea beetle, making it the broadest-spectrum insect seed-piece treatment available for Canadian potato growers. Titan, a Group 4 insecticide, was initially registered in early 2009 to

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