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Public inquiry warranted

February 11, 2010

So, one Peak of the Market insider claims the article on Peak is “a one-sided scathing review” (letters Manitoba Co-operator Jan. 28). Please, if one-sided, might the letter writer begin by explaining why neither the manager could not be made available for an indepth interview nor any alternate? Not even one among the structurally heavy-weighted

News

Italy Court Allows A Farmer To Grow GMO Maize

February 11, 2010

Italy’s highest Appeals Court has ordered the Agriculture Ministry to allow a farm to grow genetically modified maize – overruling a de facto ban on GMO cultivation and causing an uproar in the country fiercely opposed to GMO crops. In 2007, the ministry denied authorization to grow a GMO variety of maize already allowed in

Crops, Oilseeds

Monsanto Claims Victory In Seed Fight

By Carey Gillam January 28, 2010

Monsanto Co. said Jan. 19 a Federal Court had ruled in its favour in a bitter dispute with key rival DuPont, finding DuPont had violated a licensing agreement in trying to combine certain genetic seed traits developed by Monsanto with its own. DuPont officials said the court decision was “narrow” allowing them to continue to

Crops, Forages

Producers Demand Compensation Over Roundup Ready Alfalfa

By Ron Friesen January 21, 2010

“We’re putting the government on notice.” – LES JACOBSON, MFSA Manitoba forage seed producers say they will hold Ottawa accountable if the impending approval of Roundup Ready alfalfa hurts their industry. A resolut ion pas sed at the Manitoba Forage Seed Producers Association annual meeting vows growers will hold Ottawa “directly responsible for any economic

Opinion

Hog Losses Cut Wide Swath

By Kevin Hursh January 14, 2010

I was one of many who believed Saskatchewan, with its landlocked feed grain supply, was a logical place for the hog industry to prosper. Alarge number and individuals and businesses have lost money due to the demise of the Saskatchewan pork industry. Big Sky Farms, which is currently under creditor protection, is just the latest

News

Aphid Killer Remains Available In Manitoba

By Ron Friesen January 14, 2010

“The procedural problem that has been identified in the U. S. didn’t occur here.” – PIERRE BEAUCHAMP, PMRA The abrupt removal of the agricultural insecticide spirotetramat from the market in the United States will not affect the product’s status in this country. “The short answer is no,” said Pierre Beauchamp of Health Canada’s Pest Management

Opinion

Mandatory Membership Requires Significant Common Benefit

By Phil Veldhuis December 17, 2009

Groucho Marx once joked that he would never “join any club that would accept him as a member.” I think a better principle would be to never join any organization that is forcing you to be a member. The Manitoba Beekeepers Associat ion is at tempt ing to force me to join and pay membership

Cereals, Opinion

Letters – for Nov. 26, 2009

November 26, 2009

If it doesn’t pay, don’t produce it Growing wheat for sale to the Canadian Wheat Board, I’ve ended up with $1.86 per bushel. From a total price of $11,626.02, I end up with $6,065.35; they took $5,560.67 for expenses, including weighing inspection ($44.35), elevator cleaning ($1,729.65), the freight adjustment ($1,398.62), rail freight ($2,344.34) and the

News, Oilseeds

Monsanto Blacklists Naughty Growers

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff October 29, 2009

Four southern Ontario farmers fined a total of over $90,000 for unlicensed use of Roundup Ready soybeans are the first to be banned from future use of Monsanto’s patented genetics under its “violator exclusion” policy. “One of the more significant outcomes of the case against these four growers is that it marks the first time

Crops

Court Rules In Favour Of Spud Farmers

By Nfu March 5, 2009

The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled the federal government must provide a financial settlement to 180 New Brunswick potato farmers who were hurt by the federal government’s mishandling of a potato disease outbreak in the early 1990s. The decision, released Feb. 19 in Ottawa, is a victory for farmers who have been fighting for

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures rise on first WASDE since September

U.S. export sales include only small soybean business to China

U.S. corn and soybean yields revised down by USDA

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