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Manitoba Trails The Pack In Net Farm Income

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Large increases in fertilizer and fuel costs are being blamed for a sharp drop in Manitoba farmers’ net income last year. Manitoba’s net cash farm income dropped to $725 million in 2008 – down 8.6 per cent from 2007.Netcash income is the difference between total farm cash receipts, including payments, and total operating expenses after
Livestock

Ranchers Can Access To CRP Lands

The U. S. Agriculture Department says it will extend emergency use of Conservation Reserve land for North Dakota livestock producers facing losses from recent flooding. USDA said the emergency use of reserve land would be extended from April 30 to May 15. Conservation Reserve land is usually off-limits to livestock, but the department said extending
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U. S. Farm-Cut Fight Far From Over

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The fight to cut U. S. farm subsidies is just beginning in Congress despite a committee vote against a $250,000-a-year cap on payments, a limit supported by the White House, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says. “Let’s see where things end up,” Vilsack said during an interview with Reuters March 27. He said deficit hawks in
Crops, Livestock

Land Rental — Making It Fair For Both Parties

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Securing rented land with the right agreement is an important part of farm planning. The approaching crop season should have farmers thinking about production plans, marketing strategies and the inputs they require to get the crop in the ground and growing. They should also be thinking about the rental contract, legal documents and an acceptable
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U. S. NFU Opposes Subsidy Cuts

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The Obama administration should drop its proposal to end the direct payment subsidy to large U. S. farmers, the National Farmers Union said March 9, pointing to a slump in dairy and crop prices. The White House proposal has few supporters among farming groups and farm-state legislators. It calls for a three-year phase-out of direct
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Obama Names Miller, Tonsager To Top USDA Posts

President Barack Obama chose Jim Miller to run the U. S. farm subsidy program and Dallas Tonsager as the top rural development official at the Agriculture Department, the White House said March 13. Both appointments, as USDA undersecretary, require Senate confirmation. In late February, Obama selected Kathleen Merrigan for deputy secretary, the No. 2 job
Livestock

Fleshy Feeder Cattle Under Pressure

At Manitoba cattle yards during the week ended Feb. 27, prices for slaughter animals were steady to higher while in the feeder market heavy animals, particularly heifers, drew lower prices. Bids for lightweight feeders held steady at most auctions and in some cases firmed. “Numbers were steady this week. We sold just under 2,600,” said
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GRIP Didn’t Die, It Just Went South

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“Because all these minimum prices (under the program) were so high in ’08, almost regardless of yield there was a crop insurance claim on virtually every single farm in the northern half of the U. S.” – MIKE KRUEGER As Mike Krueger explained the Crop Revenue Insurance program to which farmers have access in the

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