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Are Canadian Farm Subsidies Necessary?

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Derek Brewin believes if Canadian farm subsidies were eliminated, over time, farmers’ net incomes would eventually be about the same as they have been. So why not scrap the subsidies? Brewin, an agr icul tural economist at the University of Manitoba, chuckles when asked. The tough part, he says, would be the transition. “They (farmers)
Cereals, Crops

Research And Development Seen As Key To Solving World Food Crisis

World agriculture needs a major research and development initiative to reverse declining crop production and avoid a global food crisis, says an international food policy expert. Agricultural output has slowed in the last 20 years – an alarming trend, given a growing world population and recent riots in various countries sparked by rising food prices,
Crops, Forages

New Herbicide With Same Active Ingredient As Pursuit

Makhteshim Agan of North America, Inc. (MANA), has received registration of Phantom herbicide for control of tough weeds in field pea, dry bean, alfalfa and soybean. With the same active ingredient as Pursuit, Phantom provides pulse growers with widespread choice. Phantom works on tough-to- control weeds like chickweed, cleavers, green foxtail, hemp-nettle and smartweed. Phantom
Hogs, News

Small Hog Producers Get Manure Storage Break

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Manitoba hog producers have received over $26 million to help small operators convert to large manure storages in advance of a 2013 ban on winter spreading. The money from Ottawa and the province will cover 75 per cent of a producer’s construction costs to a maximum $250,000. Ottawa funds 60 per cent of the three-year
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University Works With Fossil Group

The University of Manitoba and the Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre (CFDC) recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding that will see the two organizations work together on a broad array of academic and research programs. “CFDC’s decades of hard work and dedication toward fossil discovery, research, and educational programming are starting to pay huge rewards. Our
Cereals, Crops

Committee Approves 14 New Varieties

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The federal decision in 2009 to axe kernel visual distinguishability as a requirement for registering wheat varieties in Canada prompted lots of frowns among grain handlers and farmers. But at least one plant breeder is smiling. Anita Brlé-Babel, a winter wheat breeder from the University of Manitoba, received approval from the Prairie Wheat, Rye and
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Farm Programs Need New Direction: Report

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About five years ago, a special committee reviewing Canada’s agricultural policy framework heard a novel idea from chair Ed Tyrchniewicz. Noting that roughly 60 per cent of government funding for agriculture went to business risk management (BRM) programs, Tyrchniewicz suggested spending more on other areas instead. Research, maybe. Or science, innovation and market development. The
Cereals, News, Oilseeds

In Brief… – for Feb. 24, 2011

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Correction:The building on the Reimer farm now housing Manitoba’s new model fish operation near Warren was in the past occasionally used for chicken rearing, but was most recently used to store farm machinery. A story in our Feb. 17 issue identified the facility as a former chicken barn. – Staff Food rights:India continues to face
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Redistributing Phosphorus Would Eliminate Feared Shortages: Study

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Fears of a global shortage of phosphate fertilizer could be allayed if phosphorus use were distributed more evenly throughout the world, according to new research. Reducing phosphorus (P) fertilizer applications in some regions and increasing them in others would create an adequate balance for everyone, according to a recently published paper by a McGill University
Opinion, Poultry

Chicken Farmers Accuse CBC Of Slanted Report

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Canada’s chicken industry is accusing CBC of selectively using data to conclude that chicken meat in stores often contains bacteria that is resistant to antibiotics. Chicken Farmers of Canada says the CBC-TV consumer affairs program “Marketplace” failed to make a link between so-called superbugs and antibiotic use on farms, despite claiming to do so in

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