What’s up – for Jan. 1, 2009

Please forward your agricultural events to [email protected] call 204-944-5762 Jan. 7-9 – Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association 39th annual convention, Fairmont Hotel, 2 Lombard Ave., Winnipeg. For more info visit www.wheatgrowers.caor call Blair Rutter at 204-256-2353. Early-bird registration deadline Dec. 22. Jan. 11-12 – Manitoba Forage Seed Association alfalfa and forage seed conference, Victoria Inn,

What’s up – for Dec. 18, 2008

Please forward your agricultural events to [email protected] or call 204-944-5762 2009 Jan. 7-9 – Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association 39th annual convention, Fairmont Hotel, 2 Lombard Ave., Winnipeg. For more info visit www.wheatgrowers.caor call Blair Rutter at 204-256-2353. Early-bird registration deadline Dec. 22. Jan. 11-12 – Manitoba Forage Seed Association alfalfa and forage seed conference,


What’s up – for Dec. 11, 2008

Please forward your agricultural events to [email protected] call 204-944-5762 Dec. 10-11 – Manitoba Cattle Producers Association annual general meeting, Royal Oak Inn, 3130 Victoria Ave., Brandon. For more info call toll-free 1-800-772-0458 or visit www.mcpa.net 2009 Jan. 7-9 – Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association 39th annual convention, Fairmont Hotel, 2 Lombard Ave., Winnipeg. For more

FarmPure /from age 1

the column at left, then click on “FarmPure Seeds Inc.”) Pickseed discovered the depth of FarmPure Seeds’ indebtedness during its due diligence for the purchase of the company’s forage and grass business, Kornuta said in an interview last week. The proposal, she wrote, will allow FarmPure Seeds to be sold as “a going concern with


Inconclusive results may force parties to co-operate

“They have to at least get something done or a pox on all their houses.” – Peter Phillips, U of S It was an election that few wanted and nobody really won. Besides producing a third consecutive minority government, Canada’s 40th general election last week saw political parties all fail to live up to expectations

World food security needs collaboration

It is interesting to see how the current financial crisis is changing the way that we think about the world. This point was driven home for me when I had the opportunity to attend a symposium last week in Berkeley, Calif. entitled “Causes and Consequences of the Food Price Crisis.” Sponsored by the Giannini Foundation,