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Killarney Slaughterhouse Reopening For Business

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Nearly a year after fire seriously damaged Killarney’s government-licensed abattoir and closed it down, the facility is once again preparing to open for business. Killarney Meats, which previously operated under the ownership of butcher Brian Bernard, was sold a few months after a late-night fire erupted in the slaughterhouse coffee room during a frigid January
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Grant Welcomed But Core Funding Needed

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“We need an operating budget. We have a small one.” – DAVE KOSLOWSKY, KILLARNEY FARMER AND FMAM SPOKESPERSON The province is kicking in $45,000 to help upgrade farmers’ markets and make sites more enticing places to visit. The funding follows the announcement of a fed-e ral initiative grant in November of $450,000 for the Farmers’
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A Pioneer Christmas Day

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Smoke curled lazily from the chimney of our small farmhome north of Birch River, Manitoba. It was Christmas Day, 1948. Dad had been up since 5 a. m. adding more wood to the heater and lighting the wood cookstove. It was soon warm and we children excitedly joined Mom and Dad around the Christmas tree
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Turning Rice Into A C4 To Feed The Hungry

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If you were the richest man in the world, what would you do? Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft, along with his wife Melinda, decided to give most of his money away. His example inspired fellow billionaire Warren Buffet to contribute the majority of his billions, too, to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Now their
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Buying Meat From A Virtual Store

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“It’s not just putting up a store and hoping they’ll come.” – ADAM DOOLEY, KEYSTONE PROCESSORS What’s the first thing you do to get a beef roast in the oven? You head for the computer. Manitoba’s newest beef packer has an online meat store providing consumers with home delivery of beef and bison cuts. Keystone
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Demand Up For Lighter-Weight Feeders

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Southe r n Manitoba saw its first real taste of winter during the week ended Dec. 4, which may have limited some of the movement at cattle auction yards. But now that winter’s here, activity is expected to be steady until the Christmas break. Poor finished cattle prices remain the stumbling block for all other
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U. S. Entrepreneur Says There Is A Better Way To Raise Beef

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If Todd Churchill is right, he’s come up with a grass-fed beef production model that could pull the rug out from under confinement grain-fed livestock-feeding systems. “In my opinion, confinement livestock is about to be thrown virtually off the bus,” Churchill told a Manitoba Cattle Enhancement Council strategic planning session Nov. 30. “In 10 years,
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Northern Auction Yards Moving More Cattle

Ca t t l e marketings in Manitoba during the week ended Nov. 27 were fairly brisk at auction yards further north. Marketings in the south of the province were seen as average to just slightly above average. “Numbers of cattle hitting the auction yards in the more northerly areas of the province were considerably
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18 Per Cent Jump In Use Of Food Banks In 2009

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Highlights of HungerCount for Manitoba 47,925 individuals were assisted by a food bank in March 2009 +18 per cent change since March 2008 49 per cent are children 15.5 per cent report employment income 3 per cent receive Employment Insurance 54.5 per cent receive social assistance 10 per cent receive disability-related income supports 66 per
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Grains Boom With Hot Money

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Low U. S. interest rates and the weak dollar are drawing more hot money into grain markets despite the weight of mammoth crops, setting up a potential repeat of last year’s boom and bust in that market. As index funds and other big investors pour cash into futures at the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT),

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