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Canada Already Selling Water To The U.S., Conference Told

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Many Canadians worry about exporting their fresh water to the United States, just like oil and natural gas. But according to Maude Barlow, it’s already happening. Canada indirectly exports large volumes of water through the agricultural commodities it sells to the U.S., Barlow told the recent Manitoba Conservation Districts Association annual conference. According to Environment
Weather

Big Snows Hit Ontario

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Every so often a set of atmospheric conditions comes together to create some really remarkable weather. This is what happened last week in Ontario when cold northwesterly winds combined with the relatively warm waters of the Great Lakes to produce some remarkable snowfalls. Whenever there is cold air and warm water, you can get what
Opinion

Managing Excess Water Should Be About More Than Drainage

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As we pack the machinery away in the back of the shed for winter, I can’t help but think there is one tool that almost every farmer has stored away somewhere in the bottom of his tool box. Known as the crescent wrench (often with several other expletives), it’s the tool that nobody wants to
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Water Resources Shrinking: Statistics Canada – for Sep. 23, 2010

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Is Canada running short of fresh water? That’s the question raised by a new study which says renewable water resources have fallen in the southern part of the country over the past three decades. The Statistics Canada study found that the region, where 98 per cent of Canadians live, lost 8.5 per cent of its
Cereals, News, Oilseeds

In Brief… – for Aug. 26, 2010

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Correction:To vote in Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) elections you must be a producer (actual producer or interested party) of one of the seven major grains listed in the act. That has been the case since 1998 when the election of CWB directors was introduced. What ministerial orders changed in the 2006 and 2008 CWB elections
Crops

Water Crisis Seen Big Threat To U. S. West, South – for Jul. 29, 2010

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One-third of U. S. counties are facing a high risk that future water demand will outstrip supplies, spelling potential disaster for central and southern states and the crops grown there, a new study says. Persistently parched grasslands, withering wheat and corn crops, and strained city utilities are a growing probability for 14 states seen at
Opinion

Could Lagoons Be Used To Make Input Stew?

In regards to the issue of agricultural chemicals and fertilizers from farmers’ fields polluting our rivers, lakes and estuaries: a partial solution to the problem would involve landscaping a series of lagoons
Cereals, Crops

Seaway Shipments Up Sharply

Cargo shipping through the St. Lawrence Seaway, connecting North America’s Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean, rose 18 per cent in the first four months of the year from the year-before period, signalling a rebound in the manufacturing sector, seaway officials said May 11. Total cargo shipments rose to nearly 3.7 million tonnes, with iron
News

Proposed Changes For Moisture Shrink Allowance

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The Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) is ending the 1.1 per cent “rebound factor” licensed primary elevators are now allowed to use to calculate the moisture shrinkage deducted from farmers on grain the elevators have dried. The CGC will continue to regulate how moisture shrinkage is calculated. The 1.1 per cent will be replaced with a

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