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Pink slime An object lesson for the meat industry?

By Daryll E. Ray April 20, 2012

With a long-term decline in per capita consumption — 94 pounds per capita in 1976 to 60 pounds per capita in 2009 — the last thing that U.S. cattle producers need is the current controversy over “pink slime.” And with the controversy in full swing, they certainly don’t need industry and political leaders fighting the

Beef cattle, News, Opinion, Other livestock

Giving meat a bad name

By John Morriss March 23, 2012

Laws are like sausages — it is best not to see them being made.” This quote has been widely but wrongly attributed to Otto Von Bismarck, the “Iron Chancellor” of Germany in the 19th century, which proves that misinformation was spreading long before the Internet. However, the Internet is certainly a much more efficient way

Cereals, Country Crossroads

Brothers Capitalize On Specialty Brews With Local Flavour

By Lorraine Stevenson October 20, 2011

Now they re coming back to rural Manitoba, this time with plans to start up the first estate brewery in Canada. An estate brewery differs from other breweries by producing its own ingredients. We re farmers at heart, and we just sort of wanted to get back to the land, said Lawrence, who has just

Cereals, Opinion

Letters – for Sep. 15, 2011

September 15, 2011

One small step towards marketing freedom Farmers will finally be allowed the marketing freedom they have long been denied. The monopoly powers of the CWB will soon be revoked and it will either be an optional marketing entity available to farmers or it will cease to exist. Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz has held fast to

Livestock, Opinion, Other livestock

Is Agriculture Image Being Blindsided By Social Media?

By Will Verboven September 8, 2011

Aspeaker at a recent national cattle industry event showed a video which both bemused and shocked the audience. The speaker and her research company, on behalf of an industry group, was investigating public response to the image of beef. Part of the research involved a focus group to ascertain their opinions on the topic. The

News

The Jacksons – for Aug. 4, 2011

By Rollin Penner August 4, 2011

“So what’s on your wedding wish list?” Rose Jackson set her glass of lemonade down on the patio table as she asked the question, and her future daughter-in-law, Amanda, did the same with her own glass before she answered. “That depends,” she said, “whether you’re talking about my ‘here’s what I want in the real-world

Country Crossroads

Hard Luck Story Draws In The Cash

March 31, 2011

Monsanto Canada has chosen the Manitou Curling Club as this year’s $10,000 grand prizewinner of its “Imagine a Better House” Community Curling Club Improvement contest. The 170-member, four-sheet curling club located in southwestern Manitoba has a long history dating back to its year of establishment in 1890. The current facility is approaching 50 years old

News

U.S. Budget May Cut Farm Subsidies

March 17, 2011

Farm subsidies could be cut as part of efforts to reduce federal spending, said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid March 8, pointing to high grain, soybean and cotton prices. Reid was the latest congressional leader to say farm subsidies could be a target for budget cuts. House Speaker John Boehner said last week he was

News

Rogers/MTS Shared Tower Goes Live March 31

March 10, 2011

Rural residents frustrated with turtle-slow dial-up Internet service may have some new options by March 31. That’s because Netco, a new joint venture between competing telecom giants Rogers and MTS, will flip the switch province-wide on a new service called HSPA+, which stands for High Speed Packet Access. Months in the making, the tower-shar ing

Livestock

All Producers Have A Role In Welfare Image

By Natasha Tersigni February 17, 2011

Public opinion surveys have shown Manitobans have a lower opinion of agriculture than non-farmers in other provinces, the executive director of the Ontario Farm Animal Council says. “Out of the whole country, Manitoba has the least positive image in agriculture,” Crystal MacKay told her audience at Manitoba Ag Days. In a later interview, MacKay refused

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Pink slime An object lesson for the meat industry?

Giving meat a bad name

Letters – for Sep. 15, 2011

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Hard Luck Story Draws In The Cash

U.S. Budget May Cut Farm Subsidies

Rogers/MTS Shared Tower Goes Live March 31

All Producers Have A Role In Welfare Image

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