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Ari Westhaver of the NFU demonstrating on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Nov. 22, 2023. (Jonah Grignon photo)
General, Markets

NFU takes demand for ban on investor ownership to Parliament Hill

Organization's youth caucus concerned amid ‘transition crisis’

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Members of the National Farmers Union (NFU) gathered on Parliament Hill Wednesday to demand a ban on investor ownership of farmland. The demonstration was organized by the NFU Youth Caucus and Farm Workers’ Working Group. The goal was to demand protection of food sovereignty and help farmers, especially young ones, gain more access to farmland. […] Read more
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Feds plan to ease Underused Housing Tax reporting load

New exemption also proposed for employee housing outside cities

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Federal Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s latest Fall Economic Statement offers to take some of the reporting burden off certain farmers and other Canadians when filing for exemptions from the national Underused Housing Tax (UHT). The federal finance department on Nov. 16 posted its legislative and regulatory proposals for changes to the UHT online and has […] Read more
Crops, Markets

AAFC tweaks crop supply/demand estimates in November report

Estimates hold for most exports

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MarketsFarm — Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada has slightly adjusted its supply/demand estimates for November. AAFC published its latest Outlook for Principal Field Crops on Tuesday. Of Canada’s major crops, the department left the 2023-24 ending stocks for canola at one million tonnes and all wheat at 3.6 million, while all other reported crops were left […] Read more
Don Duncan demonstrates Miller's Multimatic 220 AC/DC unit.
Machinery

VIDEO: Welding tips and equipment for the farm

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Are you thinking about buying a new welder for the farm shop? If so, there’s a lot out there to chose from. Do you need an arc, MIG or TIG type to handle repairs and on-farm workshop projects? It’s actually possible to get all three types in one multi-process machine. Aside from having exactly the […] Read more
More investing opportunities in alternative energy
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More investing opportunities in alternative energy

A look at wind and solar energies and electric vehicles

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My last column looked at potential investments in nuclear and geothermal, two viable alternative energy sources. Let’s now look at possibilities in what’s considered the alternative energy holy trinity of wind, solar and electric vehicles. These three areas have taken most alternative energy investments over the past decade. Estimates of what has already been spent […] Read more
Any kind of dance gets the whole body moving and engages the senses, and it can also be done alone, with a partner or in a group. It truly is a remedy that works on multiple levels for multiple reasons.
Farm Life

An ancient remedy for better health

Fit to Farm: Dancing is fun, but it can also enhance your mental and physical well-being

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The oldest remedy in the world? It’s amazing think of how much we humans have evolved to handle. Our biology never ceases to come up with ways to move us forward. Many of the life-threatening diseases we face today are relatively new to human history. Chronic diseases like diabetes, heart disease and obesity are considered […] Read more
Sea surface temperature (SST) anomalies for the week centred on Nov. 1, 2023, in degrees Celsius. (CPC.ncep.noaa.gov)
General, Weather

El Nino to continue through Northern Hemisphere spring, U.S. forecaster says

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Reuters — El Nino weather conditions will continue through the Northern Hemisphere during April-June 2024 with a 62 per cent chance, a U.S. government weather forecaster said on Thursday. “Above-average sea surface temperatures (SST) across the equatorial Pacific Ocean were indicative of a strong El Nino, with anomalies increasing in the central and east-central Pacific […] Read more

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