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Manitoba crop report: things turn hot and dry

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After several months of cool wet weather, Manitoba has turned hot and dry, conditions which are reflected in Manitoba Agriculture’s weekly crop report. Conditions vary throughout the province, but there are some concerns about heat stress depending on seeding date and crop staging. However haying conditions are generally favourable. Because of a publication ban in […] Read more
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Local food favoured, but not if it costs more: survey

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A survey backed by Canada’s federal farm lender finds most Canadian consumers are all for buying locally-grown or -produced food, but fewer than half of those would pay more for it. The survey, run in mid-March for Farm Credit Canada (FCC) using a sample of 2,015 Canadians from a panel convened by pollster Angus Reid, […] Read more
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Ontario dissents on plans for Growing Forward sequel

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An agreement has been signed between federal and provincial ag ministers on the goals of the follow-up to the Growing Forward ag policy funding framework — but with one major holdout. Ontario’s ag minister Carol Mitchell did not sign onto the ministers’ joint statement Friday on what’s been dubbed “Growing Forward 2,” citing a lack […] Read more
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First female ag minister won’t seek re-election

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Manitoba’s deputy premier and finance minister Rosann Wowchuk, the first woman anywhere in Canada to be named as a minister of agriculture, has announced she won’t seek re-election this fall. Wowchuk, who represents the northwestern riding of Swan River, told media as recently as February that she planned to run again in the Oct. 4 […] Read more
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New CFIA chiefs named

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Retirements and career moves have led to new appointments on the way up two farm- and food-related chains of command in the senior federal public service, including a new president for the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. George Da Pont, currently the CFIA’s executive vice-president, was named to the president’s post Thursday in an announcement from […] Read more
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Ontario lays out details for permanent RMP

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Ontario’s grain and oilseed growers will get first crack at enrolling in the province’s permanent Risk Management Program (RMP) starting Aug. 2, followed by livestock producers in the fall. The provincial government on Wednesday released the details on the RMP, which the province pledged in its March budget to move beyond the pilot stage and […] Read more
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Postal service to resume by Tuesday

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Canadians can expect to start receiving mail again Tuesday following the passage of a federal bill Saturday to resume operations at Canada Post. Canada Post said Sunday its employees would return to work “within the next 24-48 hours” and any mail in the system at the time of the work disruption has been secured for […] Read more
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Video: Roundtable on a rainy Regina farm show

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Farmers and rain both poured into Regina last week for what’s ironically billed as “Canada’s largest dryland farming expo.” Organizers of the Western Canada Farm Progress Show on Monday reported a total of 43,012 attendees walking through the gates during the June 15-17 show at Regina’s exhibition park, Evraz Place. “The downpour on Friday didn’t […] Read more
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Supply-managed sectors join call for trade “coherence”

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A clutch of farm organizations from 66 countries, calling for allowance of greater “policy space” in global ag trade talks, now includes the groups representing Canada’s supply-managed dairy, egg and poultry farmers. Groups including the Dairy Farmers of Canada, Chicken Farmers of Canada and Egg Farmers of Canada on Monday signed onto a joint declaration […] Read more

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