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Columns, Crops

Bigger farms, bigger farmers, but who owns the land?

There have been big farms since people started farming. But they aren’t 
immune to market forces. Ownership rules can have an impact too


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The recent demise of big farms like One Earth and Broadacre has been much in the news lately. This column predicted just that when the trend started several years ago. Big corporate farms with decisions made in the corner office of the 51st floor in Toronto or Calgary are destined for failure. The three-piece suit crowd […] Read more
third world farmer
Columns, Crops

How to feed 9 billion people

In this second part of a two-part instalment, Brian Wittal looks 
at how we can feed a growing world population

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This is a continuation of last week’s column about how we can feed a world with nine billion people in fifty years. As I noted last week, 30 per cent of the world’s food production is wasted. Resolving this would go a long way toward feeding the expected increase in population over the next 50 […] Read more
map of Lake Winnipeg watershed
Columns

Water quality: Part 2 of a three-part series

There is a lot of talk about water quality issues, but not 
all of the commonly-cited information is accurate

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Note to readers: Before you read this article, I suggest you check back to page 14 of the April 15, 2013 issue of “Grainews.” The headline was “The Truth About Lake Winnipeg.” There will be some overlap with this piece. Water quality There are many aspects to water quality. For irrigation use, salt content is […] Read more
aerial view of farmland
Crops, Features

High land prices hurt new farmers

Price increases may be slowing, but it’s a tough time for farmers to buy land


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Western Canadian farmland has never been more expensive. According to J.P. Gervais, the chief economist for Farm Credit Canada (FCC), which provides data at the national level for Statistics Canada, farmland values continued to increase throughout 2014. “In a few months the report will be released, but we know that farmland values have continued to increase throughout […] Read more
Australian countryside near Bendigo, northwest of Melbourne. (CIA.gov)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

Australia tightens rules over foreign buying of farmland

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Sydney | Reuters –– Australia tightened rules on Wednesday over foreign ownership of its agricultural land amid concerns that it is losing control of its own food security, slashing the amount beyond which land purchases would require regulatory approval. From March 1, foreign purchases of agricultural land over A$15 million (C$14.51 million) will be subject […] Read more
Impact of heavy rains on crops
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Impact of heavy rains on crops

Southern Sask. hit hard by heavy rains over the weekend

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Many parts of southern Saskatchewan and Manitoba experienced heavy rainfall this past weekend. With more rain expected to fall in these areas in the next 24 hours, this will further impact many severely waterlogged fields. Crop Chatter, an agricultural forum for farmers and public and private agronomists, has posted a number of helpful articles and factsheets farmers can download from its website, such as: Seed […] Read more

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