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Former Prime Minister Kim Campbell at the University of Alberta.
Columns, Hart Attacks

The wacky world of decision-making

Hart Attacks: When there is too much information, there must be an app for that

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Here’s one “flypaper” email list you want to avoid — the Conservative Party of Canada. I made the mistake back in Stephen Harper’s days as prime minister — it might have even been during his first term — but I sent a donation to the Conservative Party. The pitch was if I sent even a […] Read more
Columns

Find your voice in Prairie farm politics

Just a take few steps up toward the microphone, and you can have a say in farm policy

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In politics, we as farmers hope for a voice. We want our agricultural leaders to know what it’s like to run a farm; to get their hands dirty. We want our lawmakers to know that good policy comes from having one ear to the field and the other to the barn. And we want all […] Read more
Columns

A rough ride ahead for Canadian farmers

Politics and trade may well be changing, and they certainly won’t be boring

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As you may have heard, this year marks the 150th anniversary of Confederation. It’s worth taking stock of where we’ve been and where we are now, and so I’m going to use this space to do just that, on issues important to agriculture and rural communities. I’m tapping out this column a few days before […] Read more
VIDEO (producer.com): Sask. agriculture debate, March 22
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VIDEO (producer.com): Sask. agriculture debate, March 22

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The April 4 Saskatchewan provincial election is just around the corner and five parties with five policies are in contention to guide the country’s largest agricultural province. The Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan and the Western Producer were on-hand to bring producers the agricultural issues from the politicians’ perspectives in a live debate on March […] Read more
Even the fortune cookies are different 
in Ottawa. My friend got this message 
in his cookie at a Thai restaurant in 
Ottawa’s Byward Market.
Wheat & Chaff

Editor’s Column: Notes from a foreign country

Ottawa, that is...

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No matter how you feel about our newly elected federal government, I think all Grainews readers can agree on one thing: federal government employees in Ottawa can never really understand Prairie farms. Before I married a farmer and moved to southeast Saskatchewan, I had a provincial government job in Regina. I can tell you — […] Read more
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Columns

Getting government under the influence

Reporter's Notebook: Farm organizations use several different strategies to sway government decision makers

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Years ago I attended a public relations meeting on the topic of how companies and other organizations could influence government. I was a web editor with Alberta Agriculture at the time and wasn’t really a bureaucrat that anyone was trying to influence, so I’ve forgotten details. But the gist of it was that you influenced […] Read more
green wheat and stormy sky
Cereals, Wheat & Chaff

Wheat Growers still going strong

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In recent issues of Grainews I’ve been using this space to write about some of the many farm organizations working on our behalf. I’ve covered levy-collecting organizations, general farm organizations and how soybeans are represented. Now, it’s time to look at some of the political organizations. Let’s start with the right — the Western Canadian […] Read more
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Features

Higher demand, higher prices

Global equity investor says world food demand is likely on the rise

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When it comes to global food consumption, there’s one trend Vikram Mansharamani is willing to bank on. “As the world gets more money in its pocket, it’s putting more meat in its mouth,” Mansharamani told attendees at the Canola Council of Canada’s conference in Banff last March. Mansharamani is a global equity investor and Yale […] Read more
Market macro review for 2015
Columns

Market macro review for 2015

World grain supplies, politics, economics and weather can all have an influence on the price of your grain

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In this column we’ll look at some macro issues that can and likely will influence grain markets in 2015 and beyond. World supplies Bumper crops in the U.S. An average crop on top of a bumper crop last year in Western Canada. Normal to above average production in the EU, but quality problems this year. […] Read more

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