Farmers surveyed by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business say red tape is costing them time and money. Ninety-five percent of the 261 farmer respondents in a larger CFIB survey said they could be more competitive if there was less red tape. Virginia Labbie, CFIB’s senior policy analyst for agri-business, said this doesn’t mean deregulation […] Read more

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Manitoba’s premier isn’t backing away from his Made in Manitoba Green Plan. Despite the federal government refusing to accept the 2018 provincial plan, and imposing the federal carbon tax on the province, Brian Pallister is hoping to revive the Green Plan. “I want the federal government to see the opportunity for them in agreeing with […] Read more

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WINNIPEG, (MarketsFarm) – Wheat bids in Western Canada for the week ended Jan. 23 were up for Canadian Western Red Spring Wheat (CWRS) and Canada Prairie Red Spring (CPRS). Bids for Canadian Western Amber Durum (CWAD) were mostly higher. The Canadian dollar was down by more than a half cent during the week. Average CWRS […] Read more

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Jasmeen Kaur has only been in Canada for seven months, but she has big plans. The student, from India, plans to get a job at a pork processing plant, then earn a job in quality control at a food processor and finally, get a position with the federal government. “The long-term goal is to work […] Read more

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Dave Reimann has been studying canola futures charts for the 40 years he has been in the grain business and the pattern is almost invariably the same. The November futures chart peaks in the April-June time frame, drops off throughout the summer months and then starts climbing in the post-harvest period. That tells him farmers […] Read more

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A University of Saskatchewan economist says producer groups should explore an agreement with Agriculture Canada that gives growers an ownership stake in the country’s federally owned plant breeding resources. Richard Gray, a leading expert on seed royalty systems and plant-breeding partnerships, says producer groups including provincial cereal commissions should explore becoming long-term partners with Ottawa […] Read more

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The University of Saskatchewan’s Crop Development Centre has ended a decades-long breeding agreement with the province’s pulse growers. “We did make an offer to the Crop Development Centre to do a similar agreement as we’ve had in the past,” Saskatchewan Pulse Growers chair Brad Blackwell told growers attending the group’s annual general meeting at CropSphere […] Read more

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MAPLE CREEK, Sask. — Residents of southwestern Saskatchewan aren’t buying RCMP claims that detachments won’t close and policing service won’t be diminished after a review is complete. Many of the 415 people attending a public meeting in Maple Creek Jan. 15 said they weren’t reassured by comments from South District officer superintendent Kevin Kunetzki that […] Read more

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The flax industry is attempting to become less reliant on its top three markets. China, the United States and the European Union have dominated exports for many years. Shane Stokke, chair of the Saskatchewan Flax Development Commission, said the industry needs to bolster demand from other countries in order to support prices. Mexico is one […] Read more

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A leading oat market analyst says Canadian oat plantings could increase by five to 10 percent this year, a scenario that would almost certainly result in higher ending stocks and lower oat prices. Analyst Randy Strychar said per-acre returns on oats remain relatively strong compared to per-acre returns on spring wheat. On the surface, that […] Read more

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