Insights and Stories of Staff

Keystone Agricultural Producers defends cash ticket deferrals

Apr. 21, 2017 at 4:56 pm CDT

Manitoba’s Keystone Agricultural Producers has joined other farm groups in calling on the federal government to keep a regulation that allows farmers to defer grain sales into the following year for tax purposes. The government announced in its recent budget that it is considering eliminating grain ticket deferrals because it […]

Research funding supports on-farm adoption of clean technologies and practices

Apr. 21, 2017 at 4:50 pm CDT

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Morris Industries gets $3.4 million for manufacturing, innovation

Apr. 21, 2017 at 4:30 pm CDT

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Grain revenue, grain handle higher in CP’s Q1

Apr. 20, 2017 at 3:16 pm CDT

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VIDEO: Underground undies measuring the health of soil

Apr. 20, 2017 at 10:16 am CDT

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Flour recalls widen in E. coli probe

Apr. 17, 2017 at 8:02 pm CDT

Federal public health officials and flour miller Ardent Mills are warning Canadians to follow “safe flour handling practices” as an E. coli-related flour recall widens from one specific batch of Robin Hood flour to include several other Ardent-made products. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Sunday updated its food recall […]

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Feds introduce cannabis legalization bill

Apr. 13, 2017 at 8:28 pm CDT

The federal government is set to decriminalize cannabis possession and use and to allow limited home-grown pot plants starting in mid-2018, while sticking close to the existing licensing system for wholesale-level production. The government on Thursday introduced the Cannabis Act, which will allow adults — that is, ages 18 and […]

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Alberta to restore non-refundable checkoff option

Apr. 11, 2017 at 8:24 pm CDT

Alberta’s farmed-commodity commissions may soon be able to make their checkoffs non-refundable again if their producer members are willing. The provincial government on Tuesday tabled amendments to the Marketing of Agricultural Products Act (MAPA) which would grant each of the province’s 13 agricultural commissions the ability to determine whether their […]

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Manitoba pulls less-loved ag tax credits in budget

Apr. 11, 2017 at 7:12 pm CDT

More funding for agriculture innovation in Manitoba’s latest provincial budget will be offset in part by an immediate end for several of the less popular tax credits available for farm use. Provincial Finance Minister Cameron Friesen on Tuesday laid out a 2017-18 budget with an overall $840 million deficit, based […]

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Brandt buys Saskatoon power generating equipment plant

Apr. 10, 2017 at 8:05 pm CDT

Tractor and equipment manufacturer Brandt expects to double its manufacturing footprint — and expand into new equipment lines — after closing a deal for a major Saskatchewan plant site specializing in power generation machinery. The Regina-based company on Friday announced it had closed its deal to buy the former Mitsubishi […]

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