Roberta Rampton

WINNIPEG (Staff) – Bylaws on disciplinary action aren’t the only things changing at the Winnipeg Commodity Exchange. President Fred Siemens said the exchange is doing an extensive review of all its operations, which will continue into 1996. It includes: Radically changing some contracts, and fine tuning others. Every contract traded will be scrutinized. Rye and […] Read more

SASKATOON (Staff) – The Canadian Wheat Board’s latest pool return outlook, release Dec. 21, is unchanged from the November outlook. The price for No. 1 Canada Western red spring wheat is predicted to be $229-$239 per tonne, while No. CW amber durum is pegged at $273-$293 per tonne. November’s pool return outlook table, which listed […] Read more

WINNIPEG – A group of farmers from southern Manitoba has taken the first step in filing two lawsuits against the Canadian Wheat Board. However, a board spokesperson dismissed the two statements of claim filed at Manitoba Court of Queen’s Bench. “I would say that neither one of them has any merit, but maybe this is […] Read more

WINNIPEG – University of Manitoba Aggies now have the chance to get a good tan, work on their Spanish and improve their job prospects at the same time. The faculty is working with five other universities in North America on an international exchange program. Over the next three years, seven agriculture students from the university […] Read more

WINNIPEG – Every Wednesday, Susan Stone leaves her business in the basement of her suburban Winnipeg home in search of her fix. She joins as many as 20 women who share her addiction to the smell and texture of fine fabric, and the fellowship and fun that comes from stitching beautiful quilts. “It’s just an […] Read more

WINNIPEG – Manitoba is breaking new ground by being the first province to introduce new crop insurance. Agriculture minister Harry Enns announced last week the Gross Revenue Insurance Plan will end after the 1995 crop year. Producers will be able to sign up for the new crop insurance program in the spring. The program is […] Read more

WINNIPEG – Farmers may soon be able to hedge their cattle and hogs on the Winnipeg Commodity Exchange, as well as their grain. And for something completely different, the exchange is also looking at natural gas. The exchange is considering throwing livestock and natural gas into the trading pits if the industries see a need […] Read more

WINNIPEG – It took a big screen to introduce a big bird to the upper-crust of the food industry in Winnipeg recently. Manitoba ostrich farmers left nothing to the imagination when flying their flightless bird past this crowd. They rented the Imax theatre, with its five-and-a-half-storey screen, to show off the fuzzy, long-necked ratites. There […] Read more

WINNIPEG – When farmers sit down on coffee row, they don’t talk about their personal problems. Mike would know. He’s a mixed farmer in central Manitoba who had some stressful finances a few years back. “It got me down fairly bad,” he recalled. “Then I got involved with some professional counselling and came out very […] Read more

WINNIPEG – A conference here last week ignored the meatier issues of animal welfare and focused too much on public relations, says the director of the Winnipeg Humane Society. Vicky Burns told farmers and veterinarians at Animal Care ’95 that people have legitimate concerns about farm animals that are continuously confined, such as sows in […] Read more