Roberta Rampton

MARIAPOLIS, Man. (Staff) -Manitoba Pork is telling producers not to go whole hog into its new forward price contract. Sales manager Perry Mohr recommends that farmers using the program limit their advance selling to one half of their projected production to ensure they can fulfil their contracts and in case the spot price turns out […] Read more

SASKATOON (Staff) – Many Saskatchewan farmers who have had bad experiences with winter cereal crops, particularly winter wheat, may wonder why they should grow them again. Lesley McCallum, president of Saskatchewan Winter Cereal Growers, said there’s all the right reasons for growing these crops, but admits educating farmers will be key to the group’s efforts. […] Read more

WINNIPEG – Manitoba’s general farm lobby group is looking for greener pastures in 1995. Green as in greenbacks and greener farming practices. Value added and sustainable development sounded like the official buzzwords at the annual meeting of Keystone Agricultural Producers held here last week. That’s likely because these two catch-phrases relate to many crucial issues […] Read more

WINNIPEG – While members of Keystone Agricultural Producers at last week’s annual meeting debated transportation issues, one delegate was having transportation problems of a different kind. Chuck Stienwandt was up to mid-thigh in snow, shoveling it off the newly concave roof of his quonset that houses machinery for his grains and oilseeds operation southwest of […] Read more

WINNIPEG – An independent review team has concluded that the Winnipeg Commodity Exchange treated market participants fairly when it declared a market emergency and closed trade ahead of schedule in last June’s canola contract. The review was released last week by the Canadian Grain Commission, which hired three experts in commodity trading to look at […] Read more

SASKATOON – The future of winter cereals in Saskatchewan may be gulping for air, but don’t call 911 yet. Farmers who formed a new group called Saskatchewan Winter Cereal Growers Inc. are planning to rescue the industry. An overflow crowd of about 70 people went to the group’s first meeting, held during the recent Crop […] Read more

SASKATOON – There were red boxing gloves at the podium, but neither the Canadian nor the U.S. representative chose to put them on at a debate on the two countries’ recent dispute in wheat trade. In fact, the evening session during last week’s Crop Production Show was more like a supper-table discussion than a title […] Read more

SASKATOON (Staff) – Three anti-free trade activists were arrested on charges of mischief after a debate on the wheat dispute between Canada and the U.S. at last week’s Crop Production Show. David Orchard, Marjaleena Repo and Rose-Marie Larsson of Citizens Concerned About Free Trade said they will plead not guilty at a provincial court appearance […] Read more