Roberta Rampton

Manitoba farmers are paying more than their fair share of school and provincial taxes, say members of a farm lobby group. And if the government wants to encourage farmers to better adapt to life without the Crow transportation subsidy, Keystone Agricultural Producers believe farm land and buildings should be exempt from education taxes and provincial […] Read more

Grain committed to a closed, “new generation” co-op should be exempt from Canadian Wheat Board pooling, according to Manitoba’s farm lobby group. At an annual meeting here last week, members of Keystone Agricultural Producers voted to support new closed co-operatives in the province. Grant Maddess, who farms near Deloraine, Man., said farmers need to add […] Read more

New generation co-ops take their members’ product, move it a couple of steps up the food chain, and process it into a new, different product. From 1993 to 1996, American producers invested $1.2 billion into these types of ventures, said the chief executive officer of a closed bison processing co-operative in North Dakota. Dennis Sexhus […] Read more

When Ueli Messerli went to find out more about Manitoba’s new manure regulations at a meeting in Beausejour last week, he expected he’d get the chance to hear the views of farmers, government representatives and other concerned people. But instead Messerli learned a bit about the government’s new open house approach to consulting the public. […] Read more

The federal government plans to climb aboard the growing honey wagon of local governments and groups that want to do something about hog manure. Over the next three years, it will help people involved in the hog industry and provincial governments with what it is calling the hog environmental management strategy. “On one hand, we […] Read more

The 16 grain commission employees who work in the Crop Development Centre played a big part in setting up the office for convenience and efficiency. The samples are first checked to make sure they meet the minimum size of 750 grams and have the necessary documentation. Each sample is assigned a number, dumped into a […] Read more

If residents along the Red River are going to be ready for the next flood, Canada and the United States must work together, according to experts from the two countries. The International Joint Commission handed down 40 recommendations last week on flood forecasting and monitoring, emergency measures and planning, environmental concerns, and zoning on the […] Read more

Richard Wright says it’s easy to find local people to work as technicians in the 11 farrow-to-finish hog barns his company manages in Saskatchewan and Manitoba. But the general manager of the Quadra Group is looking for two managers right now, and it seems to be taking longer than usual to fill the positions. “Maybe […] Read more

Spreading manure in Manitoba may soon become more complicated than just the time, space and method. Farmers who own large livestock operations will have to file an annual manure management plan with the government, according to proposed provincial regulations drafted for public comment. And large livestock farms will have to have a place to store […] Read more

The Manitoba government is giving $100,000 to a committee that will investigate new ways to handle the old problem of manure. The Livestock Manure Management Initiative Inc. will review research proposals and fund pilot projects that reduce smell, make manure easier to handle and lessen environmental impacts. The group will look for more funding from […] Read more