A certainty of any election is how pundits chew over the politics of losing rather than discuss the policy implications of winning. That is especially so for United States farm policy after the muddled results of its recent general election. The Democrats hold a weak majority in the House of Representatives despite the stern whipping […] Read more
News — page 799
Election will affect U.S. farms
Farmland trust gains support
A Rural Municipalities of Alberta resolution passed this fall may help push development of the Alberta Farmland Trust. The trust is an effort to establish a way for productive farmland to be preserved in perpetuity, in much the same way as ecologically sensitive land is preserved through conservation easements and ecological gifts. The RMA on […] Read more
Agriculture committee finalizes BRM advice
Report to Bibeau ahead of ag ministers meetings later this month to include recommendations on changing AgriStability
Members of the House of Commons agriculture committee are finalizing recommendations for business risk management programs ahead of federal-provincial-territorial meetings. Conservative agriculture critic Lianne Rood says a report will be sent to Minister of Agriculture Marie Claude Bibeau ahead of meetings with provincial ministers, scheduled to take place later this month. The report stems from […] Read moreAg Notes
4-H Ontario winners announced 4-H Ontario announced the provincial winners of the 2020 Go For The Gold competition held in October. This year’s event was completely virtual including the provincial, regional and local levels with 295 members participating. 4-H hosted all the games using the Kahoot gaming platform, and members answered questions consisting of multiple […] Read more
COVID outbreak declared in Sask. meat plant
A COVID-19 outbreak has been declared at the Thunder Creek Pork plant in Moose Jaw. The Saskatchewan Health Authority declared the outbreak on Nov. 16. It does so when two or more people in a non-household setting test positive. The plant employs about 250 people and is owned by Donald’s Fine Foods. It’s unknown how […] Read more
Indoor masks now mandatory across Sask.
Masks are mandatory in all indoor public spaces in Saskatchewan effective Thursday, Nov. 19. The government announced more restrictions today as cases of COVID-19 continue to rise and hospitalizations increase. As of Tuesday there were 2,055 active cases in the province, with 71 in hospital and 15 of those in intensive care units. There have […] Read more
Sask. MLAs resume sitting Nov. 30
The first session of Saskatchewan’s new legislative assembly will begin Nov. 30 with a speech from the throne. The assembly has been reconfigured to create more room between MLAs and plexiglass shields are being installed on desks, said a government news release. Members will all wear masks in the assembly, and the number of MLAs […] Read more
Sask. expands mandatory mask order
Masks must be worn indoors in 59 more Saskatchewan communities, effective Monday, Nov. 16. A new public health order was issued Nov. 13 and is in place until at least Dec. 4. Regina, Saskatoon and Prince Albert were already covered by a mandatory mask order. Health minister Paul Merriman and chief medical health officer Dr. […] Read more
Telus expands reach into agriculture
Some data management systems have sprung from the field and reached for the sky, but a major telecommunications provider is reaching down from the clouds to connect with the ground. Telus has launched a global agricultural data management company that will offer farmers a way to string together the streams of data that increasingly flow […] Read more
Ag visions collide in Africa
Africa has become the battleground for two competing visions of agriculture. Gregg Doud, chief agricultural trade negotiator for the Office of the United States Trade Representative, recently outlined those conflicting visions in a speech he delivered at an event organized by the Agricultural Business Council of Kansas City. He said the European Union has adopted […] Read more
