Supports program; Voters list; Wheat acreage; Perhaps a test?; Good farriers Supports program Re: “Animal care rules now mainstream,” Western Producer, April 23. The Canadian Federation of Humane Societies would like to clarify its involvement in the Chicken Farmers of Canada’s animal care program. This article stated that the program is “endorsed by the Canadian […] Read more
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Letters to the editor
Market power held by fertilizer firms – WP editorial
FERTILIZER prices have been a sore point for farmers for more than a year. They soared through 2007 and the first half of 2008 along with grain prices, but when grain crashed in August, fertilizer remained high through the fall, when many farmers traditionally stock up. Only in winter did nutrient values fall, although even […] Read more
Growing Forward program fails its first great test – Opinion
THE FINANCIAL meltdown in Canada’s hog industry is the first great test of the new generation of farm programs and early signs are not good. The Conservatives like to brag that they “put farmers first” and that the Growing Forward programs are so much better than those awful Liberal-designed programs. They believe that what is […] Read more
World thirsty for water rights – Opinion
Seymour is a senior policy analyst with the Frontier Centre for Public Policy. Experts who gathered this spring in Istanbul for the World Water Forum were trying to work out solutions for the billion people who struggle every day just to find clean water to drink. Simply getting fresh water to drink and cook with […] Read more
Greetings from Dr. Doom
Just when you were getting happy and optimistic about commodity prices, Dr. Doom comes to crash the party. In my email basket this a.m. was a cheerless report from Nouriel Roubini, called Dr. Doom by many because of his calls before the crash for it to happen and since it began for it to go […] Read more
May 15, 2009
Today we’ll enjoy fresh green asparagus for lunch. It’s asparagus time in Europe. Most good restaurants have a special asparagus menu during the season- creamed asparagus soup, asparagus with smoked ham and cantaloupe. This vegetable specialty can make for an expensive dining experience! The Alsace, France produces mostly white asparagus. These are grown under the […] Read more
May 11, 2009
Someone here in Switzerland asked us, “How does it feel to be home?” Where is home? We still pay our taxes in Canada, our younger son and my family lives there, and that’s the only place we own a house. We spend more than half the year there. Our older son and wife, and Robert’s […] Read more
Canada’s trade fight reaches past COOL – WP editorial
THE FEDERAL government decision to reopen its trade challenge at the World Trade Organization against the United States may indicate it is prepared to take on trade threats beyond country-of-origin labelling regulations. U.S. protectionist voices are growing louder, brought on by the worldwide recession, and president Barack Obama’s administration has shown little inclination to resist. […] Read more
CWB obsession getting to be unhealthy for system – Opinion
A STRONG argument can be made that the political controversy over the Canadian Wheat Board monopoly sucks a disproportionate amount of oxygen out of the farm policy debate in Western Canada. With issues of animal disease, income worries, high costs, poorly functioning farm programs and closed markets at the core of farm sector troubles, the […] Read more
Check-off bill voids democracy
Fenton farms near Irma, Alta. The grassroots cattle producers are coming under attack once again, only this time it isn’t what you would first think. No, it isn’t the border being closed in a snap decision due to a perceived threat of disease or even a new tariff being put in place by a trading […] Read more
