Federal ag minister Should be from Sask. Because I live in Winnipeg and don’t follow ag matters much, I am unaware if anyone has suggested that the federal ag minister should be from Saskatchewan. After all, there should be a minister from Saskatchewan in cabinet, and what better portfolio than ag? One does not need […] Read more
Tag Archives Letters to the Editor — page 10
Letters to the editor – December 9, 2021
Letters to the editor – December 2, 2021
AgriStability deadline must be extended Kevin Hursh is correct that in some cases the AgriStability program has the potential to help farmers caught in a contract buyout when he wrote in his Nov. 18 column that contract buyouts are an eligible expense for AgriStability calculations. Manitoba and British Columbia co-operated with the federal government and […] Read more
Letters to the editor – November 25, 2021
Anti-meat rhetoric harms environmentalism As a conservationist/environmentalist/part-time farmer, I care about climate change and agricultural policy here on the Prairies. I am lucky that in my 9-5 occupation I get to work with producers on conservation projects, and they are some of the most environmentally minded people I’ve met. Their livelihoods do depend on healthy […] Read more
Letters to the editor – November 11, 2021
Storing the Carbon Your recent article about carbon sequestration reflects excellent reporting about the critical issue of carbon sequestration and how it can provide new economic opportunities to North American farmers and ranchers. As your article points out, agriculture covers 40 percent of the world’s land and is responsible for 17 percent of global emissions. […] Read more
Letters to the editor – November 4, 2021
Climate change debate must be better informed I am writing in response to Kevin Hursh’s column on page 11 of the Oct. 14 edition. Without evidence to support the arguments made, the article downplays the effects of climate change, which hurts the effort to make prairie farms resilient to our current and future climate. While […] Read more
Letters to the editor – October 28, 2021
APAS taken to task for all-male committee I would like to know how an all-male committee reviewing the Growing Forward programs for the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan was thought to represent Saskatchewan farm families, and how it was chosen. The opportunity to address future policy is a vital component for our industry, and even […] Read more
Letters to the editor – October 21, 2021
ABP must first fix profitability issue I just finished reading your front page story on Alberta Beef Producers refundable checkoff (Oct. 9). Although ABP claims to represent and lobby for all producers, they seem to have no understanding of the core problem within Canada’s beef industry. A cow-calf producer feeds a cow and raises its […] Read more
Letters to the editor – September 30, 2021
Housing costs more than average tax bill Re: “ Grocery buyers paying Covid-19 tax,” Sept. 9, page 11. Sylvian Charlebois is at it again, telling stories and promoting inflation. Usually he sticks to half truths, but this time he has gone beyond that, when he says that “the average Canadian pays more in taxes than […] Read more
Letters to the editor – September 23, 2021
There’s a good reason to refuse COVID vaccine I’d like to respond to Kevin Hursh’s column on getting vaccinated. It’s got nothing to do with pride — why my family and I and so many others are not getting vaccinated. No, I’m not going to go into side effects and if it works or not. […] Read more
Letters to the editor – September 2, 2021
Western Canada needs cattle feed solutions Well, another brilliant move by our responsible politicians in Alberta. Throw some money at our ranchers and shut them up. Shortly after this announcement the price of hay doubled — old-fashioned greed kicked in. So, now western Canadian beef cows hope to learn to survive on money, although it […] Read more
