AgriInstability or AgriInsanity? When AgriStability first started, I joined and participated annually. Because of a health issue in 2016 I dropped my rented land and rented out a portion of my own farmland. That resulted in an over 50 percent reduction in land that I operated. In doing so, that also hit my income by […] Read more
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Letters to the editor – April 15, 2021
Letters to the editor – April 8, 2021
Dodo connection requires explanation Today is March 29, 2021, and, as I sit here looking out at high winds, spruce trees swaying, snow blowing at -15 C, I contemplate the plight of the dodo bird and climate change. Perhaps your cartoonist could explain the connection between the two (Page 10, March 25 Western Producer). The […] Read more
Letters to the editor – April 1, 2021
Carbon offset can’t Ignore past practices This letter is written to Saskatchewan farm groups and provincial and federal politicians from concerned farmers with regards to recent announcements on the federal carbon offset system. It requires farmers to show “quantifiable results above and beyond what is currently being done.” The federal government just sidelined 90 percent […] Read more
Letters to the editor – March 25, 2021
‘Cattlemen’ is not gender specific Views have been put forward about a name change for the Saskatchewan Cattlemen’s Association, so I, as a cattle owner, am going to weigh in on the discussion. I attended the annual “Zoom” meeting of the SCA and as such here are my views. Gender neutral job titles may be […] Read more
Letters to the editor – March 11, 2021
Man. urged to act on AgriStability To Manitoba agriculture minister Blaine Pedersen and Manitoba Progressive Conservative MLA Brad Michaleski: I have watched the ongoing discussion regarding business risk management occurring with and between the provinces and the federal minister of agriculture, honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau. Farm organizations such as Keystone Agricultural Producers as well as other […] Read more
Letters to the editor – March 4, 2021
Grain drying vote was telling Recently Parliament voted on private member’s bill C-206.This bill would give producers a reprieve from carbon taxes associated with drying grain. The bill was supported by all parties except the governing Liberals. Jim Carr, the government’s special representative to the Prairies, along with Kevin Lamoureux, Dan Vandal and Terry Duguid, […] Read more
Letters to the editor – February 25, 2021
Cattle association name must change I show much appreciation to the Producer for reporting and writing an editorial on the proposed change to the name of the Saskatchewan Cattlemen’s Association. I support Ross Macdonald in his motion to change the name of the SCA. I found it interesting that the SCA has only been in […] Read more
Letters to the editor – February 11, 2021
Federal carbon tax bad for the environment Darrel Cunningham’s letter stating “Carbon Tax Absolutely Necessary” (Jan. 21) is completely wrong. Our carbon tax is destroying the environment. Since mankind started the journey on Earth, carbon has been a necessity for survival. Obtaining carbon to burn has always been one of the most demanding tasks for […] Read more
Letters to the editor – February 4, 2021
Straw better off kept in the fields I am dismayed to read that Great Plains MDF is proposing a wheat straw plant in Alberta to make medium density fibre board. There is no soil in Western Canada that doesn’t need all of the straw produced to be put back onto the land to prevent the […] Read more
Letters to the editor – January 28, 2021
Sask. must help fix AgriStability Canada’s federal, provincial and territorial agriculture ministers meet every year to co-ordinate their farm policies and programs, many of which are paid for jointly — with 60 percent of the funding coming from the Government of Canada. After the ministers’ annual meeting back in 2012, I remember provincial spokespersons for […] Read more
