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Ag Industry Not Sheltered From US Tariffs
Just about everything that Canada exports to the US, including agricultural commodities, now have a 25 percent tariff tacked on. The exception is our energy exports,which have a 10 percent tariff atta...
Mar 04, 2025
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Reprieve From Tariff Woes For Canada
There was a collective sigh of relief Monday afternoon, after word came down from the Prime Minister, there is a 30 day reprieve on Donald Trump's tariffs. That put Canada's plan to retaliate with tar...
Feb 04, 2025
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Housing Project For Altario Agriculture Academy
The Altario Agriculture Academy is commencing a new housing project thanks to the collaborative efforts of Prairie Land Public School Division and the Special Areas Board. This project will include ho...
Jan 28, 2025
Large Crop Marketing Conference Held In Drumheller
The Badlands Community Facility was quite busy this week with a number of farmers attending a large conference. Over 100 attendees were on hand for the 2024 edition of Crop Marketing Made Cool, Tuesda...
Dec 09, 2024
MNP To Provide Essential Information For Area Farmers
Farmers in our area work hard to keep the family farm going and successful. MNP is looking to help those farming families thrive with their new series of events providing different strategies focusing...
Nov 20, 2024
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Food Banks Busier Than Ever
New figures that came out this week, suggest that well over 2 million Canadians are relying on food banks to keep themselves fed. Food Banks Canada says it recorded more than two million visits in Mar...
Oct 29, 2024
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Canada Can Reduce Milk Waste With Proper Reforms
The study that came out this week on milk waste is making some key recommendations. Dalhousie University, which took part in the study says that over the past 12 years, Canadian dairy farms sent upwar...
Oct 18, 2024
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Terminal Strike Couldn't Come At A Worse Time
More than 600 grain terminal workers at a half dozen facilities in the port of Vancouver hit the bricks earlier today, creating more headaches for prairie farmers. This walkout comes only a month afte...
Sep 24, 2024
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Trade War Looming Between Canada And China
The last time China took revenge on Canada, our canola industry suffered between 1.5 and 2.3 billion dollars in sales. That was the Huawei incident, when a top executive with the Beijing based company...
Sep 04, 2024
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Trade War Looming Between Canada And China
The last time China took revenge on Canada, our canola industry suffered between 1.5 and 2.3 billion dollars in sales. That was the Huawei incident, when a top executive with the Beijing based company...
Sep 04, 2024
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CPKC And CN Could Strike
By all accounts, two days of talks with the help of mediators hasn't accomplished much at Canada's two major rail companies. Thousands of workers at CN and CPKC could go on strike as early as next wee...
Aug 08, 2024
Labour Issues Continue With Cargill
One Cargill strike might be over but another might be waiting in the wings. Workers at the ready made plant in Calgary, that processes beef from the plant in nearby High River, voted yesterday on a te...
Jul 10, 2024
Changes With Capital Gains Taxes Could Affect Farming Community
New changes to the federal capital gains tax will take effect less than two weeks from now. The federal government says the ultra wealthy will pay a little more tax to help Canada's middle class. The ...
Jun 13, 2024