Happy Birthday Orion – As I watch activity in Washington, D.C. this Spring, I see some attention being devoted to Agriculture but I am wondering – how much? There are two important actions to be dealt with in our nation’s Capitol
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Harry Siemens – Located in a naturally beautiful setting on Canada’s west coast, the Port of Vancouver is Canada’s largest port. The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority’s role is to facilitate Canada’s trade through the port responsibly. “We work together with port
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Harry Siemens – “Yeah, we did but again when you see something like this, it’s almost so surreal it doesn’t make sense,” said Rick Bergmann of Steinbach, MB. “You question how to respond, but there’s no way that somebody is going
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Siemens Says – We attended the annual meeting of the Western Wheat Growers Association in Washington D.C. and am writing this column from our DC hotel listening, reading, and watching reports of snow and more snow at home. One reason for
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The sense rural Canadians have — legitimately — that they are misunderstood and disrespected by governments goes far beyond the recent spike in rural crime and the fact that police and Crown prosecutors are likely to treat farmers like criminals
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Two weeks ago, the Manitoba government delivered a budget that provides tax relief to Manitoba families and makes progress on reducing the deficit while making good investments in health care, education, and infrastructure. Manitoba families deserve a break and Budget
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Today Premier Brian Pallister reaffirmed Manitoba’s continued support for free trade and open markets, which follows the recent conclusion of the seventh round of North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) negotiations in Mexico and the signing of the Comprehensive and
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Former ag minister Gerry Ritz: “Well, it started with the CP and CN talking about everything that happened this winter, and it was deja vu all over again from ’13-’14. The excuses are always the same: it got cold, it
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