The problem with separatism lies in a suggestion advanced by many avowed separatists: that the people of the West are rooted in culture and values the rest of Canada doesn’t share and/or refuses to understand. The post Editor’s Rant: Canada’s fortune cookie appeared first on Grainews.| GrainewsEditor's column & Production Tips - Grainews
In hindsight it may have been a bad idea for the opposition leader to borrow heavily from the playbook of a volatile, unpredictable public figure and hope that figure remained a stable and consistent friend to Canada through a Canadian election cycle. The post Editor’s Rant: A flipped script appeared first on Grainews.| GrainewsEditor's column & Production Tips - Grainews
To be sure, many cancers are no hot coffee burn; it’s difficult at best to assign an indisputable exact cause to cancer. Going by the jury awards against Bayer so far, though, the company may well wish it had been in the coffee business instead. The post Editor’s Rant: The coffee conundrum appeared first on Grainews.| GrainewsEditor's column & Production Tips - Grainews
In the context of current events, matters such as the well-being of the ag sector are discussed in this election cycle mainly in terms of collateral damage. The post Editor’s Rant: Contents under pressure appeared first on Grainews.| GrainewsEditor's column & Production Tips - Grainews
The case of Canada’s tariffs on Chinese EVs versus China’s retaliatory tariffs on Canadian peas and canola products will boil down to how comfortable we are as Canadians in allowing other countries to pick our losers. The post Editor’s Rant: Hew that wood, draw that water appeared first on Grainews.| GrainewsEditor's column & Production Tips - Grainews
Thanks to our friend and longtime contributor Elaine Froese, whose final Seeds of Encouragement column appears in this issue. It takes a special kind of person to want to help people navigate their way through conflict.| Grainews
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A new report suggests Canadian farmers need to proactively focus on reducing the risks now covered by government-backed business risk management (BRM) programs — but will need supports to do so. The post Editor’s Rant: Reward v. risk appeared first on Grainews.| GrainewsGrainews
Successive federal governments have been working to get out of the ad-hoc farm payment business — so whether existing programs fit the bill or not, it’s unsurprising when the feds try to shoehorn problems into one or more of those.| Grainews
Earth’s air is getting thirstier — a desiccating phenomenon researchers say has increased the intensity of global droughts by 40 per cent over the past four decades. The post Western Canadian agriculture’s growing thirst appeared first on Grainews.| GrainewsWeather & Production Tips - Grainews
Bill C-202 wound up pitting farmer against farmer for political reasons at a time when an unwritten law of Canadian politics remains very much in effect anyway.| Grainews
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