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Crops, Fruit/Vegetables, Reuters

Australia to hike tax on ‘backpacker’ workers

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Sydney | Reuters — Australia is set to increase taxes on foreign travellers who work in the country, raising concerns from farmers that their supply of “backpacker labour” at harvest times may dry up and undermine Australia’s ambitions of being Asia’s delicatessen. Australian fruit exports are set to hit a record A$2.27 billion (C$2.19 billion) […] Read more
The Manitoba Wildlife Federation points to this bullet hole in a rural northwestern Manitoba home as an example of the risks to the public from unchecked night hunting. (MWF.mb.ca/Nightwatch)
Livestock

Manitoba hunters, ranchers seek rural night-hunting ban

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Manitoba’s hunter and rancher groups are calling on the province to tighten its enforcement against night hunting and ban the activity among all hunters in the province’s populated rural areas. The call Tuesday from the Manitoba Wildlife Federation follows a Sept. 10 near-miss in which a couple near Winnipegosis, about 60 km north of Dauphin, […] Read more
Riparian habitat at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. (FWS.gov/refuge/Malheur)
Livestock, Reuters

Oregon refuge searched for evidence, explosives after occupiers leave

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Burns, Ore. | Reuters — Police and federal agents searched a U.S. wildlife refuge in Oregon for explosives and evidence on Friday, a day after the last holdouts in a protest over federal control of Western land surrendered to end a six-week armed standoff. Federal authorities said the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in eastern Oregon […] Read more
(Manitoba Co-operator file photo by Laura Rance)
Livestock

Advance payment program widened, streamlined

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Reading Time: 2 minutes More types of livestock will be eligible and more types of security will be allowed for Canadian farmers to get federally-backed advance payments starting this year. Amendments to the Agricultural Marketing Programs Act (AMPA), made last February as part of the former Conservative government’s omnibus Agricultural Growth Act, have made regulatory changes possible for the […] Read more
Riparian habitat at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. (FWS.gov/refuge/Malheur)
Livestock, Reuters

FBI sets up checkpoints around Oregon refuge after deadly confrontation

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Reuters — U.S. and state officials in Oregon on Wednesday set up checkpoints around Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, where an armed group pledged to prolong its standoff with the government a day after one protester was shot and eight others were arrested. Authorities said the new security involves a series of checkpoints along key routes […] Read more
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LIVE BLOG: Alberta FarmTech 2016

Event begins Tuesday, Jan. 26 and runs to Thursday, Jan. 28

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Reading Time: < 1 minute Edmonton’s EXPO Centre at Northlands is the place to be for producers and the public during Alberta FarmTech 2016, running from Jan. 26 to Jan. 28. Want up-to-the-minute information on what’s going on at FarmTech? Check out our live blog page here! FarmTech features more than 50 sessions and a world class lineup of speakers providing […] Read more
Riparian habitat at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. (FWS.gov/refuge/Malheur)
Livestock, Reuters

Sympathy for jailed ranchers, anger at occupiers in Oregon town

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Burns, Ore. | Reuters — Residents of the Oregon town thrust into the spotlight after self-styled militiamen took over a U.S. wildlife refuge voiced sympathy for the jailed ranchers whose plight inspired the action but were critical of the armed protesters. Saturday’s takeover of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge outside the town of Burns, Ore., […] Read more
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Guide Business, Management

Assessing risk in the farm business

AME Management: Develop a heat chart to see how your business can be impacted by adversity

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Reading Time: 3 minutes The process of assessing risk in a farm business is no different than in any other business. In agriculture, however, the types of risks in agriculture can be unique. How an individual views risk, how much they want to accept and how they manage it varies from person to person. Even so, there is a […] Read more
man in farmyard with haybales
Crops, Guide Business, Livestock

4 ways to structure farm diversification

Before rolling a new enterprise into the main farm, stop, think and talk about how this is going to fit into your operation long term

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Reading Time: 8 minutes Maybe it’s something you just want to do. It might be manufacturing a new farm widget or selling birdseed, or producing heritage pork, or grazing sheep. Or maybe your son or daughter has graduated from agricultural college and they want to come home after a few years working off farm. You know there’s risk with […] Read more

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