Reading Time: 5 minutes A couple of interesting and potentially surprising announcements arose in January from DLG, the German Agricultural Society, which organizes the world’s largest farm machinery show called Agritechnica. First, DLG revealed it is creating an independent subsidiary organization in Russia. Second, it announced it had reached an agreement with the Iranian Ministry of Agriculture to help […] Read more
Farm machinery goes where politicians fear to tread
Farm machinery gets political
AGCO chief Martin Richenhagen fields unusual questions at a corporate press conference in Germany
Reading Time: 6 minutes Suddenly the discussion became political, turning AGCO’s Fendt-brand press conference during last November’s Agritechnica machinery show in Hanover, Germany, into one of the most unique I can remember attending. Standing on stage with a German journalist who was acting as event host, AGCO CEO and president Martin Richenhagen eventually found himself talking about larger political […] Read more
Farm election 2015
Guide Election: Country Guide puts questions to the main political parties for the federal election
Reading Time: 16 minutes Agriculture has been largely ignored in Election 2015. That is not to say there are not some very important issues facing farmers. However many producers are more concerned with bringing in their crops than worrying about the agricultural policies of the various parties. So I asked each of the political parties 9 questions about their […] Read more
When farm leaders meet provincial politics
Does it always pay to put your “X” beside the farmer’s name on the ballot?
Reading Time: 8 minutes It isn’t a unique story. In the late fall of 2010, Manitoba farmer Ian Wishart called a press conference to announce that he was heading into provincial politics, and that he had decided to seek the Progressive Conservative nomination for his Portage la Prairie constituency. Until then, Wishart had been the well-regarded president of the […] Read more
The neonic debate on the future of bees gets real
With tough new regulations on the books, even some beekeepers are calling for compromise
Reading Time: 8 minutes Two months have passed and it seems the adage, “time heals all wounds” just doesn’t hold up. Instead, we’re further into the debate on neonicotinoid seed treatments, but farmers seem no closer to a solution. They may even be a step backwards. There is still no compromise with the beekeeping sector, or with provincial politicians […] Read more
Editor’s Desk: Getting rail back on the political agenda
Reading Time: 2 minutes John Diefenbaker was no longer Prime Minister when I got to shake his hand. Still, there was an election in the air, and my father, who distrusted Liberals every bit as much Dief (especially when they were led by Pierre Trudeau) had hauled his four boys to the high school auditorium to hear the great […] Read more
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