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		<title>Higher food prices &#8211; Give me a shake!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Aug 2010 13:11:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In an article called 'making the point' Alex Binkley says the recent run up in world wheat prices, created by weather problems in grain growing regions, has stirred up media interest in what it all means to food prices.]]></description>
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		<title>H1N1 &#8211; Where is thy sting?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 18:59:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Worldwide, H1N1 2009 virus transmission remains most intense in parts of India and in parts of the temperate southern hemisphere, particularly New Zealand and more recently in Australia.
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		<title>The harvest is on</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 16:04:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Finally a week or more of sunshine and drying weather has farmer harvesting, getting ready with great anticipation in some areas, and others it is another year where next year comes into focus.]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. pork producers decry anticipated Mexican tariffs</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 21:49:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. pork exporters are decrying an expected move by the Mexican government to lump pork in with many other U.S. products on which it is imposing tariffs in retaliation for a cross-border trucking dispute.]]></description>
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		<title>Farmers hope Mother Nature turns off the tap</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 21:37:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[More rain is about the last thing Manitoba farmers want this summer, but that is what they got in various parts of the province this past weekend and again today.]]></description>
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		<title>Breakfast TV with Danny&#8217;s Own and a whole hog more</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 14:36:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[City TV in Winnipeg breakfast host   Jon Ljungberg enjoyed the Danny's Whole Hog BBQ and Smokehouse pork spareribs for  breakfast Friday, August 13 and at 50 pounds of pulled pork, more than enough to go around for everyone.

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		<title>PennerPoints is in harvest mode</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 20:19:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While the big Harvest for Kids is in the record books, the Guinness World record books, the main harvest for producers in Manitoba is nicely underway and the grain goes mostly into storage..]]></description>
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		<title>Farmers bring 200 combines to one field &#8211; for kids!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 13:28:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One never knows how far afield the message goes out when working fora good cause like Harvest for Kids, but this report went to more than 110 radio stations by farm broadcaster Max Armstrong.]]></description>
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		<title>Harry spreads record setting harvest far and wide</title>
		<link>http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/1437.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 01:17:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Harvest for Kids interest is far afield as we hear in this report by Mike Hergert, Red River Farm Network in Grand Forks, ND]]></description>
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		<title>Combines set world record</title>
		<link>http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/1425.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2010 15:12:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Travelling at 1.5 miles per hour, 200 combines never broke rank to set the Guinness World Record for the most harvesters working on the same field as part of Harvest For Kids fundraiser on Saturday near Winkler.]]></description>
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		<title>The harvest for kids is in the record book &#8211; the Guinness record book</title>
		<link>http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/1419.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Aug 2010 04:39:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The harvest for kids is in the record book - the Guinness record book set in Winkler, Mb bu 200 combines all harvesting wheat at the same time, so children who have not other means, can go to camp.]]></description>
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		<title>More on the Harvest for Kids&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/1392.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2010 04:50:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Harvest for Kids 2010 will not only be a record setting event, but also a day for everyone to come on out and see a variety of farm machinery on display and in action.]]></description>
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		<title>When have we ever swathed canola in July</title>
		<link>http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/1388.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2010 04:41:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some canola producers in Manitoba cut their canola in July, most likely the first time that has ever happened. ]]></description>
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		<title>Harvest for kids Saturday, August 7 in Winkler, Mb</title>
		<link>http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/1381.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2010 02:19:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The harvest for kids gets underway in Winkler, MB Saturday, August 7 at 12 noon with over 200 combines converging in a way never witnessed before by humankind.]]></description>
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		<title>Arrogence comes from entitlement</title>
		<link>http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/1366.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:24:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So much of what is happening in the United States and Canada with governments catering to special interest groups and wanting to buy votes from the electorate is that feeling of entitlement.]]></description>
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		<title>Where is the oil, folks</title>
		<link>http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/1362.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:58:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The biggest thing going on the oil spoil in the Gulf has to do with whether it is a good thing the oil is disappearing much quicker than at first expected and the price of gas has gone through the roof.]]></description>
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		<title>Vilsack apologizes to fired USDA worker</title>
		<link>http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/1313.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:33:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack opened a press conference late Wednesday afternoon --- broadcast live on the cable networks --- saying he had spoken with dismissed Georgia rural development director Shirley Sherrod and Vilsack had apologized for the incident.
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		<title>Hail storm hits Minnesota..</title>
		<link>http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/1308.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 17:18:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Linder Farm Network farm tour was awesome, but the hail storm devastating for many Minnesota farmers.]]></description>
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		<title>The Port of Duluth tour</title>
		<link>http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/1304.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 12:31:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Port of Duluth is going back to where it all started, shipping more commodities via water because it simply costs less. ]]></description>
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		<title>CFIA looks at dropping seed crop inspections</title>
		<link>http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/1284.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 12:12:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The news that within five years, Canada’s seed industry should not expect CFIA involvement in the field inspections of seed crops is not good news for the industry.]]></description>
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		<title>Reduced hog numbers and increased pork demand improve live hog prices</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jul 2010 14:54:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Saskatchewan Pork Development Board credits a combination of reduced hog supplies and stronger demand for pork for improved live hog prices, yet the optimism doesn't necessarily filter down to the rank and file hog producer.]]></description>
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		<title>Ottawa and prairie provinces announce relief package for rain-soaked farmers</title>
		<link>http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/1233.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 19:58:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Prairie farmers are going to get some extra government help to deal with one of the wettest seasons in recent memory, thanks to all of us, the general taxpayers, but will it go to those who need it most?]]></description>
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		<title>Canadian Food Inspection agency pulls seed inspection</title>
		<link>http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/1228.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/1228.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 16:44:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Breaking news ....Canadian Food Inspection Agency pulls seed field inspection program ]]></description>
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		<title>Governments act to help Prairie farmers restore cropland</title>
		<link>http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/1225.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/1225.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 15:36:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Help is on the way for prairie farmers dealing with excess moisture and flooding  coming from the governments of Canada, Saskatchewan, Alberta and Manitoba, who will make up to $450 million available to help farmers take immediate steps to protect and restore damaged cropland.]]></description>
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		<title>While unknown how big, the losses will be huge</title>
		<link>http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/1218.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/1218.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 15:16:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Unseeded land in Saskatchewan and Manitoba and to a lesser extent Alberta, is a big unknown loss factor, but the quantity and quality of the seeded acres is also huge because of the rains that fell after farmers had put in their crops.]]></description>
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		<title>Hog, Cattle Markets Poised for Bull Runs</title>
		<link>http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/1204.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/1204.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 19:06:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Agricultural consultant Dan Basse said cattle prices are poised for a potential record rally over the next year and hogs also hold bullish prospects as global demand grows and meat supplies shrink to a 29-year low.]]></description>
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		<title>Weeds infest water-filled and unseeded wet fields</title>
		<link>http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/1198.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/1198.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 02:40:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Producers in many parts of Manitoba continue their efforts to cope with what has been a wet spring that has left some area crops drowned out and weed infested, a major change from what was an early completion of spring seeding in late April and early May but has turned into more of a crop [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Water, water, and devestation is the norm, rather than the exception</title>
		<link>http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/1172.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/1172.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jul 2010 23:37:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On June 28, 2010 I travelled to Richer, MB about 15 minutes east on the Trans Canada highway and No 12 hwy east of Steinbach, MB and took some pictures of the havoc heavy rains and continuous moisture is causing farmers in southern and southeastern Manitoba.]]></description>
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		<title>Pick your meat provider carefully</title>
		<link>http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/1145.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/1145.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 12:30:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When Spenst Brothers Premium Meats in Winkler, Mb, kitty corner from the Super Store opened its doors more than five years ago, little did anyone know how far down the road they&#8217;d be five years later. The dream for the Spenst family turned into reality on May 11, 2005 when they opened the doors to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Needing a passport going into the USA works well</title>
		<link>http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/1136.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/1136.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 16:59:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There was a time when I thought  needing a passport to enter the United States seem like overkill and bad idea, but it sure works good crossing the border with one. ]]></description>
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		<title>Weather patterns key to western Canadian crop quality says CWB</title>
		<link>http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/1129.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/1129.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 15:26:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Canadian Wheat Board says weather patterns during the remainder of the growing season will determine the quality of this year's crops on the Prairies following a horrendous spring planting season filled mostly with too much moisture.]]></description>
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		<title>Going to church and looking at crops</title>
		<link>http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/1119.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/1119.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jun 2010 22:03:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sunday morning, going to church, and looking at crops while driving from Winkler, Mb to Svold, North Dakota saw a variety of crop conditions from some very good crops to some not so good, and many in between.]]></description>
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		<title>US Hog herd contraction slowing</title>
		<link>http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/1104.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/1104.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jun 2010 15:04:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[USDA’s Quarterly Hogs and Pigs inventory update came out near pre-report expectations with the lowest as of June 1 hog herd in three years. ]]></description>
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		<title>Manitoba Pork Council shocked at recent animal neglect case</title>
		<link>http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/1094.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/1094.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 19:07:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On June 18, 2010 a group of Manitoba hog producers discovered a severe case of animal neglect in a barn near Notre Dame de Lourdes and took immediate action, called RCMP and provincial veterinarians, and worked with the authorities to handle the situation.


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		<title>Tribute to longtime tory MLA  Harry Enns and past minister of agriculture</title>
		<link>http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/1088.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/1088.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 17:58:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Longtime Tory MLA Harry Enns elected to the legislature in 1966 and serving for nearly 40 years has passed away. Enns, who was 78 retired from politics in 2002.]]></description>
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		<title>The livestock industry heaves a great big sigh of relief</title>
		<link>http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/1077.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/1077.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 00:48:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Early Monday morning on June 21, 2010 a Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) inspector observed a hog and suspected an animal health issue in the Western Hog Exchange (WHE) Red Deer facility quarantining the plant at 7:30 am.
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		<title>Restrictions Lifted from Alberta Slaughter Facility</title>
		<link>http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/1068.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/1068.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 22:37:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has conclusively ruled out federally reportable diseases, including foot-and-mouth disease and swine vesicular disease, in pigs at an Alberta slaughter facility.]]></description>
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		<title>Big foot and mouth scare &#8211; so far negatory</title>
		<link>http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/1062.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/1062.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 22:19:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) temporarily closed the Olymel hog plant in Red Deer, Alberta, Monday after it received a suspicious load of hogs, but initial tests have ruled out foot-and-mouth disease, a government spokesman said Tuesday.
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		<title>Neglected hogs results in RCMP investigation</title>
		<link>http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/1057.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/1057.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 17:59:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On June 18, 2010, at 9:15am, RCMP Manitou Detachment received a complaint from a local area Colony concerned that they were denied access to about 2,000 hogs they owned.

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		<title>Harvest for Kids 2010 set to break record and raise money</title>
		<link>http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/1027.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/1027.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jun 2010 14:18:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Childrens Camps International is planning the World Harvest for Kids 2010 for August 7 near Winkler, Mb to set a Guinness world record for the number of combines in one field and raise awareness and money to give third world children some hope. ]]></description>
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		<title>Gate to plate assurance isn&#8217;t an option &#8211; it is reality</title>
		<link>http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/1021.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/1021.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 11:49:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Danny Kleinsasser of Stonewall, Mb learned early in business how important it is to assure his customer she gets high quality, healthy, and safe food every time. ]]></description>
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		<title>Rainfall warnings</title>
		<link>http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/1011.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/1011.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 11:58:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kevin Hursh says if the weather forecasts are close to being correct, flooding concerns are going to get worse before they get better in Saskatchewan. ]]></description>
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		<title>Western Premiers discuss the excess water situation on the Prairies</title>
		<link>http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/1004.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/1004.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 02:57:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Western premiers meeting in Vancouver today talked about how the excess water on agricultural lands in the prairie provinces has significantly impacted seeding in areas of Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Alberta.]]></description>
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		<title>Lynn Siemens premiers with Eric Whitacre in Carnegie Hall</title>
		<link>http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/995.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 19:44:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lynn Siemens of Vancouver, BC and Winkler, Mb is singing this evening, June 15, 2010 at the premier of Eric Whitacre's Paradise Lost: Shadows and Wings at Carnegie Hall, New York City. ]]></description>
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		<title>CWB survey confirms most farmers want marketing freedom</title>
		<link>http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/986.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 17:49:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The annual Canadian Wheat Board producer survey, released last week, once again demonstrates that most farmers support marketing choice for both wheat and barley says the president of the Wheat Growers.
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		<title>Canada&#8217;s wheat production may take a backseat on weather woes</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 11:39:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[G. Chandrashekhar of the Hindu Business Line says even as the world is busy gleefully looking at favourable prospects for major field crops in the US and elsewhere, weather conditions on the Prairies of Canada (the country's breadbasket region) have remained hostile for an extended period.]]></description>
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		<title>One million unseeded acres turns into 10 million unseeded acres in western Canada</title>
		<link>http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/963.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 04:37:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When Reuters news service reported early last week, there would be a million acres unseeded in Saskatchewan, little did they know the Canadian Wheat Board would add a zero behind that number and make it closer to 10 million acres unseeded as of June 10. ]]></description>
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		<title>Beware of sheep in wolves&#8217; clothing</title>
		<link>http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/949.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jun 2010 14:13:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[North American livestock producers are facing increased scrutiny and pressure from special interest groups who are citing environmental concerns as their motivation.]]></description>
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		<title>Treat new technology with caution, but don&#8217;t stymie progress</title>
		<link>http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/941.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jun 2010 18:50:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Technology for the sake of technology needs caution, but to stop technology because people are simply opposed to it makes no sense at all.]]></description>
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		<title>We need to turn the optimism into profits</title>
		<link>http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/934.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jun 2010 17:10:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An improved economic outlook for North American pork producers created renewed optimism among attendees at the 2010 World Pork Expo.]]></description>
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