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		<title>Manure jail sentence appealed</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:50:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[HS: If the court upholds this ruling, then this could well become the norm in the future should farmers spill manure or even over-fertilize with commercial fertilizer, if things progress on the regulatory front as they are. There is a &#8230; <a href="http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/7331.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Broken mains put sewage in rivers &#8211; Winnipeg Free Press</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:58:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[HS: Whoa here! Did I read this right? And we put most of the blame on the hog farmers, slowly destroying their industry with a permanent ban on expansion &#8211; Give me a break  &#8221;One-third of all sewer disruptions that &#8230; <a href="http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/7328.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Forget global warming &#8211; Will the Thames will be freezing over again</title>
		<link>http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/7324.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 03:49:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Forget global warming &#8211; it&#8217;s Cycle 25 we need to worry about (and if NASA scientists are right the Thames will be freezing over again) Met Office releases new figures which show no warming in 15 years  By DAVID ROSE &#8230; <a href="http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/7324.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The CWB Monitor: Confidence</title>
		<link>http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/7321.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 03:38:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[CWB Monitor &#8211; John De Pape &#8211; Just about everything being reported or stated recently by single desk supporters seems to be aimed at eroding confidence in the new market.  Current court cases notwithstanding – the reality is the reign &#8230; <a href="http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/7321.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Dirty Jobs&#8217; Mike Rowe on  lamb castration, PETA, and American labor</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 03:19:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[HS: Don&#8217;t take my word for it but Les Routledge who says this video is a must watch! This is an amazing video segment. Please move beyond the front end advertisement and list to Rob’s speech. I have watched his &#8230; <a href="http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/7317.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Port group to close as CWB monopoly ends &#124; Manitoba C0-operator</title>
		<link>http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/7313.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:03:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 103-year-old organization that co-ordinates shipments through Canada&#8217;s two biggest grain-shipping ports is winding down, saying it may not be needed once the Canadian Wheat Board loses its monopoly. The Winnipeg-based Canadian Ports Clearance Association (CPCA) will cease operations this &#8230; <a href="http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/7313.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Agrimoney.com &#124; Ukraine export curbs possible too, says CWB</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:42:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The world&#8217;s biggest wheat seller added Ukraine to the list of the countries which might impose crop export restrictions, but warned against investors betting on spiking wheat prices. The &#8220;supply concerns&#8221; fostered by the dire condition of drought-stressed autumn-sown crop &#8230; <a href="http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/7308.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Will farmers benefit &#8211; Wait until we see the results!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:37:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alex Binkley &#8211; The re-opening of South Korea and the Philippines to Canadian beef is the latest bit of good news that’s winning Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz plenty of accolades. There’s no denying he’s logged a lot of air miles &#8230; <a href="http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/7306.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Richardson expands in grain as Canada reform looms</title>
		<link>http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/7300.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:15:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Richardson International, regarded by some as Canada&#8217;s answer to Cargill, has unveiled a second expansion in grain terminals in two months, as handlers jockey for position ahead of the market&#8217;s deregulation. Richardson - Canada&#8217;s largest privately-held agribusiness, if a far smaller &#8230; <a href="http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/7300.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>AMI joins 85 other organizations to oppose trade reorganization proposal</title>
		<link>http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/7296.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The American Meat Institute has joined 85 other small, medium and large enterprises representing a wide segment of the business and agricultural communities engaged in international trade and investment, calling for President Obama to reconsider merging the Office of the &#8230; <a href="http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/7296.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A new Farm Bill from Congress? Likely not until Spring of 2013</title>
		<link>http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/7293.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:25:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One industry expert says Nebraska farmers and ranchers who are hoping to see a new Farm Bill come out of Congress this year will likely be disappointed. Barry Flinchbaugh, an ag economist at Kansas State University, says with the elections &#8230; <a href="http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/7293.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>December Hogs &amp; Pigs Report shows efficiency in pork farming &#8211; Farm and Ranch Guide: Livestock News</title>
		<link>http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/7289.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:17:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While the growth of the U.S. and Canada sow herds is relatively flat, pork producers are doing a great job of saving piglets and feeding out pigs efficiently. A Canadian market analyst says that efficiency is a significant story in &#8230; <a href="http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/7289.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Corn vs. soybeans, the acreage battle is ON</title>
		<link>http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/7285.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 01:09:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two of the biggest questions hanging over the market today are how much damage has the hot dry weather done to South American production and what will US farmers plant this spring. The market has been keeping a close watch &#8230; <a href="http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/7285.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Technology is a good thing</title>
		<link>http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/7280.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:34:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Siemens Says &#8211;  If it wasn&#8217;t for technology, research, people willing to risk all, and of course resources, we’d be a backward people and deprived to say the least. On Monday and Wednesday of last week, I spent parts of two days &#8230; <a href="http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/7280.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Bold move generates little no fire and little smoke;</title>
		<link>http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/7272.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:24:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Harry Siemens &#8211; Jonathon Elias who farms north of Morden, MB, his brother Tim and four relatives and friends took a felt marker to the backs of their shirts writing, “Thanks Ritz” and took in day two of AG Days &#8230; <a href="http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/7272.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>South Korea gives Canadian beef final stamp of approval for immediate access</title>
		<link>http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/7265.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 13:57:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tremendous news for Canadian cattle producers and processors has come early in the new year, announced Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz and International Trade Minister Ed Fast. Starting today, Canadian beef under 30 months of age can re-enter the South Korean &#8230; <a href="http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/7265.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Jimmy Carter says abortion is wrong, wrong, wrong&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 13:24:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[JANUARY 22, 1973, the Supreme Court decisions of Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton allowed abortion in all nine months of pregnancy. 23 years later, Norma McCorvey, who was the “Jane Roe” in the Roe v. Wade suit, was &#8230; <a href="http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/7260.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Spud shortage takes toll in more ways than one</title>
		<link>http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/7255.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 12:55:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[HS: Here is, in part the results of cutting back and cutting back potato acres, making sure there is ample money for the few still left. We have a poor crop, and guess what, processing plants shut down, people hit &#8230; <a href="http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/7255.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The once mighty United States of America may still have a chance&#8230;.</title>
		<link>http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/7257.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 12:51:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is Rush Limbaugh on Newt Gingrich putting down a Main Street left-wing media personality that thinks the poor should always stay poor giving them just enough to get some relief&#8230;.]]></description>
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		<title>Architect of NDP&#8217;s election victory seeks new challenge &#8211; Winnipeg Free Press</title>
		<link>http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/7252.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:28:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[HS: Branding two lies makes this man a hero to some. This shows exactly what&#8217;s wrong with today society and in particular, politicians. Yet, politicians reflect society in my opinion. This doesn&#8217;t in any way take away from the poor campaign run &#8230; <a href="http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/7252.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Buy food from China? – Trade Reform</title>
		<link>http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/7249.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:56:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[HS: While hard to really validate or authenticate these pictures, take off by half and divide by 5, well I think you get my point. Posted on 18 January 2012 by Michael Stumo.   &#8211;  Here are pictures sent by &#8230; <a href="http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/7249.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Decision reserved on wheat board challenge</title>
		<link>http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/7245.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 04:03:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Larry Kusch, Winnipeg Free Press Jan 18, 2012 WINNIPEG — A Manitoba Court of Queen&#8217;s Bench judge reserved his decision Wednesday on whether to grant an injunction that would halt implementation of Ottawa&#8217;s new grain marketing law. Eight former Canadian &#8230; <a href="http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/7245.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Judge weighs Wheat Board bid for injunction against Tories</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:09:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[PAUL WALDIE  WINNIPEG &#8211; Globe and Mail Update  - The legal battle over the future of the Canadian Wheat Board was back in a Winnipeg court room Tuesday, just as the marketing agency announced a round of layoffs. A group of &#8230; <a href="http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/7242.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Former wheat board directors want to stop government changes to agency</title>
		<link>http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/7238.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 19:48:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[WINNIPEG &#8211; Former directors of the Canadian Wheat Board have asked a Manitoba judge to stop the federal government from removing the board&#8217;s monopoly over western wheat and barley sales. The board&#8217;s lawyers appeared in Manitoba Court of Queen&#8217;s Bench &#8230; <a href="http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/7238.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Lawsuit welcome &#8211; But for who, my friend</title>
		<link>http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/7234.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:48:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[,HS: I presume this is a letter to the editor because if it isn&#8217;t, the untruths are beyond comprehension. Read it for yourself&#8230;.and let me know what you think. Re: Ritz calls CWB action &#8216;baseless&#8217; (SP, Jan. 11). Gerry Ritz &#8230; <a href="http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/7234.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Farm groups like what they see despite rookie status of new Ag Minister in Manitoba</title>
		<link>http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/7231.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:43:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[HS: Here&#8217;s hoping he brings new ideas and not only more window-dressing for the Selinger NDP government that pays good lip-service to supporting farmers and farming in Manitoba but bad policy.. all-around! Farm groups are welcoming the experience the new &#8230; <a href="http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/7231.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Tillage systems are changing</title>
		<link>http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/7228.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 02:58:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Todd Botterill of Botterill Sales at Newton,MB says tillage practices and tillage equipment has gone through a big change in the last few years. Botterill, who sells tillage equipment for several different manufacturing firms says farmers are looking for a &#8230; <a href="http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/7228.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>You ever feel it’s only just begun, but things are barreling full steam ahead?</title>
		<link>http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/7225.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 02:47:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Siemens Says &#8211; Spending ten days at meetings like we did during the last two weeks and the year is just beginning makes me feel like we&#8217;ve only just begun, but the year is half-way over. From the Western Canadian Wheat Growers &#8230; <a href="http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/7225.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>CWB creating new programs for a new era</title>
		<link>http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/7222.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 03:23:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[HS: Isn&#8217;t it something else to hear and see positive things coming from the Canadian  Wheat Board office&#8230; Winnipeg &#8211; The Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) will offer farmers a full portfolio of grain-marketing programs in the 2012-13 crop year, including &#8230; <a href="http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/7222.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>CWB is alive and kicking</title>
		<link>http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/7219.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 01:29:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kevin Hursh &#8211; The CWB believes it will be a significant player in the grain industry after August 1. Although details are still pending (specific agreements with grain handlers), CWB staff presented a refreshingly positive picture to nearly 200 farmers &#8230; <a href="http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/7219.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Ex-CWB directors seek to shut down feds&#8217; appeal</title>
		<link>http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/7215.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 21:38:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[HS: Ex Canadian Wheat Board directors have lost much with the old monopoly gone, salaries, perks, so-called prestige, and privileges. Not to mention the control the CWB exhorted  over the grain, transportation, and farming industries. Therefore the ex-directors must soldier on. It &#8230; <a href="http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/7215.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>CWB battle not over &#8211; Sir why do you gloat?</title>
		<link>http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/7212.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 21:14:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[HS: It is interesting how a &#8216;financial editor&#8217; like Bruce Johnstone can gloat over the hurt the lawsuits will cause by delaying the inevitable. The more I read his &#8216;stuff&#8217; the more I realize he knows little, just enough to &#8230; <a href="http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/7212.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>’Toba does the cabinet shuffle</title>
		<link>http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/7208.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 18:24:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[HS: Just came back from Saskatchewan and can only wish things were different in Manitoba. Debt, debt, and more debt in Manitoba, and real bad government here in Manitoba. In Saskatchewan, they see the huge place agriculture has while in &#8230; <a href="http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/7208.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>KAP on new agriculture minister in Manitoba..</title>
		<link>http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/7206.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 19:32:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Winnipeg – Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) congratulates Ron Kostyshyn on his appointment as Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives.  Premier Selinger announced his changes to the cabinet today. KAP is committed to working with Minister Kostyshyn on issues that are &#8230; <a href="http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/7206.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Manitoba government shuffles cabinet &#8211; Struthers is out as Ag Minister..</title>
		<link>http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/7203.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 18:46:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stan Struthers is out as Ag Minister in Manitoba and rookie backbencher Ron Kostyshyn, who ran in Swan River when former Ag Minister Rosann Wowchuck retired is in. Here&#8217;s hoping he brings some common sense to that portfolio.  Rookie legislature &#8230; <a href="http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/7203.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Wheat Growers moving forward</title>
		<link>http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/7200.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:45:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Siemens Says &#8211; The Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association held it&#8217;s 42 annual convention in Moose Jaw, Sk last week, the largest attendance ever, 217 people, except for Mexico a number of years ago. While that one had attractions other &#8230; <a href="http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/7200.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Sun News : Wheat [Tony Merchant] farmers sue feds for $15.4 billion</title>
		<link>http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/7194.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:26:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[HS: Again, the &#8216;press&#8217; gets it wrong. It&#8217;s not farmers seeking payback because they know there is nothing to pay back, it has only lost them money over the years. Tony Merchant wants the residuals and cause more pain through mischievousness methods. &#8230; <a href="http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/7194.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Farmers in Manitoba wonder is Struthers for them or against them</title>
		<link>http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/7192.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:03:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Harry Siemens &#8211; Stan Struthers holds two cabinet portfolios in the Manitoba government, agriculture and finance, both very much intertwined. Recently Struthers told Pembina Valley Online agriculture will be a priority for the province in 2012. &#8220;It&#8217;s very much a commitment &#8230; <a href="http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/7192.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Harry Siemens with Max Armstrong talking crops and marketing freedom in W. Canada</title>
		<link>http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/7188.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 13:09:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Max Armstrong of This Week in Agribusiness interviews Harry Siemens for the weekly show on crops, weather, snow, or the lack thereof, and of course marketing freedom for farmers in W. Canada and post-Canadian Wheat Board moving forward.]]></description>
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		<title>Agriculture trumps manufacturing</title>
		<link>http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/7183.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 12:10:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[HS: Agriculture continues to drive the economy in other places, too, but good to hear people in Ontario recognize that, too. Bob Boughner &#8211; RIDGETOWN &#8211; Ontario&#8217;s agricultural industry is the single most important economic driver in the province today, &#8230; <a href="http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/7183.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Harper names Canola Council chief to Senate</title>
		<link>http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/7180.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 11:45:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The organization representing Canada&#8217;s canola industry has lost its president to Canada&#8217;s Senate. Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Friday announced the appointment, effective immediately, of JoAnne Buth as one of seven new members of Parliament&#8217;s upper chamber. Buth takes the &#8230; <a href="http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/7180.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Credit farmers for GHG reductions</title>
		<link>http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/7177.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 11:39:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[HS: While all in favour of sound sustainable environmental and economic practices, I can&#8217;t believe farmers like Wiebe will actually stand up and say yes take more money from us so Al Gore can indirectly add to his millions. Farmers &#8230; <a href="http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/7177.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Former CWB directors asking court to quash appeal</title>
		<link>http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/7173.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 21:40:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[HS: As Federal ag minister Gerry Ritz told farmers at the Western Canadian Wheat Growers annul meeting in Moose Jaw last week, you&#8217;ll see all kinds of lawsuits and mischievousness acts by those who claim to be pro-marketing, pro-Wheat Board marketing &#8230; <a href="http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/7173.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>5 reasons to defend farm marketing boards</title>
		<link>http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/7167.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 15:20:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A 40-year-old farm program could become a political issue to watch in 2012. But not if the Harper government can help it.  Andrew Coyne declared the &#8220;supply management rip-off&#8221; the most under-reported political issue of 2011 during The National At &#8230; <a href="http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/7167.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Goodale wants academics to monitor wheat, barley sales</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 16:04:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[HS: Ralph Goodale just doesn&#8217;t get it&#8230;Whether good or bad, the market will monitor the new reality, but Goodale admits and concurs with Ag Minister Ritz freedom to market in western Canada is a &#8216;done deal&#8217;.   Ralph Goodale said, &#8230; <a href="http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/7163.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>CWB move a &#8216;done deal&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:07:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry Siemens</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Agriculture]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[While Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz has no doubt Canadian Wheat Board supporters are not finished bringing forward &#8220;specious court challenges,&#8221; the Battlefords-Lloydminster MP said market choice in the sale of wheat and barley will prevail. &#8220;At the end of the &#8230; <a href="http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/7156.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Wheat group applauds end of monopoly &#8211; Saskatchewan &#8211; CBC News</title>
		<link>http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/7153.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 12:39:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry Siemens</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Agriculture]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Members of the Western Canadian Wheat Growers are celebrating the end of the Canadian Wheat Board&#8217;s monopoly power and how sweet it is. About 200 members gathered in Moose Jaw, Sask., for their annual convention. The federal government has passed &#8230; <a href="http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/7153.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Western Canadian wheat and barley farmers &#8220;Gearing Up for Marketing Freedom&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 12:34:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry Siemens</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Agriculture]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Moose Jaw, Sk. &#8211;  Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz addressed an enthusiastic audience yesterday at the Western Canadian Wheat Growers 42 annual convention. In fact, Ritz walked into a standing ovation from the farmers who have worked hard, and supported the &#8230; <a href="http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/7149.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Parliament acted legally when it passed Bill C-18 &#8211; The Globe and Mail</title>
		<link>http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/7137.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 11:59:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[HS: Was there ever any doubt about what the Feds did when passing Bill C18 to give farmers in western Canada the freedom to market their wheat and barley? Me thinks not, but that didn&#8217;t, or won&#8217;t stop those who &#8230; <a href="http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/7137.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Gerry Ritz tells Wheat Growers he&#8217;s confident marketing freedom is here to stay</title>
		<link>http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/7143.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 11:23:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry Siemens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gerry Ritz, the Federal minister of agriculture told farmers in Moose Jaw, SK the-found marketing freedom for wheat and barley in Western Canada is here to stay no matter the courts and so-called friends of the former deposed directors of &#8230; <a href="http://www.siemenssays.com/blog/7143.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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