Manitoba Beef Producers Income Assurance Plan raises support
Agriculture Minister Jim Downey announced a 10 cent per pound increase in support for calves and slaughter animals under the MBPIAP retroactive to April 1 1979. The move reflects higher grain and labor costs and interest rates with quarterly market price averaging guiding differences from production costs.
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Manitoba Beef Producers
Jim Downey
Winnipeg
Downey
Mbpiap
Letters condemn racism in local paper’s content
May Deller of Neepawa Manitoba writes to Hamiota Echo praising a prior article on Malaysian exchange students and condemning a satirical Pakistan poem in Current Comments. She argues media power shapes public opinion and calls for rejecting racist slurs to keep Canada inclusive.
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Malaysian Exchange
Hamiota Echo
The
Echo
Pakistan
Bless
Canada
May Deller Neepawa
Man
Memories of Decker Teachers Motivate Decker Past
A reminiscence of Mr Bill Rivers and the Decker United Church Bible Class teachers from the 1930s. The author recalls four core teachers, including Mr Quinton, and reflects on rural Decker community life and schooling.
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Bill Rivers
Decker United Church
Edgar Lints
Ellery Sunley
Harry Quinton
Quinton
Decker High School
Harry Cox
Decker Church
Weed Supervisor Explains Duties and Coverage Area
The column clarifies the weed supervisor role including education on herbicide recommendations and weed identification. It details duties across Miniota Hamiota Blanshard and Woodworth municipalities covering 1080 square miles with farm meetings sprayer calibrations and regulatory work guiding landowners to eradicate weeds.
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Miniota
Hamiota
Blanshard
Woodworth
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Jim Andersons
Oakner
Whyte
Craig Whyte
Kenton
Mel Cochran
Sid Lewis
McDonald's
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