Farmers miss hit biofuel funding chance to expand
The article argues farmers remain price takers not price setters despite high grain and oilseed prices and a hoped for biofuels blueprint. It notes enthusiasm for value added farming, regional ethanol plants, and farm investment but says local funding has lagged as farmers spend profits paying old debts and wary of shrinking oil prices.
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Yorkton
Chuck Strahl
Canada
United States
China
Books n Blankets and the cost of kindness in war zones
A reader recalls an email about Canadian troops in Kabul distributing donated clothing and toys to Afghan children, but notes similar misfires abroad. It contrasts a 2004 Operation Soccer Ball PR failure in Iraq with a plea to fund civilian aid over military spending, urging gentler aid like clothing and blankets instead of bombs.
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Kabul
Afghanistan
1St Infantry Division
U.S. Army
Baghdad
Army Brass
Canada
Tim Horton
Hudson’s Bay
James Gordon
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