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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 17, 1982
Page
9
Delegates at United Grain Growers annual meeting backed a board position for direct Crow payments to farmers. Local speaker Mike Motiuk urged direct payments to ensure funding reaches evolving transport needs, while others argued for railroad subsidies. Resolutions also targeted Wheat Board reforms and marketing autonomy.
Cargill earnings for the year ending May 31 1982 totaled 1 228 million with net after tax earnings of 12 2 million down 4 from the prior year. Return on sales about 1.0. Capital expenditure rose about 20 in 1981 82 investing just over 19 million in agricultural projects across Canada. Major items include Nutrena feed mill and elevator at Camrose Alberta and a new elevator for corn and soybeans at St Jean Quebec. In Western Canada vargull continued investments to improve prairie elevator handling with three new elevators and upgrades at ten others plus new farm supply and fertilizer facilities at most sites.
Manitoba Pool Elevators and CSP Foods Ltd announce interest free cash advances to canola and sunflower growers in Manitoba on behalf of Agriculture Canada. CSP handles sunflower advances. canola advances administered by Manitoba Pool. Applications available from Manitoba Pool elevator managers or CSP plants at Altona and Harrowby. due December 15. Canola repayments by July 31, 1983. sunflower by September 30, 1963.
Manitoba Pool released its 1981 82 financial results showing total pre tax earnings of 16.1 million for the year ending July 31 1982 a 12 drop from the prior year. Country elevator operations led with 9.1 million in net earnings while terminal operations earned 7.6 million though Farm Services and Livestock sectors posted losses. Annual meeting in Winnipeg ran November 10 through 12 with eighty delegates in attendance.
Manitoba Agriculture Minister Bill Uruski urged Ottawa to accept public investment with public control of railway funds and equal rate principles to protect farmers. He pressed for federal decision on rail investment, warned against higher farm costs, and called for placing all feed grains under the Canadian Wheat Board to secure world prices.
University of Manitoba plant pathologist Roger Rimmer says extended wet spells last spring sparked the Sclerotinia outbreak in rapeseed canola. He notes soil staying wet for two weeks around June can trigger spore germination and raise infection risk, though not guarantee a high infection level.
Craigie News reports Anna-Marie Forsyth, a six month trainee at Forsyths, flew from Winnipeg to Switzerland after attending a Portage la Prairie meeting with her parents Mr. and Mrs. George Forsyth. Several local residents visited, weddings and club activities are noted, including a Cheerio Club meeting and a Charitable donation request to the Children's Aid Society.
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