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By Alice McFarlane

Agriculture Roundup

Agriculture Roundup for Tuesday October 22, 2019

Oct 22, 2019 | 10:21 AM

High profile agriculture politicians will be returning to the House of Commons after the Liberals minority victory yesterday.

Marie-Claude Bibeau, who was the federal agriculture minister at the dissolution of Parliament, was re-elected in the Quebec riding of Compton-Stanstead.

Conservative Agriculture Critic Luc Berthold held on to his seat in the riding of Mégantic-L’Érable while NDP Ag Critic Alistair MacGregor also retained his seat in Cowichan-Malahat-Langford in British Columbia.

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The increased movement of U.S. pork into China is good news for American and Canadian pork producers.

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China’s suspension of punitive tariffs on U.S. pork has sparked a recent increase in purchases of American pork.

HAMS Marketing Services Director of Risk Management Tyler Fulton said the future markets have started to see some support.

“Because our market in Canada uses U.S. pricing points, when the American producers are benefitting from increased pork exports, it actually benefits Canadian producers as well. We are a fully integrated market,” Fulton said.

The futures have seen roughly about a five to 10 per cent move over the last week or so.

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4-H Canada will continue its long-standing national partnership with Bayer Crop Science.

It’s a five-year, $500,000 contribution agreement focused on engaging more 4-H youth in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) programs.

4-H Canada and Bayer have worked together to provide STEM opportunities to all 4-H members across Canada including in rural communities where opportunities are often scarce.

Last year, more than 2,200 4-H members from 90 clubs participated in the inaugural Discover Science initiative, where they built wearable monitors, following the engineering design process to build, test and refine the device.

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The wait continues for southeast Manitoba farmers trying to finish the harvest.

Ken Krahn, who farms near Niverville, says not only is the ground soaking wet, the moisture content of the soybeans and corn is too high. He says so much drying would be needed that it would be cost prohibitive.

Krahn said it appears farmers may have to wait for the ground to freeze before they can resume the harvest.

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