Agriculture committee  I think renewable fuels have provided optimism to parts of the industry. For instance, in Hartney, there's Clean Country Resources looking at a barley and pea mixture as their way of producing ethanol. There are some concerns in incenting particular feedstocks over others. With b

Agriculture committee  I think with my reference earlier to the contract insurance that's happening in Saskatchewan, the grass is always greener on the other side, and you always look at opportunities that other provinces are providing to you. In that respect, as long as you're individualizing coverage

Agriculture committee  For the same reason that we've lobbied very effectively as a nation to have three dry edible bean breeders in Canada to support various types of production for dry beans—whether it's irrigated in Alberta, whether it's dry land in Manitoba in a short season, or whether it's long s

Agriculture committee  There were two things you asked about. One was was the rail situation. Transportation is of primary importance to our producers, not only in servicing those export markets, but also in providing inputs back in. I think fertilizer was one that corn provided. There are significant

Agriculture committee  That's a lot of questions to answer in a very short amount of time.

Agriculture committee  In the area of own use imports and grower requested own use, we are supportive of pursuing the ultimate goal of NAFTA labelling where there's no need for people to be transporting chemicals across a border that is a figment of people's imaginations. We'd like to see harmonization

Agriculture committee  It's 50%.

Agriculture committee  Thank you. We have been very concerned about price determination in the area of crop insurance. The way we think we could address that issue in Manitoba is similar to the Saskatchewan contract insurance for IP canola. A producer comes to production insurance staff with their con

Agriculture committee  Thank you. I will provide a brief introduction, and then Lincoln Wolfe, our president, will provide his comments. The Manitoba Pulse Growers Association is a producer-funded association representing producers of pulse crops including dry beans, peas, soybeans, lentils, chickpea