My perspective - Telling stories
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- Published on Friday, October 21, 2016
By Kate Jackman-Atkinson
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For an industry wanting to tell its story, it鈥檚 impossible to overstate the importance of information. For the agricultural industry, the time to gather that information is now. In the coming years, the industry is going to face an increasing number of outside challenges, from concerns over the environmental impacts of various agricultural activities, to the pricing of carbon that we know is coming sooner or later, the industry needs to be able to tell its story with facts and figures.
Right in the centre - Sustainable growth
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- Published on Thursday, October 20, 2016
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
The recent announcement by Hylife Foods of Neepawa and La Broquerie is slowly sinking in. $125 million is a lot of money. It鈥檚 even more money when one considers some of the previous figures tossed around over the years. Few really know, and I am not one of the few, what Hylife paid for the Springhill Farms hog plant. The figure of $69 million was touted as being what was invested in the plant to buy it and improve it. Could be. We do know that the waste water treatment plant, E3, cost about $20 million. We do know that Itochu of Japan paid about $60 million for a one third interest a few years back. But $125 million, that tops them all.
Faithfully yours - It takes a world to make a loaf of bread
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- Published on Sunday, October 16, 2016
By Neil Strohschein
Neepawa Banner
We go through a lot of bread at our house. We use it for sandwiches, cheese toast, regular toast, etc. We buy at least four loaves at a time, which will probably last us for two weeks.
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Observation Oct. 14
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- Published on Saturday, October 15, 2016
By Addy Oberlin
Neepawa Banner
The winter activities are beginning to take shape. So winter decided to take shape also. When I looked out my window, while I was writing this article, snowflakes were slowly drifting by and the roofs of the houses in my neighborhood were white. Some might say that this is too early and others are frantically hoping that it will all melt and the grounds will dry up so they can finish the harvest.
水果视频bodies - Brutally honest鈥�
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- Published on Saturday, October 15, 2016
By Rita Friesen
Neepawa Banner
We have just celebrated Thanksgiving weekend. As is my custom, I attended Sunday morning worship. Honestly, I didn鈥檛 really want to attend. It is, at times, difficult to be thankful. Tales of family gatherings, groaning tables, warm fuzzies, lovely facts, have not applied to me these last two years.
