Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - February 23, 2001, Winnipeg, Manitoba A12 regional Winnipeg fair february 2001 report shows Farmers need for government lobby group says crop receipts hit six year Low by Kevin Rollason Manitoba Farmers crop receipts fell to the lowest level in six years last dragged Down by Low Grain and oilseed but its a different Story for livestock who saw their receipts Rise for the sixth straight statistics Canada says crop receipts fell per cent to the third consecutive annual Don president of Keystone agricultural said the figures Are not news to him that Why farm ers marched to the legislature earlier this week asking for Cash from Federal and provincial but Dewar said the statistics could look Rosy when compared to statistics Canadas preliminary estimates for net income for that report takes expenses into we will be using these statistics when we meet with this is Why we were at the legislature and Why there has been pressure put on both the fed eral and 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and emergency personnel Are getting ready just in Rick Manitoba water resources chief said his office now thinks the risk of the red River flooding is much lower than was predicted last its a Good news Story compared to what we thought in Bow ering told local authorities attending an emergency management training course the reds looking an awful lot As weve had very Little precipitation since Bowering said ice thickness prob lems in the red River near which had been particularly worrisome in Are now actually less serious than were anticipating less problems with ice this he last november we thought it was going to be the worst ice problem Bowering that Manitoban cannot become complacent about As things could liter ally change especially because of the High Levels of soil moisture left by heavy Rains last a Good blizzard could change things pretty he adding typically March is the month of heaviest snowfall in the red River local Law enforcement and officials from transportation industries and some Rural municipalities attended Bow rings presentation As part of a we Klong emergency manage ment training following his they completed a train ing exercise designed to mimic what they would need to do in the event of a major Bowering displayed the beginnings of the graphical information system his office is developing to better fore cast River the Cis will not be completed for another Shelley training coordinator for Manitoba emergency Man said her office holds up to 40 courses a year throughout the Bowering expects his office to put out the first flood fore cast of the season As Early As but said its accuracy is dependent on How much Snow Falls before he warns that those who feel protected due to ring dikes or other flood Protection measures built in the Wake of the 1997 flood still need to pay attention to flood someday a bigger floods going to come he there is always going to be a bigger one than the last farming online yields new crop of customers by Bud Robertson the Mowat family has been farming the land in the Brandon area since the their work is on peddling everything from Boot slip pers to cast Iron Tea kettles and food nobody getting Rich at but its chuckled Edie who retired from farming with her husband Glenn several years in addition to training thoroughbred raising sheep and custom Graz ing the Mowat including son also runs an online business called named after the family started about three years the on line company now gets hits from Poten tial customers around the we look for products of interest to especially those developed by said who be attending this years direct farm marketing con being held today and tomorrow at the Royal Oak inn in the conference attracts producers who Are interested or involved in Busi Nesses such As Farmers Road Side pick bed and breakfasts and Tea Farmers can do a lot of but they dont mar Ket them that Well because usually nobody got said and while not everyone can go online with their she at this Point in the farm everybody kind of looking for Mona chairwoman of this years but while some like the Moats have gone online to sell their i think were just at the beginning Here in said a Home economics specialist with Manitoba Agri culture and Cornock said Many producers would like to find different ways to get their products to Market without the added Reliance on shippers and Bro it also gives them More control Over the Price they get for their prod agr tourism is also becoming a popu Lar sideline among Manitoba farm fam said and by adding a recreational component to agriculture urbates Are drawn to the farm where they spend Money and help the local Economy this conference will show potential direct farm marketers How they can receive a higher return for their crops and contribute to the Rural said and it will show practice ing direct marketers How to improve their ;