Reeve Astonished at Municipality's Population Growth
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Happy NortH agriculture Day Dakota too Manitoba is on board with the Soybean plant eyed for national celebration » PG 3 south of the 49th » PG 23 february 16, 2017 SERVING MANITOBA FARMERS SINCe 1925 | Vol. 75, No. 7 | $1.75 manitobacooperator.ca Is U.S. grain eating up Canadian rail capacity? Not according to CP Rail, which on average moves two trains of American grain through Western Canada daily By ALLAN DaWSoN Co-operator staff n Alberta farmer alleges Canadian Pacific Railway A ( C P ) i s n’t m o v i n g Canadian grain in a timely way because it’s preoccupied ship- ping American grain through Western Canada — an allega- tion CP denies. The Carstairs-area farmer asked not to be identified fear- ing it might reveal his source. The farmer said according to his The population growth in the Rural Municipality of Victoria which includes the villages of Holland (pictured above) and Cypress River, is up 395 persons since source every day CP brings in 2011. PHOTO: DON SANDERSON 10 trains from the United States and moves them across Western Canada and then back to the U.S. And it uses Canadian gov- ernment-owned hopper cars intended for western Canadian grain. On average CP ships two Reeve astonished trains a day of American grain across the West to the U.S. Pacific Northwest, Jeremy Berry, CP’s director of media relations, said in an email last week. Asked if the movement affects at municipality’s CP’s ability to handle Canadian See CAPACITY on page 7 » population growth Expanding family size on the local Hutterite colony, and some additional new residents probably explains it, says reeve of the Municipality of Victoria ping 35.3 per cent since “I’m incredibly surprised. and no change between 2011 By LORRAINe STEVeNSoN 2011. I couldn’t believe it when I and 2016 to the boundaries Co-operator staff Reeve Harold Purkess said heard the numbers,” he said. around the Victoria Census he’s pretty happy about it, “We certainly welcome the division. It also confirmed Last week’s 2016 Canada but also wondering how to numbers. But we’re talking that the municipality’s pop- Census population data explain it. nearly 400 people here. In our ulation increase from 1,119 has left officials in one rural The Municipality of Victoria mind that’s a large number of in 2011 to 1,514 in 2016 is Manitoba municipality won- is located in south-central people to move in when we correct. dering how they could grow so Manitoba and encompasses haven’t seen a huge expansion Purkess speculates their much without anyone really the two villages of Cypress River in housing or infrastructure.” population growth is likely noticing. and Holland. They’re a strictly The Geography Division explained by the large number The Rural Municipality of agricultural region and haven’t for Statistics Canada con- of young families at Oak Ridge Victoria’s population rose directly benefited from the oil firmed last week that there by 395 persons — a whop- industry to the west, he said. was no error in the number, See GrowTh on page 6 » CRUSHING IT: Canola Crush at blistering paCe » PAGE 22 Publication Mail Agreement 40069240 2 The Manitoba Co-operator | February 16, 2017 INSiDE DiD you know? LiVESToCk Extended lactation could Where’s the beef? make better cheese Danish researchers show that despite fears the practice could harm Earls apologizes milk quality it may actually be better at MBP meeting 12 Staff xtending dairy cow lactation periods by CRoPS up to six months not only can lower the E environmental impact of the industry — it just might make better cheese too. That’s according to some recent research by Danish scientists who decided to put long- Which wheat? standing concerns over the practice to an empirical test. They found an expected decrease in total CNHR’s upcoming milk production over time, but found at expansion not simple 17 the same time the level of protein and fat increased — thus making the milk more suit- able for cheese making. The original concerns were based on old studies dating back decades, which failed to take into account improvements in produc- FEATuRE tion practices over time, said Nina Aagaard Poulsen, an assistant professor with the department of food science at Aarhus Give Trump University. A PhD student compared milk samples from There appears to be no problem with milk from cows a chance different stages of lactation — focusing specif- on extended lactation when it comes to cheese ically on taste and the properties making milk making. PHOTO: THINKSTOCK Former PM Mulroney suitable for cheese production. urges patience 33 To determine whether taste was affected they used a professional taste panel to inves- feel of the milk was different, with later-lacta- tigate whether the extended lactation strategy tion milk being more creamy and noticeably affects the taste of the milk. higher in fat content. Previous investigations have indicated that In other words, there is no reason to fear milk from cows in extended lactation may that milk quality is reduced by extended lac- CRoSSRoADS have an undesirable and ‘salty’ taste. tation. The composition of the milk, cheese- The taste panel did not find any discernable making properties and taste all remain intact flavour differences, but did note the mouth or are even improved. 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Plans to celebrate million). a national day of agriculture Less than three per cent February 16 were announced of the Canadian population last June at the close of the today have any link to agri- Canadian Centre for Food culture today — in the 1930s Integrity Public Trust Summit more than 90 per cent of the in Ottawa. population did. “Every link in the food pro- Candace Hill, manager of duction chain – from the Agriculture More Than Ever, farm to the grocery store PHOTO: SHannOn VanraeS said Canada’s Agriculture Day and restaurant – plays a complements that indus- vital role in bringing food to “We sell crop inputs and Community College and “Besides being agriculture try-led initiative that has your table every day,” said bulk fuel and work very Brandon University, said producers, we are also agri- attracted over 470 partner Crystal Mackay, CEO of Farm closely with farmers, and we Ron Kristjansson, general culture promoters and want organizations and 2,100 indi- & Food Care Canada, at the have a food store as well.” manager.