Farmers skeptical of Trudeau’s new agriculture plan
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Summary
Western Canadian wheat growers express skepticism to the federal government's new sustainable agricultural strategy, which was announced Monday by the federal agriculture minister. Western Canadian Wheat Growers President Gunter Joachim says farmers know more about sustainability than Ottawa does.
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Farmers and the Saskatchewan government reacted to Trudeau's new sustainable agricultural strategy
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with skepticism, which was announced Monday by the federal agriculture minister.
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Western Canadian wheat growers Saskatchewan director Daryl Fransu said the over-regulation
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of farmers is costing Canadians at the grocery store, and their president Gunter Joachim said
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they will watch the sustainable agricultural strategy proceedings and communicate to the
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public how this affects their groceries bill. A Saskatchewan government spokesperson said
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farmers are not getting recognition for all the work they already did to become sustainable.
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Now, the Western Canadian wheat growers expressed skepticism to the sustainable agricultural
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strategy given recent federal agriculture announcements. Now, Joachim said farmers are
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already concerned about sustainability as it affects the viability of their operations,
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and farmers know more about sustainability than Ottawa does. On Monday, the federal government
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announced the sustainable agricultural strategy and the launch of public consultations. I'm Chris
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Olkorn reporting for the Western Standard. Read the full story at westernstandard.news.
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