Observation Oct. 21
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- Published on Sunday, October 23, 2016
By Addy Oberlin
Neepawa Banner
This past week we encountered a day, not only in Swan Valley, but from Dauphin north to The Pas, that many of us will not forget.
Homebodies - Many hands...
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- Published on Saturday, October 22, 2016
By Rita Friesen
Neepawa Banner
It was a delight to have family home for a few days. So many of the little things I wanted done got done. We had time to laugh, eat, play games and be silly, but oh, the tasks my loved accomplished!
Faithfully yours - When it’s hard to be thankful
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- Published on Saturday, October 22, 2016
By Neil Strohschein
Neepawa Banner
This week’s column is the first of two that I am sending to those who, especially this past week, have asked the question: “What do I have for which I can be truly thankful?”
You know who you are. I know who some of you are.
My perspective - Telling stories
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- Published on Friday, October 21, 2016
By Kate Jackman-Atkinson
Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
For an industry wanting to tell its story, it’s 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’s 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.
