KAP launches rural connectivity survey

Feb 24, 2020

The Keystone Agricultural Producers want to know how your Internet and cell service is

Staff Writer

Farms.com

How good is your cell service and Internet? The Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) want to know. The organization launched a survey aimed at residents of rural Manitoba on Feb. 19.

“It's a series of about 14 questions that we're using to try to find out what service is like, both for Internet and cell service, for people in the rural communities and what kind of problems they have to overcome,” said Sam Connery-Nichol, a director with KAP.

Rural residents can access the survey online until March 31. KAP encourages anyone who lives in rural Manitoba to take the survey. The organization wants to get as many people as possible complete the survey so KAP can have better data to use.

“We'll compile that data and hopefully be able to take some hard numbers to government and industry,” Connery-Nichol said to Farms.com.

KAP wants to highlight why Manitoba must acquire a basic level of Internet and cell service across the province.

“I feel like, in this day and age, everyone should have access to both of those things,” Connery-Nichol said.

In emergency situations, not having cell service can be a huge safety concern, she said. Due to the lack of Internet speed, a lot of rural communities are missing out on many opportunities, she added.

As of Feb. 21, over 300 people had completed the survey. It takes roughly three minutes to complete, depending on how long your answers are, said Connery-Nichol. The question format ranges from clicking a box to answer the question to typing out your answers.

Photo credit: shotbydave\E+ photo

Video: Is China Buying US Soybeans + USDA Nov 14th Crop Report could be “Game Changing”

After a week of a U.S./China trade truce, markets/trade is skeptical that we have not seen a signed agreement nor heard much from China or seen any details. There are rumors that China is buying soybean futures & not the physical. Trust in Trump?
12 MMT of U.S. soybean purchases by China by year-end is better than 0 but we all need to give it more time and give it a chance to unfold. China did lower the tariffs on Ag and is buying U.S. wheat and sorghum.
U.S. supreme court could rule against Trumps tariffs, but the Trump administration does have a plan B.
U.S. government shutdown is now the longest in history at 38 days.
But despite a U.S. government shutdown we will be getting a USDA November crop report next Friday and it could be “game changing.” If the USDA provides a bullish surprise with lower U.S. corn and soybean yields and ending stocks that are lower than expected both corn and soybean futures will break out above their ceilings at $4.35/bu and $11.35/bu respectively.
The funds continued their selling in live and feeder cattle futures on continued fears that the Trump administration want to lower U.S. beef prices. The fundamentals have not changed, only market psychology has.
Stocks markets continue to worry about a weak U.S. job market, but you can blame ChatGPT for that. In the future, we will have a more efficient, productive and growing economy with a higher unemployment rate until we have more skilled AI workers.
After 34 new record highs in the S & P 500 and 124 new records in the NASDAQ in 2025 we are back to a correction and investor profit taking as AI valuations may have gotten too stretched near-term ahead of NVDA’s 3rd quarter earnings announcement on Nov. 19th. But this is not an AI bubble.
75% of Tesla shareholders approved a $1 trillion pay package for Elon Musk!
It has rained in South America in the last 7 days, but both the American and European models agree that Central Brazil remains dry in the next 14-days!

Potential U.S. ag trade with the EU

Precision Agriculture Equipment Featured at NFMS