Manitoba, Saskatchewan and the federal government announced $400 million more in aid for farmers on Feb. 24. But Saskatchewan farmer Arlynn Kurtz says it was not nearly enough. The Canadian Federation of Agriculture called it a first step and said farmers across the country need help.

Date: 2000-02-24
Placeline: OTTAWA, Ontario.
Source: The Canadian Press
Length: 24 seconds

Transcript Prediction: << Premier Romanov told us we were at the legislature that if Saskatchewan doesn't get a substantial injection of cash it's dead he says we need $60 an acre * 50 million acres is 3 billion dollars need sold us out for a billion dollars and some of it is already programs that are in effect like this is ridiculous I don't know how he expects his former to survive and he can stand up there with a smile on his face >>

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