Bayer CropScience will roll out a new broadleaf/grass herbicide combo, the iPak, for sale at independent retailers in Western Canada during the coming growing season. The company announced Tuesday that it will package its new broadleaf herbicide, the bromoxynil/pyrasulfotole combo Infinity (Groups 6 and 27, respectively), with Syngenta’s Group 1 grass herbicide Horizon 240 EC […] Read more
Bayer doubles up herbicides
Halifax postpones urban poultry debate: CBC
Halifax city council will put off further debate on the idea of allowing urban residents to keep backyard chickens until a report is completed on how other cities handle the issue, CBC reported Monday. That report isn’t expected for another six or seven months. The discussion came to council after a woman in the city’s […] Read more
Ont. funds new OVC animal hospital
The Ontario government will put up $9.5 million toward a new primary-care teaching hospital for small animals at Guelph’s Ontario Veterinary College. “This will give students a high quality and diverse clinical teaching and learning experience and enable the college to expand training in nutrition, health and wellness,” the province said in a release Tuesday. […] Read more
Ag chem deals offered for Husky grain deliveries
Delivering corn hybrids and wheat to either of Husky Energy’s ethanol plants on the Prairies can earn farmers discounts on “a variety of” DuPont Canada brands of herbicides. DuPont and seed company Pioneer Hi-Bred on Monday announced their new joint offer with Husky. Farmers’ 2008 crops of red winter wheat, Canada Prairie spring red, Canada […] Read more
Time to re-think WTO strategy: Ont., Que.
Quebec and Ontario are urging the federal government to change up its negotiating strategy and mount a strong defense of supply management for a new World Trade Organization agreement on agriculture. In a statement Monday, Ontario Agriculture Minister Leona Dombrowsky and her Quebec counterpart, Laurent Lessard, warned that a newly revised modalities text for a […] Read more
Crop gains to support ag income in 2007, 2008
Record gains in Canada’s crops sector are expected to boost the overall income of Canadian farmers in 2007 and again in 2008, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada forecasts. AAFC, the provinces and Statistics Canada on Friday released their farm income forecast for 2007 and 2008, pointing to a substantial increase in income from crops. But rising […] Read more
New WTO text will spur reaction: Ritz
A new World Trade Organization draft text, laying out what WTO member countries might be able to agree to in coming weeks on agricultural trade, shows progress on issues important for Canadian ag exports, according to Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz. The WTO’s agriculture negotiations chairman, Crawford Falconer, and its non-ag market access chairperson, Don Stephenson, […] Read more
Ont. orchards, vineyards to get $22M for renewal
Ontario’s tree fruit and grape growers will get $22.3 million in federal funding to help rip up older trees and vines and bring in either new or improved varieties or other crops altogether. Niagara region MP Dean Allison announced Ottawa’s contribution Friday at the Vineland Research and Innovation Centre at Lincoln. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada […] Read more
Ecological goods and services pilot funded in N.B.
The Eastern Canada Soil and Water Conservation Centre plans to study how or if the environmental farm plan (EFP) process can be used or even broadened to deliver an ecological goods and services (EG&S) program for farmers in New Brunswick. EG&S are the environmental benefits derived from a healthy ecosystem; EG&S programming in Canada is […] Read more
Below-normal levels possible in Okanagan basin
Near-normal snowpack on average across British Columbia is good news generally for spring and summer water supply, but areas of the south-central Interior may fall below the curve. The provincial environment ministry reported Friday that close to two-thirds of the peak snowpack across the province had accumulated by Feb. 1. The south coast and Vancouver […] Read more
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