Reading Time: < 1 minute By spending five minutes online, charities and community programs or events could win one of 66, $2,500 grants from Bayer’s Canada’s Farmers Grow Communities Program. “Farmers and rural communities are the focus of our business, and we want to see them remain strong,” said Trish Jordan, senior business partner, government and industry affairs with Bayer’s […] Read more
$165,000 available for rural-based charities
Applicants can apply until Sept. 30
Viterra partners with Foodgrains Bank once again
Reading Time: < 1 minute For the seventh consecutive year, Viterra Canada Inc. provided land around five of its terminals in Alberta and Saskatchewan to the Canadian Foodgrains Bank. The plots are used by farmers who volunteer their time, expertise and resources to grow crops and raise funds for Foodgrains Bank hunger response projects around the world. Some projects operate […] Read more
Young speakers for ag head to Toronto
Reading Time: < 1 minute Young people from around the province delivered a clear message about resilience in agriculture during the seventh annual Alberta Young Speakers for Agriculture competition during the Calgary Stampede. The event saw youth travel from as far away as Grande Prairie to compete in the first in-person event since the start of the pandemic. The event […] Read more
Know your timing between spraying and swathing
Reading Time: < 1 minute The industry association Keep it Clean reminds that insecticide and fungicide applications must meet pre-harvest interval (PHI) requirements, which is the minimum acceptable number of days between applying a product and swathing or straight-cutting the crop. While most fields are still several weeks away from PHI being an immediate concern, pre-planning maximizes options. Keep it Clean’s […] Read more
Dry weather hits French wheat crop
Reading Time: < 1 minute French consultancy Agritel said July 26 it expects the soft wheat crop in France to fall 5.6 per cent this year after adverse weather. “French producers have had to deal with frost, drought, hail and scorching temperatures. These phenomena affected most of France with different degrees of intensity,” Agritel said in a statement. Its estimate […] Read more
Mobile unit rolls out to raise food awareness
Reading Time: < 1 minute Ag for Life has launched the Know Your Food trailer, an all-new mobile unit, an education delivery vehicle reaching members of the public, students and teachers through attendance at fairs, festivals, rodeos, stampedes and school visits across Alberta. For information on booking the trailer, visit knowyourfoodab.ca/bookings.
Another big wheat crop shaping up in Australia
Reading Time: < 1 minute The U.S. Department of Agriculture attaché in Australia says the country is expected to produce a third consecutive big grain crop in marketing year 2022-23. The report said another broadly favourable set of conditions around the time of winter grain planting and the early growth phase across most production regions bodes well for wheat and […] Read more
CN releases 2022-23 grain plan
More high-capacity cars, locomotives, staff included in plan
Reading Time: < 1 minute CN Rail published its 2022-23 grain plan July 29 in which it describes preparations for moving a western Canadian grain crop expected to rebound from last year’s drought-reduced harvest. Plan details include the addition of 57 high-horsepower locomotives, new rolling stock and 500 additional employees to bolster operating crews in Western Canada. More high-capacity grain […] Read more
Seed growers join forces
Reading Time: < 1 minute The organization representing Alberta’s seed growers has amalgamated with its smaller B.C. counterpart to form the Alberta-British Columbia Seed Growers (ABCSG). All but a couple dozen of the new association’s nearly 720 members farm in Alberta, so joining forces will “ensure that seed growers in British Columbia have the same level of recognition and promotion […] Read more
Record income trumps rising costs, interest rates, says lender
Overall, farmers are in ‘a good spot,’ but warns higher rates will be around for a while
Reading Time: 3 minutes Farmers are in good financial shape and able to weather both soaring costs and higher interest rates, says the country’s biggest ag lender. “We are in a unique position where record farm revenues are helping to offset the impact of a sharp increase in input costs and rising interest rates,” said J.P. Gervais, Farm Credit […] Read more
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