Reading Time: < 1 minute Nufarm says its two new all-in-one cereal herbicide formulations will be the first to gather in fluroxypyr and bromoxynil with a second Group 4 active. Enforcer M and Enforcer D combine fluroxypyr (Group 4) and bromoxynil (Group 6) in formulations with Group 4 products MCPA and 2,4-D respectively. “Nufarm is the first company to put […] Read more
Nufarm introduces fluroxypyr/bromoxynil Group 4 combos
Quebec and Atlantic dairy co-ops to merge
Reading Time: < 1 minute The dairy farmer members of major dairy co-operatives in Quebec and Atlantic Canada are set to vote next month on their marriage proposal. Agropur, the Quebec dairy co-operative whose products include the Natrel, Quebon, Allegro, Olympic and Island Farms brands, and Farmers Co-operative Dairy, which produces the Farmers and Central Dairies brands in Atlantic Canada, […] Read more
National dairy farm biosecurity standard launched
Biosecurity The standard is designed to help farmers cut and control the risk of disease entering their farms
Reading Time: < 1 minute Canada’s food safety agency has formally introduced its biosecurity standard designed specifically for the Canadian dairy farm. Launched Feb. 5, the voluntary biosecurity standard maps out dairy farmers’ control areas and target outcomes in the areas of animal health management, animal movement, premises management and conditions for workers, visitors, vehicles and equipment. The standard, designed […] Read moreVideos feature urban-rural conversations about farming
Visits Each of the five consumers got a tour of a Canadian farm — in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Ontario
Reading Time: < 1 minute BASF Canada has launched an online video series called Conversations On Sustainability with highlights of conversations between five farmers and five urbanites. Each of the five consumers got a tour of a Canadian farm — in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Ontario — to see the field, the machinery and the crops close up. They spoke […] Read moreB.C. extends funds for Peace-region farmers’ advocate
Reading Time: < 1 minute A publicly funded advocacy office for farmers in oil- and gas-rich northeastern British Columbia’s Peace region will get another year of support while long-term funding is discussed. The province’s Energy, Mines and Natural Gas Ministry said Jan. 29 it will put up $100,000 to support the Farmers Advocacy Office (FAO) in the region for another […] Read more
Beef code of practice open to comment
Reading Time: < 1 minute Ranchers, farmers and consumers are all able to have their say until March 8 on the proposed Canadian code of practice for care and handling of beef cattle. The public comment period opened earlier this month on the draft code, which can be viewed online at www.nfacc.ca, and has an option to submit comments. The […] Read more
FNA will act as sourcing agent for new CWB
Reading Time: 2 minutes Staff with Farmers of North America (FNA) will soon be able to act as the middleman for farmers interested in contracting grain to CWB. Saskatoon-based FNA, a farmers’ buying group negotiating deals on low-cost inputs and other farm supplies and services, announced Jan. 24 its staff will act as “a key sourcing agent for CWB […] Read more
Making healthy bread taste and smell better
Reading Time: < 1 minute A new finding by USDA researchers could mean that instead of eating more whole wheat bread because it’s good for them, people will eat more simply because it’s good. The key to giving whole wheat bread a more appetizing aroma and taste may lie in controlling the amounts of a single chemical compound that appears […] Read more
Monsanto to launch first new novel biotech trait in 18 years
Truflex New trait allows double the rate of application than the existing Genuity Roundup Ready canola system
Reading Time: 2 minutes Monsanto Canada will launch in 2014 what is billed as the first novel biotech trait in canola to be introduced to western Canadian farmers since 1996. TruFlex Roundup Ready canola trait maximizes yield opportunity through enhanced weed control and increased flexibility, the company says in a release. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Health […] Read moreTokyo trader buys into Manitoba pork firm
Reading Time: < 1 minute A Japanese trading firm aiming to sell Canadian pork into Asian markets has bought a third of a major Manitoba producer and packer. Itochu Corp. on Jan. 8 said it has paid about five billion yen (C$56.6 million) for a 33.4 per cent share of HyLife Group, based at La Broquerie, Man. Itochu said in […] Read more
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