Reading Time: < 1 minute Canadian cattle and beef are continuing to regain markets lost when importers closed imports after BSE was discovered in Canada in 2003. On Jan. 20 Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz and International Trade Minister Ed Fast announced that beef and veal processed by approved plants from cattle under 30 months of age have the green light […] Read more
Markets reopen in Korea and Philippines
Seed-applied liquid nutrient approved for cereal crops
Reading Time: < 1 minute A new liquid formulation of a seed-applied nutrient has been cleared by the CFIA for use on wheat, barley, oat and corn. Colorado-based Loveland Products’ seed treatment Awaken ST will be distributed by ag input retailer UAP Canada. Awaken ST’s micronutrient package includes five per cent zinc plus boron, copper, iron, manganese and molybdenum, the […] Read more
Que. pork chain members get dividend
Reading Time: < 1 minute Members of a new producers’ network in Quebec will get La Coop Federée’s first-ever patronage dividend to be paid directly to hog farmers. Coop Federée, the province’s largest agrifood company and the owner of meat packer Olymel, on Mar. 5 announced it would pay out special dividends directly to members of the Filiere porcine cooperative, […] Read more
Cargill first to sign handling agreement with CWB
Reading Time: 2 minutes Cargill has become the first Prairie grain handler to commit elevator and port terminal space to an overhauled CWB. The deal, announced March 1, marks CWB’s first for grain-handling services since the federal government moved to wind down the former Canadian Wheat Board’s single marketing desk for Prairie wheat and barley, effective Aug. 1 this […] Read more
CFIA fertilizer efficacy testing optional, for now
Agency to focus only on product safety starting in 2013
CROP CHECKUP: Potential for four generations of diamondbacks
In his weekly Call of the Land report Alberta Agriculture pest specialist Scott Meers says that diamondback moths could be a season-long threat, especially in southern Alberta where emergence was so early this year. The first adults of the new generation have been spotted around Lethbridge this week. "This is really early, these generations will […] Read more
FCC offers young farmers new loans for land, buildings
New product FCC pledges $500 million for loans of up to $500,000 to farmers under 40
Reading Time: 2 minutes Canadian farmers up to age 30-something are being offered loans to help them improve their operations by buying or upgrading land or farm buildings. Farm Credit Canada and the federal government have rolled out a new Young Farmer Loan product, featuring variable rates at prime plus 0.5 per cent, plus no loan processing fees. “Special […] Read moreSaskatchewan leads anothersharp jump in farmland values
Reading Time: 3 minutes The federal farm lending agency’s latest six-month checkup on the peaks and valleys of Canadian farmland values finds demand for Saskatchewan’s acres continuing to catch up with the supply. While Saskatchewan, home to about 40 per cent of Canada’s arable land, has seen its farmland values rising since 2002, its land market until recently “had […] Read more
Cattlemen’s Young Leaders 2012 recipients selected
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Cattlemen’s Young Leaders (CYL) Development Program has announced its 2012 national mentorship recipients. The 16 recipients were selected following the final selection round at the CYL Spring Forum in Saskatoon, where a total of 24 finalists vied for a spot in the national youth initiative of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association (CCA). The 2012 CYL […] Read more
Wheat breeding and pasture programs cut in federal budget
Reading Time: 3 minutes A major wheat-breeding centre, community pastures, co-operatives and a shelterbelt program are among major casualties from cuts to Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada in the federal budget earlier this month. The Cereal Research Centre in Winnipeg, which has been home to some of AAFC’s largest wheat- and oat-breeding programs, will be closed by 2014. According to […] Read more
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