Reading Time: < 1 minute A new 2,4-D-and glyphosatetolerant crop trait system that’s expected to be available in 2013 for U.S. growers is expected to be launched in Canada “in the next few years.” Seed and ag chem firm Dow AgroSciences on Mar. 4 announced pending U.S. regulatory approvals for the components of what it’s dubbed the Enlist Weed Control […] Read more
Dow Announces 2,4-D-And Glyphosate-H-T System
Pullet Producers Want To Separate From Egg Agency
Reading Time: < 1 minute A national group of pullet growers wants to reposition itself within Canada’s supply management system, separate from the egg groups that have represented them so far. The group, formerly known as the National Pullet Growers Association and now rebranded as Pullet Growers of Canada (PGC), said Mar. 7 it will seek “Part 2 Agency” status […] Read more
BSE Surveillance System Catches Alberta Dairy Cow
Reading Time: 2 minutes The national BSE surveillance system has confirmed a six-year- old Alberta dairy cow as Canada’s first case of BSE in almost a year. The 77-month-old animal was confirmed Feb. 18 to have had the brain-wasting disease, making it Canada’s 18th domestic case since 2003. As per Canadian Food Inspection Agency policy in place since 2009, […] Read more
GMO Market Acceptance Bill Gets Shot Down
Reading Time: 2 minutes Federal lawmakers have voted down a bill meant to prevent approvals for sale of seed of any new genetically modified (GM) crops that export markets won’t accept. While Bill C-474 – introduced in the House of Commons in November 2009 by the New Democrats’ agriculture critic, British Columbia MP Alex Atamanenko – got further than […] Read more
Tracking Incentives Offered For Sheep And Cervids
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Alberta government plans to steer just under $1 million from a livestock age-verification program toward incentives for sheep and farmed elk and deer producers to adopt tag systems for traceability. The province said Feb. 16 it would offer a total of $450,000 per year for two years in incentives to Alberta’s estimated 1,900 sheep […] Read more
CFIA Finds No Trace Of Potato Cyst Nematode
Reading Time: < 1 minute Soil samples from potato fields across the country and testing of Canada’s 2010 seed potato crop have turned up no sign of potato cyst nematode (PCN). The Canadian Food Inspection Agency said Thursday it had collected and analyzed over 43,200 soil samples during the national 2010 PCN survey. The agency said it “prioritized these samples […] Read more
Project To Reduce Cattle E. Coli
Reading Time: < 1 minute Genome Alberta, the Alberta Livestock and Meat Agency and the University of Lethbridge have announced the first of nine projects approved for a total of $4.5 million in funding under Genome Alberta’s Alberta Livestock Genomics Program’ (ALGP). The $470,000 will be used to research methods to reduce the shedding of E. coli 0157: H7, a […] Read more
Peace Area To Receive Drought Assistance
Reading Time: < 1 minute Relief is on the way for livestock producers facing severe feed shortages in Alberta’s Peace Region, announced last week by the federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz and Alberta Agriculture Minister Jack Hayden. “The continued dry conditions that Peace Region producers have had to deal with this year have impacted the quality and quantity of feed […] Read more
Greenbelt Fund projects promote Ontario food
The Ontario government’s Greenbelt Fund has announced funding for two projects to encourage more use of Ontario food. 100 Mile Market, a group of 160 farmers, will receive funding to provide more Ontario food to daycares, schools, universities and colleges, and hospital and long-term care facilities. “Getting local food from the field to students and […] Read more
Rocky View Collects 11,000 Kgs Of Obsolete Chemical
Reading Time: < 1 minute Rocky View County in Alberta collected 11,275 kilograms of obsolete pesticides during a collection program held last year in partnership with Clean- FARMS. The program was held at five locations over the course of the summer and early fall of 2010 where farmers could drop off unwanted and unused pesticides. “This was the first time […] Read more
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