The Canadian Grain Commission’s Eastern Standards Committee has released new standard samples and standard prints (photographs) for peas, pea beans and lentils. The committee also recommended a new guide for No. 1 Canada Eastern Red (Winter), Mildew Guide. Standard samples and standard prints represent the subjective visual grading factors that are most common in a […] Read more
New standard samples for Eastern grains
New standard samples for Western grains
The Canadian Grain Commission’s Western Standards Committee has released new standard samples and standard prints (photographs) for several grades of CWRS, peas, pea beans and lentils. Standard samples and standard prints represent the subjective visual grading factors that are most common in a given year. Standard samples and standard prints reflect the proportion of such […] Read more
Tomato and tobacco growth regulator registered
Syngenta Crop Protection Canada has picked up registration for a growth regulator that also works to boost natural defences against bacteria and mould infections in plants such as tomatoes and tobacco. The company on Dec. 15 announced approval for Actigard, a plant growth regulator billed as offering protection against bacterial speck and bacterial spot in […] Read more
Folicur label expanded to oats and barley
Bayer CropScience’s wheat crop fungicide Folicur has been reformulated and rebranded for use on oat and barley crops. The new formulation, dubbed Folicur EW, is registered to suppress fusarium head blight and control assorted foliar diseases such as rust, tan spot and septoria leaf blotch, the company said in a recent release. Growers using the […] Read more
Market Assistance For Bison, Elk And Deer
Reading Time: < 1 minute Bison, elk and deer farmers are receiving some marketing help from the federal government. On Nov. 22 Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz announced $370,000 for the Canadian Bison Association (CBA) to promote its product in the domestic and international marketplace. The government will support two projects: $194,500 through the AgriMarketing Program for promotion and $177,760 through […] Read more
CWB Initial Payments Adjusted
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Canadian Wheat Board has announced initial payment increases effective Dec. 2, which will mean adjustment payments deliveries so far this year. Payments will either be direct-deposited Dec. 14 or delivered for mailing Dec. 17. Increases on wheat range from as low as $39 per tonne ($1.09 per bushel) for No. 2 Canada Western red […] Read more
CWB Announces Feed Wheat Program
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Canadian Wheat Board has announced a new program to lock in a price for feed wheat. Based on the current Early Payment Option (EPO), the program for feed wheat allows producers to lock in an Early Payment Value (EPV) equal to 80, 90, 100, 125, 150, 175 or 200 per cent of the Pool […] Read more
Pigeon King Arrested, Charged With Fraud
Reading Time: 2 minutes Fraud-and bankruptcy-related charges have been laid in Kitchener, Ont. against the province’s self-styled Pigeon King. Arlan Galbraith, 62, turned himself in to Waterloo Regional Police on Dec. 1 in Kitchener, where according to police he was held for a bail hearing at Provincial Court and then released until his next court date Jan. 25. Galbraith, […] Read more
CWB Offers New Delivery Contract Buyout
Reading Time: 2 minutes Prairie wheat and feed barley growers can now buy their way out of a Canadian Wheat Board delivery contract during the crop year. Buyouts are available for wheat, durum and feed barley once an acceptance level has been announced for a given class of grain, the CWB said in a notice to growers Nov. 10. […] Read more
Feds Fund Poultry Sector Brain Trust
Reading Time: < 1 minute The federal government and Canada’s poultry industry stakeholders will put up over $2.5 million in total to connect government, industry and academic researchers for work on the sector’s priorities. Abbotsford, B.C. MP Ed Fast on Nov. 10 announced the federal contribution of $1.8 million toward a joint research cluster to “address sector priorities and challenges […] Read more
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