The Canadian Wheat Board has issued a special feed barley market update alerting farmers to the recent strength in export prices. The CWB said that for the past two years, barley from Black Sea exporters have dominated world feed markets, but an export ban from Russia and one expected from Ukraine have driven prices sharply […] Read more
CWB says export barley market attractive through GPCs
Quebec looks to get more local products on grocery shelves
Quebec Minister of Agriculture Claude Bechard has announced the establishment of five working groups to increase the presence of local foods on Quebec grocery shelves. “We are launching today a framework of meetings that will encourage an exchange, a better understanding of the constraints and expectations of different partners in the food chain and, hopefully, […] Read more
Manitoba continues to struggle with rain
Unwanted rain is once again a theme of Manitoba Agriculture’s weekly crop report, with accumulations of 20 to as high as 100 mm reported in some areas. The rain interrupted or halted harvest in most areas. Many later-seeded crops are still maturing. Disease incidence is reported higher than normal, including from fusarium head blight which […] Read more
Viterra declines comment on AWB
Viterra is well-positioned for further deals and continues to seek them, but is declining comment on whether it has any interest in bidding for AWB Ltd. “We certainly wouldn’t and couldn’t comment on our strategic initiatives,” Viterra CEO Mayo Schmidt said in a Reuters report Aug. 23. Viterra is already a major player in Australia […] Read more
New Insect Pest Eats Into NE Alta. Saskatoons – for Aug. 20, 2010
Reading Time: 2 minutes Saskatoon trees in northeastern Alberta have become an unwilling host to an insect problem not seen before on the Prairies. Federal forestry officials are studying the possible scope of the pest problem. Entomologist Greg Pohl of the Canadian Forestry Service says that so far the insect has only been sighted in the Lac La Biche […] Read more
CFIA watching for British cloned cow genetics – for Aug. 19, 2010
Reading Time: 2 minutes A claim that Canadian farms are importing embryos taken from a British cow bred from a clone has food inspectors here closely watching the outcome of a U.K. investigation. Officials with Britain’s Food Standards Agency (FSA) are investigating the unauthorized sale of meat processed from Holstein animals allegedly born from embryos taken from a U.S. […] Read more
Back To Drawing Board For Variable-Rate Manure Spreading – for Aug. 16, 2010
Reading Time: 2 minutes Current technology for fertilizing fields with livestock manure is just not yet up to the challenge of variable- rate application techniques, a new Manitoba study finds. Although variable-rate fertilizer application techniques can be applied to manure application, and farmers are impressed with the idea, the idea is “not commercially feasible now,” according to a release […] Read more
Repayments Stayed On Cattle, Hog Farmers’ Advances – for Aug. 16, 2010
Reading Time: < 1 minute Cattle and hog producers who have repayments owing under the federal Advance Payment Program (APP) have been granted a break on their deadlines. “We are providing the extra time that will give producers the breathing room they need to seize market opportunities and improve their bottom line,” federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz said in a […] Read more
Emergency Registration For Potato Disease Control – for Aug. 16, 2010
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Pesticide Management Regulatory Agency granted an emergency use registration for Confine (mono-and di-potassium salts of phosphorous acid) on July 30 for post-harvest application of potatoes for the suppression of silver scurf. Caused by the fungus Helminthosporium solani, silver scurf is a common disease of potato. The brown blemishes that develop on the tuber surface […] Read more
Regulator Dismisses Producer Car Complaint – for Aug. 16, 2010
Reading Time: 2 minutes CN isn’t bound by law to keep or operate a producer car site wherever one exists or a farmer wants one, the Canadian Transportation Agency has ruled. The regulator last month dismissed a level-of-service complaint filed late last year by Cam Goff, a central-Saskatchewan farmer and Canadian Wheat Board director. Goff’s December complaint followed Canadian […] Read more
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