Soybean growers will want to consider the risks and rewards involved in rolling soybeans after planting, according to crop production advisor Dennis Lange of the Manitoba ag ministry’s Red River GO team at Altona. Lange spoke on the subject at the Crop Diagnostic School in this third of a series of nine videos hosted by […] Read more
VIDEO: Should you roll soybeans after planting?
Case IH celebrates a Magnum milestone
In his regular E-Quip machinery blog, Grainews machinery editor Scott Garvey attended the 25th anniversary of the Magnum brand in Racine, Wisconsin, and got to compare the latest version with the oldest model in existence, serial number 2. For the full report read here.
U.S. drought may create winners, losers on Bay Street
While U.S. crops of corn and soybeans wilt in the worst U.S. drought in a half century, winners and losers are emerging in the agriculture sector of the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX), even if investors are playing it cautious so far. The drought in the key Midwest growing region has severely curtailed crop yields and […] Read more
Across Canada in a farmhouse: Edmonton to New Norway
The Edmonton area provided more content than we had originally bargained for. Toward the end of our previous entry, we referred to land-use battles between citizen groups and the municipality. Well, after some digging around we soon found folks willing to tell us (albeit not on camera) some startling personal stories about ongoing battles for […] Read more
Crop management website coming for Man. farmers
Manitoba farmers can get ready to visit a website providing free crop-management advice from some of the province’s top agronomists. CropChatter.com, due to launch Monday, is hosted by Farm Business Communications, publisher of the Manitoba Co-operator, with co-operation from Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives. MAFRI crops branch staff will provide start-up consulting advice, but […] Read more
UN urges change in U.S. biofuel policy to avoid food crisis
The United Nations’ food agency stepped up the pressure on the United States on Friday to change its biofuel policies because of the danger of a world food crisis, arguing the importance of growing crops for food over their use for fuel. Global alarm over the potential for a food crisis of the kind seen […] Read more
Feds name arbitrator for CP labour talks
Seven weeks after they were legislated back to work, Canadian Pacific Railway’s engineers and conductors have a federal arbitrator named to resolve their labour contract with the company. Federal Labour Minister Lisa Raitt on Thursday named Toronto lawyer William Kaplan to lead arbitration on a new contract between CP and the 4,800-odd railway employees represented […] Read more
Off-patent ag chem maker buys Prairie distributor
A Des Moines-area manufacturer of off-patent ag herbicides and pesticides plans to bring 16 of its wares into Canada’s West by buying a Prairie ag chemical distributor. Albaugh, Inc., which runs a manufacturing plant north of Kansas City and supplies the generic glyphosate Clearout 41 Plus in Canada through Farmers of North America (FNA), on […] Read more
Feds back merger of livestock traceability data
The federal government will put up half a million dollars to create a single national data management system for livestock traceability in Canada. Pierre Lemieux, the federal parliamentary secretary for agriculture, announced the funding for the creation of a new single system, Canadian Agri-Traceability Services (CATS), on Friday at the Calgary Stampede. CATS will provide […] Read more
Manitoba ag lending agency lifts limits on loans
Manitoba’s provincial farm lending agency has raised its ceiling on farm loans and stripped out several of its limits on who can apply for financing and why. Manitoba Agricultural Services Corp. (MASC) announced changes to its lending mandate Thursday that "will help more farmers access long-term, fixed-rate financing and initiatives for young farmers that MASC […] Read more
