Washington | Reuters – U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday moved to impose a 10 percent tariff on a remaining $300 billion list of Chinese imports starting Sept. 1, after U.S. and Chinese negotiators failed to kickstart trade talks between the world’s two largest economies. The levies – which would hit a wide swath of […] Read more
Trump threatens new tariffs as U.S.-China trade tensions spike again
Event offers chance to get up close to leading-edge ag tech
Olds College offering hands-on demos and displays of the ‘latest and greatest’ in advanced technology
Reading Time: 3 minutes Ag technology is advancing faster than ever before — but farmers still aren’t always sure how to make these innovations work on their own operations. “Technology is such a huge component of agriculture going into the future. It’s making agriculture more sustainable, more productive and more profitable,” said Joy Agnew, director of applied research at […] Read more
Producers and their farm workers urged to take workplace safety survey
The new government wants views and suggestions before introducing the Farm Freedom and Safety Act
Reading Time: 2 minutes Farmers, ranchers, and their workers are being asked by the provincial government what they would like to see in new farm workplace safety legislation. The United Conservative government says it plans to introduce the Farm Freedom and Safety Act this fall “to put choice back in the hands of farmers and have legislation that reflects […] Read more
Beyond Meat shares crumble on stock offering surprise, demand for meatless burgers soars
Reuters – Beyond Meat Inc’s shares tumbled on Monday on plans for another stock offering just three months after its IPO while demand for its plant-based burgers and sausages prompted an increase in its full-year sales forecast. Trading was volatile and shares fell more than 12 percent after hours on news of a 3.25 million […] Read more
4-H award winner, ambassadors named
Reading Time: < 1 minute Amanda Hardman, from Stony Plain, is the 2019 4-H Alberta Premier’s Award recipient. The seventeen-year-old has been a member of the Stony Riders 4-H Club for six years, and served as a 4-H Club president and 4-H Canada youth service leader. She also won a bronze medal as a 4-H Canada Fair finalist at the […] Read more
U.S. judge cuts $2 billion Roundup verdict against Bayer to $86 million
Reuters – A California judge on Thursday reduced a $2 billion jury verdict, slashing the award for a couple who blamed Bayer AG’s glyphosate-based weed killer, Roundup, for their cancer to $86.7 million. Superior Court Judge Winifred Smith of the California Superior Court in Oakland said the jury’s billion-dollar punitive damage awards were excessive and […] Read more
Ag in Motion continues to grow in fifth anniversary year
In its fifth anniversary year, Ag in Motion welcomed 30,474 attendees through the gates and featured 552 exhibitors. Wednesday, July 17 was the biggest day on record for the show in its five-year history, with attendance reaching 12,660. “The show just continues to grow,” says Show Director Rob O’Connor. “We’re up to 552 exhibitors – […] Read more
United Farmers of Alberta community grants now available
Rural communities are encouraged to apply for up to $100,000 in funds
Reading Time: < 1 minute The United Farmers of Alberta Co-operative will be giving $500,000 over the next five years for non-profits and community groups in rural Alberta. The money, from UFA’s “archived equity” will be distributed through Rural Communities Foundation, which the co-op set up in 2014. “This money was always intended for our rural communities and now that […] Read more
Don’t get trapped — bring a buddy when unloading grain from bins
Most people trapped in grain don’t survive, but a few simple steps can greatly reduce the danger
Reading Time: 4 minutes Of all the dangers involved in unloading grain bins, grain entrapment is indisputably one of the most perilous. A routine entry into a bin to shovel some resistant grain can become deadly in a matter of seconds if the auger — and thus the flow rate — stays active. “One of the main things we […] Read more
U.S. government to pay $15 minimum per acre to farmers hurt by China trade war
Washington | Reuters – The U.S. government will pay farmers hurt by President Donald Trump’s trade war with China a minimum of $15 per acre under an aid package to be unveiled before the end of this week, Secretary Sonny Perdue said on Tuesday. “We’ll have information for you before the week ends,” he told […] Read more
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