This week marks the official opening of theLivestock and Forage Centre of Excellence (LFCE), located southeast of Saskatoon. Leadership of the LFCE say that this isn't just a world-class facility, but it is designed to be world-leading in forage and beef production research. RealAgriculture's Dale Leftwich attended the grand opening of the LFCE and met... Read More
Category: Ag Business
As one tour comes to an end, another one begins. Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Lawrence MacAulay has ended his cross-Canada tour dubbed “Growing Canadian Agriculture." For the duration of the second part of the tour, MacAulay went from west to east meeting with various farmers, processors, and industry leaders. He also took part in... Read More
What a week in Wisconsin. When I arrived at the annual World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wisconsin, early last week, farmers across the U.S. were still trying to understand the potential impact that the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) could have on their farms. Early television reports featured emotional farmers sharing tearful thanks for a new... Read More
The joke in Saskatoon is that you come for the weather, but stay because you can't get a flight out. Kidding aside, Saskatoon is actually a hub of biotech research and development with findings and products with the potential to benefit farmers all over the world. Because of this, Global Biotech Week is an event... Read More
Increased access to the Canadian dairy market through the newly minted United States Mexico Canada Agreement (USMCA) will not be a boon for U.S. dairy farmers. That's the early verdict from Mark Stephenson, director of dairy policy analysis at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. "I think the dairy producers are not going to look at their... Read More
On the heels of a busy year and a half of announced acquisitions and new builds, La Coop fédérée has decided to rebrand. Starting next year, the agri-business division of La Coop fédérée will be renamed to Sollio Agriculture. “Agriculture is not immune to changes, climate change obviously, but also regulatory, technological and generational changes.... Read More
A professor from the University of Saskatchewan and his Master's student are causing quite a stir 'Down Under' due to some startling revelations contained in a paper published by the two earlier this year. The paper explores the economic and environmental consequences of a moratorium that effectively banned all use of genetically modified (GM) canola... Read More
There are a lot of high clearance sprayers to choose from. What features set the Miller Nitro apart? RealAgriculture's Kelvin Heppner had a chance to ask Mark Burns, application equipment manager with Case IH, what was new with the Miller Nitro sprayer when they were together at the Farm Progress Show at Boone, Iowa. Mark... Read More
We're several weeks into harvest, and six weeks into the crop year, which begs the question— how is rail movement out of your area? Many farmers are already reporting slow shipments and long wait times at elevators, and watching trains moving oil tankers and not grain cars has some farmers seeing red. RealAgriculture founder Shaun... Read More
Ontario's vegetable processing industry has certainly faced its share of challenges in the last few years, but Cathy Lennon, general manager with Ontario Processing Vegetable Growers, says that there are also some great news stories of companies investing and expanding in the province. Lennon, whose organization represents over 380 tomato, cucumber, carrot, squash (and more!)... Read More