American grain giant Bunge and Viterra, owned by Switzerland's Glencore, are reportedly in talks to become one super grain company. In a reversal of a few years ago, this time it appears it is Bunge setting out to take on Viterra to create a company that would have extensive assets in nearly every grain type... Read More
Category: Crop Production
Multicoloured wheat? At this stage in late May, winter wheat should be dark green and uniform, going flat out as it comes into head. However, many wheat fields across Ontario are showing every shade of green imaginable, and too much of it isn’t dark green and photosynthesizing at maximum speed. We put the nitrogen and... Read More
The Beef Cattle Research Council has announced twelve recipients of $2 million in beef check-off funds following its 2022/2023 call for research proposals. The check-off money is being used to leverage over $4 million in matching funding from government and other partners. "We are able to leverage producer dollars from the Canadian Beef Cattle Check-Off... Read More
Concerns about drought stress in the U.S. wheat growing area may have bumped the slumping wheat market higher for a day or two, but farmers deciding when to sell both old and new crop need to look at the bigger picture, including the overall economic slowdown, global crop production, and higher interest rates, says the... Read More
What do armyworms, alfalfa weevils, physiological fleck, and wooden heads have in common? They are all a part of this week's episode of Wheat Pete's Word with host Peter Johnson. Listen below, in your podcast app, or browse the quick summary listed below the podcast! And don't forget, if you don't have time — you... Read More
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada has announced a new intake of the Agricultural Clean Technology (ACT) program — Adoption Stream will be open on June 1, 2023. The ACT Adoption Stream provides non-repayable grants between $25,000 and $2 million to help producers purchase and install equipment that reduces greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, or provides other associated... Read More
Across agriculture, there's a lot of topics are relative to local circumstances, as we are spread across many different conditions and so dependent on weather; seeding and planting progress is no different. Instead of asking whether you are 50 or 90 per cent done, we're asking you this week: where are you at compared to... Read More