Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) is taking steps to fund research on agriculture's impact on the environment. According to a news release, the purpose of the research is to, "help farmers and livestock producers have a beneficial impact on the environment, while continuing to grow the economy." The announcement, made by Minister of Agriculture and... Read More
Category: Crop Production
If you decided to incorporate intercropping to your farm plan this year, there’s some good and some slightly bad news for you, if you live in Manitoba. During this past week's intercropping workshop held at Brandon, Man., Matthew Wiens, land management specialist with Manitoba Agriculture, told producers there’s funding available for those who chose to... Read More
It all started in France. One farmer was complaining to another that he was losing as much as 30 percent of his silage due to pests. In this case, the second farmer did more than just sympathize, he started to ponder solutions, and eventually a product was created and a company was born. The company... Read More
Sources within Syngenta have confirmed with RealAgriculture the company will withdraw from pursuing commercialization of hybrid wheat in Canada and the United States. Sources added the company does not see a commercialization strategy that makes financial sense due to regulatory factors, commercialization issues and the royalty environment in both countries. In an statement sent to... Read More
Much has changed on the Ontario soil conservation front since 1987. No-till farming has been firmly entrenched, most farms in the province now proudly tout their own Environmental Farm Plan, and soil health is recognized as key to a $13 billion food economy that fuels 800,000 jobs. It's a 30-year journey that Harold Rudy captures... Read More
Harvest weather has not been kind, but some great yields make up for it at least a little for many Ontario farmers. We've also got some good news on wheat acres, too. It can't all be good, of course, and this fall weather has left many fields rutted and compacted. What to do about tillage?... Read More
Climbing on bins is one of the things that you just have to do if you are a farmer. If you do not have to do it yourself, someone who works for you has to do it. Grain bins have evolved over the years, but the same could not be said for fall protection (safety... Read More
In order to preserve competition in southwestern and central Ontario, the Competition Bureau has concluded La Coop fédérée's (LCF) proposed purchase of Cargill's Ontario grain business, retail crop inputs business, and 50 per cent equity interest in South West Ag Partners, Inc. may not proceed as presented. LCF announced the deal with Cargill back in... Read More
In any industry, you can go backwards by merely standing still. In research, even something as traditional as wheat research, the same is true. You have to keep moving forward or other players will pass you and your innovations will be obsolete before they even get out of the laboratory. Luckily for Canadian farmers, there... Read More
The federal government has announced close to $153 million for support of the Protein Industries Canada (PIC) Supercluster. The funding will be matched dollar for dollar by the private sector. The funds will help the group – comprised of businesses, post-secondary institutions, and non-profit organizations – move the PIC Supercluster forward. The purpose of the... Read More