Imperial is moving forward with plans to contract a world-class renewable diesel complex at its Strathcona refinery near Edmonton, Alta. The new complex is expected to produce more than 1 billion litres of renewable diesel per year, from locally sourced and grown feedstocks. The project is expected to realize about 3 million tonnes per year... Read More
Category: Eastern Canada
A protracted labour dispute at a Quebec Olymel hog processing plant has resulted in the company announcing a "significant" reduction in activities at the Vallée-Jonction hog slaughterhouse and cutting plant. Olymel says it has assessed every option and weighed "the concerns and uncertainty that this strike continues to cause for the plant's supplies and deliveries... Read More
Grain storage, when done right and with proper conditions, could be a boring topic. However, we are dealing with the environment here, and well, you know how unpredictable that can be. To help us navigate through the topic of safe grain storage is Lorne Grieger of the Prairie Agricultural Machinery Institute (PAMI), and Shawn Senko... Read More
Canadian pork production is increasingly in demand around the world, which is why the Canadian Pork Council (CPC) is committing to policies that will support a value chain that supports growth, in the upcoming federal election. Rick Bergmann, CPC chair says that Canadian pork producers work hard every day to provide high quality, nutritious, affordable,... Read More
While many outside the drought-affected regions of Canada are working at moving Hay West, there is a group on Canada's east coast that is organizing to bring Cows East. The group, led by the New Brunswick Cattle Producers, is looking to attract young cows and heifers to the east, saying that it makes more sense... Read More
The Successors is a RealAgriculture podcast series hosted by Kara Oosterhuis focusing on agriculture from the perspective of the up-and-coming generation. What does it take to successfully farm with your family? How do you tackle multiple roles on the farm, and involvement with commodity groups? Why do we need to celebrate the successes in years... Read More
Starting this week's episode of the Beef Market Update with Anne Wasko of the Gateway Livestock Exchange, is some positivity when it comes to trading fat cattle in both the U.S. and Western Canada. In the southern U.S., the fats are trading around the $122 mark, with the northern states around the $126-$128 mark, says... Read More
Plant growth regulators (PGRs) are an excellent tool for controlling the height of a wheat crop, and they also impact stem strength, especially for a crop under high management. "Lodging is caused by high nitrogen rates, or excessive nitrogen, and also high seeding rates," says Mike Holzworth, research agronomist with C&M Seeds. In this Wheat... Read More
The host of Wheat Pete's Word, Peter "Wheat Pete" Johnson, is urging Ontario wheat growers to get those final yields reported so we can say once and for all if the province set a new record average wheat yield. There's that in this week's Word, plus a frank discussion on revenge spraying fungicide, why the... Read More
With just over a month of an election campaign, agriculture groups are being creative and using multiple platforms to get their message out on what they'd like to see as part of election platforms of the major political parties. The Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA) and Grain Growers of Canada both promoted their wish lists... Read More