Starting this month, the Peterborough, Ontario, fairlife* plant will begin using 100 per cent Canadian milk for its ultrafiltered milk offerings. The lower sugar, higher protein fairlife milk is offered in 1.5-litre bottles of 2% white, 2% chocolate, whole and skim milk. Consumers will now see the Canadian maple leaf and the Dairy Farmers of... Read More
Category: Eastern Canada
A coalition of farm groups is encouraging federal and provincial governments to get creative in figuring out a way to break the stalemate that's preventing changes to the AgriStability business risk management program for farmers. The issue of business risk management reform is expected to be at the top of the agenda for the twice-delayed... Read More
Despite a small pause in larger units in Canada, overall farm tractor unit sales are continuing their growth across North America in October, according to the latest data from the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM). In Canada, October tractor sales saw major growth in the sub-40 hp range, which carried overall tractor sales up to... Read More
You can bake them, fry them, roast them, or boil them, sure, but before potatoes make it to your table, this crop requires some serious agronomic knowledge to grow. For this episode of RealAg's LIVE! stand-in host Kara Oosterhuis is joined by agronomist Ryan Barrett, with the PEI Potato Board. From disease risk, to acidic... Read More
The federal government is investing another $750 million on top of the previously announced $1 billion in its Universal Broadband Fund in an effort to improve Canadians' access to high-speed internet. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and a cadre of cabinet ministers made the announcement in Ottawa on Monday. The $1 billion effort to bring fast... Read More
Nitrogen use drives growth and crop yield — it's also expensive and prone to being lost from the soil. There's so many combinations of the right rate, place, form, and time, that nitrogen management is always a hot topic for discussion. This episode of The Agronomists features Greg Stewart, lead agronomist of Maizex Seeds, and... Read More
There's a serious shortage of containers in Canada to move grain, pulses, and oilseeds out of the country, and Western Canada is suddenly knee-deep in winter weather. Should farmers be worried about moving grain this winter? To get some answers on this, we're joined by Greg Northey, vice president of corporate affairs for Pulse Canada,... Read More
Doug Ford's provincial government has revealed its next budget, a process that was interrupted for several months by the COVID-19 pandemic. It's a very large budget — $187 billion — with a projected record-breaking deficit $38.5 billion. Budget spending revolves around current and possibly on-going pandemic disruption for several years, and is split into three... Read More
A lack of agriculture having any sort of place in the recent throne speech deserves due criticism, as agriculture is an economic driver that will help see the country through to the other side of the pandemic, says a senator from southern Ontario. "The government frequently speaks about its commitment to agriculture, yet in the... Read More