Category: Eastern Canada

Planting season is just around the corner, but many farmers are still contemplating their planter needs for 2018. Kearney Planters service manager Shaun Dilliott says he gets consistent calls from corn growers who are making planter upgrade decisions or contemplating buying new or used planters. "One of the things we get a lot of is... Read More

The road that runs along the St. Lawrence River’s north shore from Montreal to Quebec City is known as the Chemin du Roy (King’s Road). Built during the French regime, it was the colony’s very first road. In 1667, shortly before marrying a fille du roy (king’s daughter) named Élizabeth Crêtel, Nicolas Langlois acquired land... Read More

For nearly as long as there have been farmers in Canada, there have been distillers crafting whisky and other spirits. In Ontario, the spirits industry is the fourth largest purchaser of corn each year, buying up 200,000 to 250,000 tonnes of high quality corn, in addition to purchases of wheat, barley, and rye. In 2015,... Read More

A total of five, $15,000 scholarships are up for grabs through the Canadian Nuffield Scholar program for 2019. Scholarships are awarded to Canadians from any aspect of agriculture and agribusiness, with a "desire to expand their knowledge, pursue new ideas, and share their findings with others for the betterment of Canadian agriculture," according to Nuffield... Read More

We've got the tech, so how far off are we from satellite imagery replacing Statistics Canada's phone surveys? We're half-kidding, but yes, some information formerly gathered through phone calls has already been shifted to remote sensing, says Leander Campbell, remote sensing specialist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC). You may not know it, but each... Read More

While it stands to reason that Canadians may have become slightly jaded after a wide-spread price-fixing scandal was revealed late last year, a new study from Dalhousie University's Faculty of Management confirms it. The report, released today, finds that consumers are less likely to trust national food retailers than they were in November 2017, before... Read More

Simply put, Seed Synergy is described as a process, not an entity. Those familiar with the inner workings of the seed industry have heard about Seed Synergy for quite some time, but those further out — and those on the farm — likely haven't heard much. As Dan Wright, president of Canadian Seed Trade Association,... Read More

Salford is giving growers the ability to apply either in-row, pop-up, or banded granular starter fertilizer with the ease and maneuverability that comes with a planter-mounted fertilizer applicator. The company's new Ferti-GO 4S features a single product hopper, available for mounting on many planter models, with variable rate metering and four-section control. "With this metering... Read More

Grain markets had another volatile week as we dealt with conflicting bullish and bearish variables including, but not limited to: exports, acreage forecasts, weather forecasts, and currency swings. Sounds like a normal week, right? First, the Canadian dollar lost nearly 2% this week to close under 76.5 cents USD. This is the first time it... Read More

The former University of Guelph Kemptville Campus will begin its transformation into a community education hub following a purchase agreement by the municipality of North Grenville facilitated by the province. According to a release by the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, the agreement will see the majority of the Kemptville campus converted... Read More