Despite the creation of new dicamba formulations that are much less volatile and an unprecedented education campaign on how to reduce spray drift, reports of dicamba drift injury are piling up in the U.S. The complaints coincide with the release of Monsanto's Xtend soybeans, which contain the dicamba tolerance trait that many farmers have been... Read More
Category: Eastern Canada
Canada's Competition Bureau announced Tuesday that it has reached an agreement with Dow and DuPont to address concerns about reduced competition resulting from the companies' proposed merger. The conditions are similar to requirements laid out by regulators in the European Union and U.S. The Bureau's main concerns in agriculture stemmed from the loss of rivalry... Read More
Editor's note: This article was updated on June 28 with additional information regarding the Dot Technology Corp, the DOT Power Platform and quotes from DOT inventor Norbert Beaujot. A new sister company to SeedMaster is planning to unveil a major innovation in autonomous agriculture in the next few weeks. The Emerald Park, Sask. company had... Read More
Dairy Farmers of Canada (DFC) will likely be without an executive director when negotiations on a new North American Free Trade Agreement begin later this summer, where the U.S. will push to gain increased access to the Canadian dairy market. DFC's current executive director, Caroline Emond, has decided to step down effective July 4th. A... Read More
The wealth of information available to producers though digital ag platforms has created some on-farm data management issues. A survey earlier this year shows most producers are gathering agronomic data electronically, but many are not yet using that data for management purposes. Could that change, as companies try to make it easier to put data... Read More
Nearly four years after being acquired by Vaderstad, Saskatchewan-based air seeder manufacturer Seed Hawk is now a full-fledged member of its Swedish parent company's equipment family. Known for their burgundy colour, Seed Hawk drills were on display in Vaderstad's bright red paint with yellow trim and font at Canada's Farm Progress Show in Regina last... Read More
Now officially under ChemChina's ownership, Syngenta says it's aiming to expand its seed business, and is "considering targeted acquisitions with a focus on seeds." ChemChina CEO and chair Ren Jianxin was elected chair of Syngenta's board of directors at a general shareholder meeting in Basel, Switzerland on Monday, where he said Syngenta will maintain operational... Read More
Have you ever spotted an area of vigourous plants in your cornfield and wondered why they're a growth stage or two ahead of neighbouring plants? There are plenty of agronomic insights we can glean from our fields to improve farm management and yield, says AGRIS Co-operative agronomist Dale Cowan. Quite often the opportunity is right... Read More
The weather feels like it has been the story of 2017 across North America. Many areas have felt the extremes of mother nature this growing season — too hot, too cold, too dry, too wet, too windy, depending on where you are. There was significant rain in Ontario last week, parts of the Great Plains... Read More
“Canola is a great Canadian product. We are celebrating it!” This year marks Canada's 150th anniversary, and at Manitoba's CanolaPalooza, it was echoed throughout the day that canola has been an important part of Canadian agricultural history. "You are celebrating Canadian food and farmers when you buy canola products, and that’s 43,000 farmers across Canada,"... Read More