We all have our favourite months of the year. For some people, it's December due to Christmas, or it could be April, because the cropping season begins, but right now the most critical month for cattle producers is March. It seems that many cattle analysts believe March may end up being a bit more bearish... Read More
Category: Eastern Canada
With corn planting just around the corner, it’s time to take stock of agronomic advice we learned this winter and take it to the field. In this episode of Real Agriculture Corn School, Bernard Tobin and Pride Seeds market agronomist Aaron Stevanus review research findings and agronomic management insights that emerged during the winter meeting... Read More
Activist attention coinciding with the launch of Canadian Agriculture Literacy Month has served as a "wake-up call" for Agriculture in the Classroom-Canada and its partners. Several anti-GMO activist organizations, including the Canadian Biotech Action Network, Kids Right to Know and the Council of Canadians, sent a letter to education ministers across the country asking them... Read More
Just as every farmer needs to move away from being "just a farmer" and recognize they are business owners and leaders, each individual within the farm business needs to own their true title — from operations manager, to human resource lead, and on to CEO. This probably holds the most true for the "farm wife."... Read More
John Deere has leveraged technology from some of its larger tractors to increase operator comfort, tractor manoeuvrability and visibility in its new 5R Series tractors. The tractors where unveiled last month at the 2017 National Farm Machinery Show in Louisville, Kentucky. Product manager Chris Lammie explains that the tractors, which range from 90 to 125... Read More
Change is good. Change is the only constant. Be the change you want to see in the world. There's no shortage of sayings that reference change. Michael Barrett, president and CEO of Gay Lea Foods, prefers, though, to use imagery when discussing change and being ready for it. In his words, there are lines in... Read More
Today marks International Women's Day, and McDonald's Canada is marking the occasion with a new commercial celebrating the farm women who play a role in bringing home the beef in Canadian agriculture. In the commercial, you'll likely recognize Alberta's Jill Harvie (@BrightPasture) from a previous McDonald's commercial, and also featured for this Old MacDonald-themed sing-a-long... Read More
The Canadian Sheep Federation (CanSheep) has announced the launch of the Canadian Verified Sheep Program (CVSP). A rebranding of the Food Safe Farm Practices program, this new program adds two additional modules on animal care and biosecurity. Sheep farmers who have already completed the Food Safe Farm Practices program will only need to complete these... Read More
Peter Johnson is back from his agriculture mission in Zambia, and ready to rock and roll with this week's edition of Wheat Pete's Word. From how different organic matter additions can speed up or slow down residue breakdown, to why rotation matters so very much, to a talk on phosphorus as-applied vs. actual, Johnson gets... Read More
Record production and big supplies continue to weigh on grain markets, and yet, corn and soybean futures have remained relatively strong, and even trended higher, since fall. "There's definitely been a shift in the narrative, from an outside fund, speculative money perspective," explains Jon Driedger of FarmLink Marketing Solutions in this market conversation. Driedger joined... Read More