In a strange turn of events, cattle prices actually moved up a few days in a row. What's going on? Was Friday's cattle-on-feed report that supportive? Have retail prices finally pulled back and demand is climbing? To delve into what's at work in the cattle markets, we go, as always, to Anne Wasko of Gateway... Read More
Category: Eastern Canada
Is there a hierarchy of jobs on the farm? Especially at harvest, is the combine driver king/queen, with each supporting role moving down the totem pole? We're half-kidding, of course, but recently there's been some (mostly in fun) banter about who does what at harvest, like this: Harvest Facts The Combine Operator is a psychopath.... Read More
It's up to the European Union to get its members on board with the Canada-EU trade agreement. Canada has done its part. That was the message from Canada's trade and agriculture ministers on Monday. "Canada has done its job. The negotiations between Canada and the EU are finished," says Lawrence MacAulay, minister of Agriculture and... Read More
The Canadian Malting Barley Technical Centre (CMBTC) has announced, Chinese company Yantai Hyaline Malting Co., Ltd. as a new member. Hyaline Malting is the third company from China to join the CMBTC in the last three years, says the CMBTC. China is an important market for Canadian malt barley, as, in 2015/16, China’s malt barley... Read More
BASF has been producing agricultural chemicals for 100 years and its 50-year-old dicamba active is now the new kid on the herbicide block. With the emergence of Engenia herbicide, a new dicamba formulation targeted to Roundup Ready 2 Xtend soybean seed technology, the crop protection company is touting a product pipeline with a little ‘old’... Read More
As North American strip-till acres continue to grow, Case IH has rolled out a redesigned strip-till applicator — the Nutri-Tiller 955. It's a one-pass seedbed prep unit that looks after crop residue, soil tilth and nutrient availability, explains Dave Long, Case IH's seeding equipment and fertilizer applicators marketing manager, in this video filmed at the... Read More
Grains this week got a solid lift on weather concerns, strong indications of better demand, and, subsequently, short-covering in the futures markets as more traders are getting optimistic that we’ve touched bottom. Corn is getting support from both domestic ethanol and feed demand while wheat pushed higher on some short-covering but gains were limited towards... Read More
Mossley, Ontario’s Laura DeKlein wasn’t raised on a dairy farm but she sure has a great eye for cows. DeKlein is a member of Ontario’s 4-H team that competed in this month’s National 4-H Dairy Cattle Judging Contest at the World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wisconsin. Along with teammates Brett Stockdale, Collin Allardyce, and Josh... Read More