The current recommendation of not exceeding two to three parts per million of ergot alkaloids in ruminant feed could be too high, according to research being conducted at the University of Saskatchewan. Dr. Gabriel Ribeiro is an associate professor there and the Saskatchewan Beef Industry Chair, and his research over the past four years has... Read More
Category: Eastern Canada
The Dairy Herdsperson Apprenticeship (DHA) program at the University of Guelph's Ridgetown campus will be available through virtual delivery to reach more students interested in a professional herdsperson careers. In a partnership with the Dairy Farmers of Ontario (DFO), Ridgetown Campus will use $300,000 of government funding to develop virtual learning modules and increase program... Read More
When Doug Ford's provincial government changed the boundaries for Toronto's Greenbelt in 2022, it failed to consider environmental, agricultural, and financial risks and impacts. It also proceeded with the deal with little input from experts or affected parties, and favoured certain developers/landowners, says Ontario's auditor general, Bonnie Lysyk. The auditor general says that provincial government... Read More
Late last month, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), released their mid-year inventory report. In a couple of weeks, the Canadian numbers will come out as well, which will give us the opportunity to reflect and compare. Ahead of the CanFax report, Anne Wasko, of the Gateway Livestock Exchange shares in this Beef Market... Read More
The Government of Ontario is launching a new round of the Meat Processors Capacity Improvement Initiative, with support of the federal government's Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership (SCAP) program. The $10 million program will provide funding to eligible free-standing meat plants and abattoirs to make short-term investments in meat handling and processing equipment, technologies, and practices... Read More
Many times on the Mind Your Farm Business podcast we focus on one issue or topic, as if challenges run independent of each other. On this episode, host Shaun Haney throws that all out the window, and attempts to cover a cloud of issues in farm management. There are many issues impacting the farmers and... Read More
In politics, often times the battle of inches is brought up. However, it may have been a battle of several hundred yards that lead to the recent federal cabinet shuffle, says Derek Robinson, founder and CEO of Mash Strategy. According to pollsters such as Abacus Data and Leger Polling, the Liberal Party of Canada is... Read More
Growing a new crop can be tricky for a number of different reasons. There are so many unknowns, and at the end of the day, a farmer needs to know they will make a profit off the crop. Robyne Bowness Davidson, pulse specialist at Lakeland College, has been working with lupins for 20 years. The... Read More
Maizex Seeds has announced it will sell and promote both its corn and soybeans under the Maizex brand for the 2024 seed year and marketing campaign. When Maizex launched a joint venture with Sollio Agriculture five years ago, it sought to maintain the companies' legacy brands, marketing corn seed as Maizex while soybeans were sold... Read More
Some technology is adopted because it becomes the only real option — like needing an email address or running tractors instead of horses. But plenty of technology is a "nice to have" not "need to have" and the defining line between the two usually hinges on the return on investment (ROI). In farming, ROI can... Read More