Seeding activity is beginning in more areas, Earls — the place you go (or went) for nice steak – has upset many in the ag community, there's a herbicide controversy in the canola industry, and Ontario farmers are figuring out where to go with their case for having access to neonic seed treatments. The ag... Read More
Category: Eastern Canada
After losing an Ontario Court of Appeal decision on the province's new seed treatment regulations, what strategy should Grain Farmers of Ontario (GFO) now pursue on the neonic issue? We put the question to GFO chair Mark Brock. We're also interested in your opinion. It appears the farm organization has three strategic options. Let us... Read More
Earls Kitchen + Bar made a "really big" announcement yesterday, when they tweeted their decision to shift to 100% 'Certified Humane' beef. The chain began as a startup in Edmonton, Alberta in 1982, and has since grown to include 66 locations, 59 of which are in Canada. According to the company's site, their traditions have... Read More
Not having to deal with bale twine or wrap would be a dream come true for almost anybody who's ever taken care of livestock. Three chemistry PhD students at Imperial College in London have invented a bale wrap that's not only edible, but could also be used to provide nutrient supplements to animals eating it.... Read More
Will tiny tractors solve our compaction issues? Are you re-thinking your typical tillage plans? In this week’s Word, Peter Johnson, resident agronomist for RealAgriculture, covers everything from tillage to herbicide and compaction to crop insurance. Skip to Podcast Have a question for Wheat Pete? Call 1-888-746-3311, send him a tweet (@wheatpete), or email him at... Read More
There have been some significant rallies in the grain and oilseed market over the last week or two, but as they've trended higher, we're also seeing more volatility. Soybean futures have recently rallied more than a dollar a bushel in U.S. terms and have traded in range of more than 40 cents in the last... Read More
Dairy farmers who make the switch to robot milkers are very predictable, says Brussels, Ontario farmer Joe Terpstra. When Terpstra and three other dairy producers took to the stage at the 2016 Canadian Dairy XPO to share their experiences with robot milking, all four seemed to be singing from the same songbook. Improved cow health,... Read More
Inspired by Jimmy Kimmel's Mean Tweets videos where celebrities read less-than-thoughtful messages sent their way on Twitter, some (celebrity) farmers and people involved in the ag industry have produced "Mean Tweets, Farming Edition." Whether it's the emotions involved in food or something else, people send some pretty nasty tweets to farmers and people involved in... Read More
I had hoped to get this interview out on Friday, as a celebration (as you'll hear) of Earth Day and National Soil Conservation Week in our country. As unfortunate circumstances would have it, work piled up, and eventually the weekend (whatever that is) knocked on the office door. My original intent behind interviewing Jill Clapperton,... Read More