Listen to this week's market wrap-up on Soundcloud: Grains are mostly lower this week as the market chews through a bearish report from the USDA on Friday, July 11th. The only place you would’ve seen bulls roaming around was at the Calgary Stampede, I'm afraid. Managed money continues to be net sold of all grains,... Read More
Category: Eastern Canada
When it comes to Canada’s $27-billion food waste problem, what’s actionable on your farm? How can you take measures to reduce it…and should you bother? Martin Gooch thinks so. On behalf of his firm, Value Chain Management International, he’s co-authored a new study, Developing an Industry-Led Approach to Addressing Food Waste in Canada, to try... Read More
I don't mean to alarm you, farmers, but your job is in danger. Career Cast, a job-hunting site, recently released its "Most Endangered Jobs for 2014" with the role of farmer listed in the No. 2 position, faring only slightly better than the much-beleaguered mail carrier. Two things: this is not shocking, nor necessarily negative.... Read More
Kansas-based Peterson Farm Brothers — Gregory, Nathan and Kendal — haven't just put together a fun new parody video, but they're also using their music and blog to help share a message of environmental stewardship and sustainability. The latest song, "All I do is Farm," seen below, is just as much fun as past parodies,... Read More
To some, "accepting risk" is an excuse to not fully understand personal finance, and it's no wonder, with an abundance of numbers, statistics and graphs, economics can seem daunting to some or overly dull to others. And for women, as Gwen Paddock, national manager of agriculture and agribusiness for RBC Royal Bank, points out, the... Read More
Today, Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz announced a $1 million investment in a four-year surveillance project to be initiated by the Beekeepers Commission of Alberta. The project will span the country, and will document the health profile of Canadian bee colonies. The project, which will support Canada's position for international honey bee stock trade, will record... Read More
Growing a bumper crop of corn requires a big meal of plant nutrients. But if you're going to feed a hulk of a plant, you've got to make sure you protect it too. Fungicides may not always be warranted, but if the yield potential is there and conditions are right for disease development, a fungicide... Read More
The World Trade Organization's (WTO) compliance panel has issued a preliminary ruling on the complaint sent forward by Canada and Mexico on the United States' Country of Origin Labelling rules. The ruling, sent to all three countries, remains confidential. "In the past, these confidential rulings have been leaked, so they're usually pretty poorly kept secrets,... Read More
We're at a critical point in the growing season — some of Canada's pulse crops, specifically lentils, are struggling through excess moisture which could send prices higher. At the same time, those crops destined for markets accessed through the south or east shipping corridors are faced with slow movement, even if export demand is steady.... Read More
Ontario's agriculture minister recently announced a move to increased rules and regulation regarding use of neonicotinoid seed treatments on corn and soybeans. As noted, there are no new set regulations on the product's use at this time, however the government is set to begin a consultation process ahead of rolling out changes to the insecticide's... Read More