It would seem that American and Canadian cattle producers have a little hop in their step and a little more jingle in their pockets. Cattle prices are high and feed costs continue to shrink. Shaun Haney caught up with CattleFax analyst Duane Lenz at the CanFax Market Forum in Calgary to discuss the American cattle... Read More
Category: Eastern Canada
Selling grain can be as easy as a phone call, but that's the exception, not the rule. What's more, getting a deal done usually requires a bit of back and forth to get the terms that work for your farm. The easier it is for grain buyers and grain sellers to connect and negotiate, the... Read More
Smart technology "follows" us into our combines, sprayers and grain bins, yet when it's time to treat seed, it's still very much a guessing game. But there appears to be a pretty darn intellectual auger on the market. With a touch-screen input and pre-programmed recipes for Bayer CropScience seed treatment products (and the ability to... Read More
Activists (some would say anarchists) seem to be routinely using the method of releasing shocking undercover videos that attempt to create the perception that all producers are using horrible practices. Whether it be the W5 Poultry video, Ohio Hog Farm Video or any other, this undercover scenario is something that not many producers would be... Read More
I may be just a tiny bit biased, but as a proud aggie grad, I can't imagine a better career choice. The number varies depending on who you ask, but it's safe to say that there are more jobs available than there are those graduating with degrees and diplomas in agriculture- and horticulture- related fields.... Read More
CWB has reached an agreement to purchase all of the issued and outstanding shares of Mission Terminal, Les Élévateurs des Trois-Rivières, and Services Maritimes Laviolette from Upper Lakes Group Inc., the company states in a press release. The purchase positions CWB as the largest east-coast shipper of producer cars from Western Canada. The press release... Read More
Agricultural and construction manufacturers are in a global battle to try and make your whole farm one colour or brand. As CNBC's Jim Cramer said yesterday on the Mad Dash, there were several things that were close about the Deere quarter." Cramer is a bit hyper but he is definitely more positive on the financial... Read More
Perhaps you've seen a Case IH Tiger tillage implement hard at work in the field. After all, the series has been around since the late '70s, and the Ecolo Tiger 875 is the eighth generation of this combination tillage implement. Each generation seeks to improve off the one before to better meet the needs of... Read More
Just a few years ago, Dave Hooker, professor at University of Guelph-Ridgetown Campus, started a Twitter account as @CropDoc2. Like many, however, it sort of was just there and he didn't do much with it. Then, at the urging of a colleague, Hooker started Tweeting, asking questions, pushing out research findings and started a true... Read More
For many years people thought of farmers as being less intelligent than the general population. How many times did we see the picture of the farmer with the straw hat and dirty overalls, such poor fashion sense that he couldn't be as intelligent as the more sophisticated urban folk. Today's farmer is proving everyone wrong... Read More