The highly-pathogenic avian influenza (AI) virus that has swept North America in 2022 will likely remain a threat in 2023, but there have been some lessons learned in the past seven months by producers, veterinarians, and poultry industry stakeholders when it comes to responding to the often-devastating disease. As of October 17, the Canadian Food... Read More
Category: Eastern Canada
Excessive water on crops can happen several different times in the year. Mother Nature has the final say on when too-wet soil conditions occur, but good soil structure and avoiding compaction can minimize the length of time roots stay submerged. When looking at the concept of water-logging — when your plants have too much water... Read More
The House of Commons' agriculture committee is reviewing Bill C-234, the private member's bill that would exempt fuel used for barn heating and grain drying from the federal government's carbon tax. The bill received strong support at second reading in the House of Commons back in May, with the Conservatives, NDP, Bloc, Greens, and one... Read More
For over five years, the Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) has been calling for action on a tax and labour scheme that has emerged in the trucking industry. Known as Drive Inc., the CTA says this practice opens the door to the possibility of widespread tax evasion and allows companies to sidestep the Canadian Labour Code,... Read More
Yield is built from the soil up, so root development and healthy growing conditions down below are key to top yields. For this edition of The Agronomists, host Lyndsey Smith is joined by Dr. Mario Tenuta, of the University of Manitoba, and Dr. Dave Hooker, of the University of Guelph - Ridgetown Campus, to discuss... Read More
Safe storage of any crop is a function of not just moisture, but temperature as well. Ontario growers were blessed with some warm, dry weather to harvest the soybean crop — a crop that came off the field over-dry in some instances. Peter "Wheat Pete" Johnson, RealAgriculture's resident agronomist, says that growers reported taking beans... Read More
From November 22 - 24, producers from across the country will gather again for the Agricultural Excellence Conference after three years of the farm business management conference being held online. The conference, put on by Farm Management Canada, will be held in Canmore, Alta., and will tackle topics from optimizing growth potential, to taking at... Read More
Not for the first time this year, the Canadian and U.S. cattle market are out of sync. As Anne Wasko explains in this week's episode of the Beef Market Update, it's becoming a bit of a frustrating topic, as she had hoped we wouldn't still be talking about it in October. Check out the full... Read More
Statistics Canada tells us that the average age of farmers is increasing. Of those farming in 2021, 60.5 per cent of farm operators were 55 years and up. Instead of looking at it as an unstoppable march to the older generation's demise, let's think about it from the standpoint of a chunk of the farming... Read More
Canadian farmers are very concerned about the impact managing fertilizer emissions through regulation may have on farm profitability. Over 900 farmers from the Insights Panel responded to the RealAgristudies Fertilizer Emissions Survey and offered their concerns, insight, and action on the topic of emissions reductions. 68 per cent of respondents noted they were "very concerned"... Read More