After Canada defended its standpoint on dairy tariff-rate quotas (TRQs), the U.S. trade representative, Katherine Tai, has released a statement further articulating the country's "disappointment" with Canada's unwillingness to make further changes to the TRQs. "The United States is deeply disappointed by Canada’s announcement today regarding its dairy tariff-rate quotas," says Tai. "Our top priority... Read More
Category: Eastern Canada
The Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural affairs has tapped Colin Elgie as the province's new soil fertility specialist. Elgie fills a gap created in the OMAFRA soil management team in 2019 with the retirement of long-time OMAFRA soil management specialist Adam Hayes. Jake Munroe, who formerly handled the soil fertility duties, moved into... Read More
Syngenta Canada has announced it will sell Envita in Canada for the 2023 growing season. Envita is a nitrogen-fixing bacteria product for non-legume crops, including corn, canola, cereals, soybeans and potatoes. The liquid product, developed by Azotic Technologies, is applied in-furrow or as a foliar treatment, and performs similarly to n-fixing bacteria with legume and... Read More
Welcome to another episode of The Agronomists! For this episode, host Lyndsey Smith is joined by Warren Ward with the Canola Council of Canada, and RealAgriculture resident agronomist, Peter "Wheat Pete" Johnson. The topic of discussion today is starter fertilizer — of course with some other colourful tidbits thrown in there as well. The story... Read More
If your idea of a beneficial insect is one that sits back and waits for dinner to crawl on by, you've likely never heard about the secret lives of lacewings. Green lacewings are nothing short of ferocious, and, as Dr. Tyler Wist of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada explains, they're more like aphid-hunting lions than laid-back... Read More
Trade tensions are on the rise as some groups are calling on the U.S. government to impose retaliatory tariffs in response to Canada's handling of dairy tariff-rate quotas (TRQs) under the United-States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA/CUSMA). The call on the U.S. government comes from the U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) and the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF)... Read More
Up to six provinces could see moisture in the way of snow by week's end according to the latest weather tracking systems evaluated by meteorologists on May 16. This current system is likely to affect Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, and Quebec with the greatest chance for measurable snow in northwestern Ontario on Friday. Meteorologists have... Read More
The Canadian government is still looking at additional measures to reduce the impact of 35 per cent tariffs on fertilizer from Russia and Belarus, according to the federal agriculture minister. However, Marie-Claude Bibeau isn't saying what those measures could be. Farm groups, including Grain Farmers of Ontario and Grain Growers of Quebec, have been calling... Read More
The number of domestic poultry that have died due to highly pathogenic avian influenza in Canada is approaching the two million mark. As of May 12, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) says an estimated 1.82 million birds on farms have either died from the deadly H5N1 virus or been euthanized as part of an... Read More
There's no denying the precision placement that a planter delivers, and there can be other advantages, too, including lower seed costs. But there are challenges to planting vs. seeding. Planters can limit fertility applications in one pass and require slower driving speeds. Plus, if you've got a well-equipped seeder, switching to or adding a new... Read More