With crop input purchases adding up in spring, some farmers that rely on the federal government's Advance Payments Program for cash flow have inquired whether the federal public service strike will affect the short-term loan program. The cash advance program is administered by 30, third-party producer organizations, so the strike is not having any direct... Read More
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Syngenta Crop Protection and Biotalys has announced a collaboration to research, develop, and commercialize new biocontrol products for pests in a broad variety of crops. New bio-insecticides will be built through Biotalys’ AGROBODY technology. Once developed, these products will offer a new mode of action for the management of pest resistance. Under the terms of... Read More
The Canola Council of Canada (CCC) has begun the process of searching for the next president and CEO of the organization, now that current president Jim Everson has announced he is leaving. Everson will continue in the role until a new president and CEO is in place. The executive committee of the CCC board has... Read More
Syngenta Canada says it will offer up a "limited amount" of Matador 120EC insecticide and Voliam Xpress insecticide for western Canadian growers, with a focus on horticulture and pulse crops in time for the 2023 growing season. As stated earlier this year, the products will also be available in Eastern Canada with a focus on... Read More
Ontario Provincial Police is investigating the theft of 30 thousand 15-day-old chickens from a farm in Huron County. Police say the young birds were taken from a farm in South Huron between 3:30pm Wednesday and 2:20am on Thursday — an undertaking that would require specific knowledge about barn equipment and animal handling. The value of... Read More
The Ontario government has revealed its plans to help address veterinary shortages in the province, with a focus on large-animal practice in northern and remote communities. A $15 million spend will establish a new Collaborative Doctor of Veterinary Medicine program with the University of Guelph and Lakehead University, at Thunder Bay, to train more veterinarians.... Read More
The federal government should grant an immediate exemption allowing third-parties to carry out required inspections of grain shipments on the West Coast, says the Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association. The Canada Grain Act requires all grain exports leaving Canada by ship be inspected by the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC), but most of the CGC's grain... Read More
CNH Industrial announced this week it was ending any support of its business activities in Russia. The company had suspended supplying the market in March 2022, when Russia invaded Ukraine. Prior to this announcement, the company had maintained paying employee salaries and administrative expenses related to its corporate office in Moscow. CNH says the divestiture... Read More
Olymel has announced the closure of its Vallée-Jonction, Quebec, plant, and will layoff about 1,000 people in the process. It's expected to plant will take eight months to wind down, and staff will be offered positions at other Olymel plants. The hog slaughtering, cutting and deboning plant has wracked up nearly $400 million in losses... Read More
Picket lines are up across the country as more than 155 thousand Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) members began strike action at 12:01am ET on April 19. The union members on strike make up approximately a third of the federal public service, and includes employees of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and the Canadian Grain... Read More