Canadian National Railway (CN Rail) appears to have come from behind and taken the lead in the race with Canadian Pacific Railway (CP Rail) to merge with Kansas City Southern to form the first rail freight network to link Canada, the U.S., and Mexico. CN announced Thursday that it has revised its offer to merge... Read More
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Farmers Edge has announced the general availability of its Smart Carbon program for certain agricultural markets in North America, helping farmers in North America create potential new carbon offsets. The program combines hardware, software, agronomy, and hands-on customer support to create a "connected acre" providing farmers and their advisors a 360-degree view of their carbon... Read More
The Ontario Forage Council, Ontario Hay Listings, Ontario Biomass Producers Co-op, and the Ontario Hay and Forage Co-operative have worked together to provide one online hub for forage, pasture, and biomass crop production for Ontario. The Ontario Forage Network at ONForageNetwork.ca will host information on seeding, growing, harvesting, storing, and marketing these crops. The network... Read More
The Governor of Michigan has eastern Canadians wondering how they became so dependent on a pipeline coming from the U.S., as Governor Gretchen Whitmer is determined to have Enbridge cap Line 5 which would starve Ontario and Quebec of 50 per cent of their energy supply. The Canadian government has taken court action this week,... Read More
Corteva Agriscience and BASF Canada Agricultural Solutions (BASF) have announced a collaboration and joint approach to weed control by recommending the combined use of Liberty 200 SN and Enlist herbicides on Enlist E3TM soybean acres. The combination will work especially well on weeds like waterhemp and Canada fleabane, that are now glyphosate resistant in many... Read More
April monthly tractor and combine sales were positive across all segments in Canada, according to the Association of Equipment Manufacturer's (AEM) latest numbers. April monthly sales in the 4WD segment nearly doubled, up 93.3 percent to 201 units sold, while total farm tractor monthly sales were up 72.3 percent to 3,671 units sold. Self-propelled combines... Read More
Addressing the growing labour and talent shortage in Canadian agriculture is going to require a multi-pronged approach of awareness, education and training, and connection between job seekers and job opportunities. The Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA) is building off a successful first year of the Feeding Your Future initiative with a full year of virtual... Read More
Delaro Complete has been registered for use in Eastern Canada on corn, soybeans and cereals, according to Bayer CropScience. The new foliar fungicide combines three modes of action — Groups 3, 11, 7 — for protection against major corn, soybean, and cereals diseases. “Delaro Complete adds to the proven performance of Stratego PRO for even... Read More
ADM has announced plans to build North Dakota's first crush plant and refinery completely dedicated to soybeans. The US$350 million facility will be located west of Fargo, at Spiritwood — approximately 290 km (175 miles) from the Canada-U.S. border. It is slated to process 150 thousand bushels of soybeans per day starting in time for... Read More
Good in Every Grain, the public-facing educational campaign from Grain Farmers of Ontario (GFO), is rolling out a new multi-year, multi-stage campaign to connect Ontarians through food stories. What's Your Food Story aims to use food in "celebration, tradition, shared experience, healing, and more" to connect everyone in Ontario regardless of age and culture, GFO... Read More