This year has been a real struggle for huge parts of the Prairies due to the extreme dry bias. July rains have saved some of the acres, and given them a fighting chance. Even though crop conditions have improved, they are by no means out of the woods yet. Recently on RealAg Radio, Megz Reynolds,... Read More
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Canada Pork International (CPI) has received $6 million from the federal government to grow its pork exports in priority markets. "AgriMarketing funding is fundamental to Canada Pork International programs and services. It supports CPI's growth and demand building programs globally as well as the sales development efforts from our members," says Martin Lavoie, president, and... Read More
Alberta Wheat Commission, Saskatchewan Wheat Development Commission and Manitoba Wheat and Barley Growers Association have invested $1.9 million to further research that will, "accelerate the future development of higher yielding, stress resistant wheat varieties for Canadian farmers." This money is part of the $11.2 million investment made by Genome Canada, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, the... Read More
Have cattle? A project through the Ontario Veterinary College and supported by the Ontario Animal Health Network Bovine Group is looking for your manure. Well, more specifically, a project led by Dr. Jessica Gordon of OVC is looking to assess gastrointestinal parasite loads in grazing cattle. The project is open to Ontario producers with grazing... Read More
Just two day's after the Weather Network caused its own storm on Twitter, the Canadian Cattlemen's Association (CCA) said they were set to meet with the company's leadership on Monday. The original tweet by the weather organization read: "If you really want to help save the planet, you could seriously consider limiting the amount of... Read More
Extreme weather conditions have been all too common for livestock producers in the past year, and today the Government of Canada has released its initial list of regions where a livestock tax deferral is authorized for this year. Early findings show those in western Canada and Quebec have had a significant shortage in hay and... Read More
The Beef Farmers of Ontario (BFO) have announced Richard Horne as its new executive director, effective July 22, 2019. Horne most recently served as manager of policy and issues for the producer group, a role he's held since 2014. Horne replaces Dave Stewart, who will remain employed by BFO in an advisory capacity until August... Read More
On what would be a normal Thursday evening for most, the Weather Network tweeted something that would eventually cause a ruckus on social media within the agriculture community. On the company's website, it claims: "we are committed to delivering weather information 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, across all platforms - responsive websites,... Read More
Ag in Motion attendees had a chance to see Dot — the autonomous robotic power platform — operate at Langham, Sask., this week. Dot has made appearances across different tradeshows since its original debut and launch in 2017, but this time, it brought a fertilizer spreader along – the latest of its attachments. Exciting to... Read More
Farmers across Canada will have five new fungicides in their disease management toolbox in 2020. This week, Syngenta Canada rolled out Miravis, a new fungicide umbrella brand that will offer five new products growers can use to fight disease in a range of crops. In this video, Eric Phillips, Syngenta Canada's fungicides and insecticides product... Read More