The association that represents farm equipment dealers across Canada is speaking out against a "right-to-repair" private member's bill that would amend the Copyright Act to allow Canadians to circumvent computer software to diagnose, maintain, or repair a product, whether that's a phone, a household appliance, a car, or a tractor. Bill C-244 — introduced by... Read More
Category: Western Canada
What is your time worth? This week's episode of Wheat Pete's Word encourages everyone to slow down for two major reasons: one, time is fleeting and the years we get with our kids and our loved ones are short; and, two, working safe on the farm and the roads requires a stop, look, act approach.... Read More
The Alberta Beef Industry Conference (ABIC) is set for February 22-23, 2023, at Banff, Alta., and this year the group made a call out on social media for a special guest to attend. ABIC is one of Canada’s largest beef convention and tradeshows, hosted by five beef industry organizations in the province: Alberta Beef Producers,... Read More
On November 14, the House of Commons Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food approved Bill C-234 — a private member's bill that would exempt natural gas and propane used on farms for drying grain and heating barns from the federal carbon tax. Dave Carey, vice president of government and industry relations at the Canadian Canola... Read More
G-Mac's AgTeam, with headquarters in Kindersley, Sask. and 15 retail locations across the province, will become part of Simplot Grower Solutions after the J.R Simplot Company announced its purchase of the ag retail chain November 15, 2022. Boise, Idaho-based J.R. Simplot Company says the acquisition adds more than 100 new employees to the Grower Solutions... Read More
The federal government's requirement that a certain amount of the research to be funded under the next five-year agricultural policy framework must focus on reducing greenhouse gas emissions is creating new complications for commodity groups applying for the funding. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) has introduced new emissions- and climate-related criteria in the latest iteration... Read More
Highline Manufacturing Ltd made its entrance into the tow-behind total mixed ration (TMR) market at Agri-Trade at Red Deer, Alta. The 750-cubic-foot tub is built for the extreme conditions of North America — where feeding can happen in very cold, windy, muddy, and snowy conditions. Bob Cochran, general manager of Highline Manufacturing Lt., says the... Read More
There are so many insects in the world that most of them likely haven't been described yet. From some of the more common insects, such as the flea beetle, to a lesser-known such as a the beet webworm, this episode of The Agronomists tackles as much as we can in an hours' time. Host Lyndsey... Read More
The private member's bill that would exempt natural gas and propane used on farms for drying grain and heating barns from the federal carbon tax was approved, with amendments, by the House of Commons Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food on Monday. Bill C-234, originally introduced by Ontario Conservative MP Ben Lobb in February of... Read More
This editorial was first published on Breaking the Box blog During September, I spent almost every day in either a combine or sprayer. Like many farmers during harvest, I basically ran the business from my phone — assigning work orders, purchasing inputs, marketing grain, and making capital decisions. On a good day, and I stress... Read More