With just over a month of an election campaign, agriculture groups are being creative and using multiple platforms to get their message out on what they'd like to see as part of election platforms of the major political parties. The Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA) and Grain Growers of Canada both promoted their wish lists... Read More
Category: Western Canada
The federal government has approved $500 million for drought and wildfire relief programs under the AgriRecovery framework, just hours before the launch of the federal election campaign on Sunday. The total includes the previously-announced $100 million. “We thank Minister Bibeau for attaining further funding to help beef farmers and ranchers dealing with widespread severe drought... Read More
The federal government has its eye on reducing nitrous oxide emissions from fertilizer, but it's not clear how it intends to reach its target, and whether the target is achievable without having a detrimental impact on crop yields. Last December, while announcing the federal carbon tax would be increasing to $170/tonne of CO2 equivalent, the... Read More
It's often noted that soybean yield is made with rain in August, but moisture has been scarce throughout the entire growing season for soybeans on the Prairies this year. While there are areas that have received more moisture, many fields in Manitoba are showing tell-tale signs of drought stress as they move through the critical... Read More
A $200 million, three-year fund has been launched by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada under the federal government's Agricultural Climate Solutions program. As of August 12, the On-Farm Climate Action Fund is now open for delivery partner proposals. The partner(s) will then provide direct grants to farmers to adopt beneficial management practices that store carbon and... Read More
Drought in Western Canada is causing dire hay shortages, and a familiar program is popping up in the hopes of Eastern Canada helping counterpart livestock producers in the west once again. The Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA) has announced it has begun work to facilitate a Hay West initiative to send surplus hay from farmers... Read More
Saskatchewan RCMP and Livestock Services of Saskatchewan have issued a warning to livestock producers to keep an eye on their hay. RCMP in the province are investigating a series of complaints after several livestock producers became victims of fraud while attempting to purchase hay. Ads were posted on social media and other buy and sell... Read More
Agriculture Minister for Saskatchewan David Marit announced today (August 10) that the province will provide $119 million in direct support for drought-affected cattle producers under the Agri-Recovery framework. The province says the program will provide a per head payment to help maintain breeding stock and will help producers with extraordinary costs caused by the drought,... Read More
The Manitoba government says it will commit $62 million in provincial funding to AgriRecovery programs to help livestock producers affected by this year's drought. While details were not included in the August 10 announcement, Agriculture Minister Ralph Eichler says the programs will be designed to "ensure producers have options to retain and care for their... Read More
The federal government says it has committed $100 million through the AgriRecovery disaster relief framework to helping farmers affected by drought in Western Canada and parts of Ontario. The government says it's still working with provincial governments of B.C., Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Ontario to finalize the details of how payments will work, but sources... Read More