This column is long overdue. It should have been written shortly after Trudeau announced plans for a mandatory national price on carbon emissions during harvest in early October. Or even earlier, when some provincial governments started announcing their carbon tax or cap and trade programs. For all the time that's passed and words that have... Read More
Category: Western Canada
The Manitoba Agricultural Hall of Fame will be announcing two inductees for 2017 at the Hall's annual general meeting in Brandon on Wednesday. The 2017 inductees are veterinarian Dr. Everett More of Virden and dairy farmer Neil Van Ryssel of Oakbank. The 2017 induction ceremony will be held in Winnipeg on June 19. The event... Read More
Aphanomyces is a soil-borne water mold thatcauses devastating root rots in pulses, especially pea and lentil crops. Unfortunately for farmers, the aphanomyces spores can live in the soil for 10 years, and thrive under wet conditions. That means, not only has this root rot advanced rapidly across many areas of Saskatchewan and Alberta, but it's…Read More
Not only are there legalities that need to be considered when purchasing and planting off-patent soybean seed, as we discussed in an earlier Soybean School feature, but there are also agronomic considerations. Due to the nature of the off-patent soybean seed market, assurances for the grower on maturity, germination, quality, and purity are often lacking…Read More
There are many aspects of farming that are beyond a farmer's control (weather, markets...), but there are also variables that can be managed better than they have been in the past, according to the Georgia farmer who has set world corn and soybean yield records. "We make big yields and we blame the weather. We…Read More
Soybeans will be on the verge of matching corn acres in the U.S. this year, according to the USDA's Prospective Plantings report published Friday. Higher soybean acres has been the consensus in the market for some time, but the department's soybean acreage estimate of 89.5 million was still well above the average pre-report guess of... Read More
Farm & Food Care Saskatchewan (FFC SK) has opened nominations for its Food & Farming Champion Award. This award, now in its second year, was designed to "shine a light on the people who work hard to promote Saskatchewan agriculture and help farmers build public trust in our food industry." "We had tremendous success with... Read More
Almost half of North American Certified Crop Advisors (CCAs) holding a new 4R Nutrient Management designation reside in Ontario. That puts Ontario’s crop advisors at the forefront of efforts to help farmers and agriculture improve water quality, environmental stewardship and sustainability, says Ontario Certified Crop Advisor Association executive director Susan Fitzgerald. Earlier this week, the... Read More
The federal government is proposing the elimination of deferred cash purchase tickets for grain sales — a tool used by farmers to manage cash flow for tax purposes from one year to the next. When delivering a listed grain (such as wheat, oats, barley, rye, flaxseed, or canola), producers have long had the option of... Read More
India has granted a last-minute temporary exemption allowing Canadian pulse exports to continue without being fumigated in Canada. "This new exemption means that Canadian pulse exports leaving Canada on or before June 30, 2017, will not require fumigation in Canada," said a statement from Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay and International Trade Minister François-Philippe Champagne early... Read More