It is no secret that this is a big week at NCBA in Nashville for the Canadian, U.S., and Mexican beef industry. Trade is on tap in every meeting or side conversation throughout the Gaylord Opryland Convention Center. Wednesday morning, February 1, officials and invited guests from all three countries gathered for the annual NCBA... Read More
Category: Western Canada
The Canadian Lamb Producers Co-operative has filed for bankruptcy protection. The website, not updated since 2014, has since been taken down. The marketing site — Läm — is still live. Representatives for the co-operative could not comment on the process or whether or not farmers were owed money. The co-op, where sheep producers bought shares... Read More
In the eyes of General Roméo Dallaire you have three options when it comes to conflict: you can choose to just survive it; build a wall; or resolve it at home, abroad, and at the source. Dallaire was the opening keynote speaker at FarmTech this week, and he shared stories of leadership, moral integrity, and... Read More
Tuesday in Edmonton, Alberta, FarmTech began, and like every year the agenda is loaded with the best in concurrent and keynote speakers. With over 50 sessions over three days, FarmTech is the leading agronomy, marketing, and farm management conference in Canada. Yesterday, Shaun Haney introduced FarmTech to the RFD-TV and Rural Radio audience as he... Read More
The 2017 growing season will be the last year for Glenn in the Warburtons IP program. "After consuming ~250,000MTs of Glenn in our bakeries, we will no longer be contracting the variety in our program. Glenn will continue to be a CWRS option for growers outside of our program," the company said in a statement... Read More
Richardson Pioneer says it has signed a deal to acquire Crop First Agro, an independent crop input retailer in Grenfell Saskatchewan. “We are excited to join the Richardson team and greatly strengthen the services we offer to our customers," said Dave Edgar, co-owner of Crop First Agro, in a statement on Tuesday. Richardson says the... Read More
Researchers with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and the University of Guelph say they've found a new midge species causing damage to canola in northeastern Saskatchewan and east-central Alberta. This new species is similar to the swede midge, and belongs to the same Contarinia genus, but has yet to be named and scientifically described, according to... Read More
Manitoba's new government is planning to remove what it calls "impractical and costly" regulations to make it easier to build barns and farm buildings and bring the province's farm building code in line with rules in other Western Canadian provinces. Speaking at Keystone Ag Producers' annual meeting in Winnipeg last week, Agriculture Minister Ralph Eichler... Read More
Have you seen the Dairy Farmers of Canada newest ad? (Scroll down to view) The latest television commercial and billboard campaign has received critical acclaim from advertising big wigs, but at least some of the farmers the ad represents aren't exactly thrilled with the "crying over spilled milk" commercial calling it "horrifying," "dark," and "confusing."... Read More
The appointees for the second and third highest-ranking roles at the Canadian Grain Commission have been chosen, according to a federal government website. The Governor in Council Appointments page lists East Selkirk, Manitoba-area farmer Doug Chorney as the future appointee for assistant chief commissioner, and Ogema, Saskatchewan-area farmer Lonny McKague as the future commissioner. Chorney... Read More