There is a lot riding on a farm, year by year. When a farm transition — or talk of a farm transition — gets added in to the mix, it can be a real challenge to manage the farm, the discussions, and navigate all the important decisions necessary to bring on the next generation of... Read More
Category: Western Canada
Shipments on the St. Lawrence Seaway have come to a halt as several hundred seaway workers have gone on strike as of Saturday night. Members of five local chapters of the Unifor union — approximately 360 workers — in Ontario and Quebec are on the picket line after failed negotiations with the St. Lawrence Seaway... Read More
As canola harvest wraps up for another season, it's an important time for growers and agronomists to get out into fields and scout for disease. Walking fields in the weeks after harvest helps paint a picture of what diseases may be lingering in the soil or crop residue, which can be important when considering a... Read More
The federal government, along with the provincial governments of Alberta, B.C., and Saskatchewan, have announced a total commitment of $365 million for AgriRecovery programs to help livestock producers affected by drought and wildfires this past summer. The awaited AgriRecovery funding, application details and timelines were announced on Friday, Oct 20. The total federal commitment to... Read More
The Senate's agriculture and forestry committee has approved a significant amendment to the legislation that was supposed to remove the federal carbon tax from propane and natural gas used on farms for at least eight years. The change to Bill C-234, introduced by Senator Pierre Dalphond on Thursday, would remove the proposed carbon tax exemption... Read More
There is a significant amount of time, care, and work that is put into growing a soybean crop. So, why wouldn't a farmer try to minimize losses at harvest? Lorne Grieger of the Prairie Agricultural Machinery Institute (PAMI) recently joined RealAgriculture's Lyndsey Smith to discuss managing losses at harvest. As he explains in the interview... Read More
Syngenta Canada has launched Talinor, a post-emergent cereal herbicide that brings a differentiated active ingredient to manage difficult broadleaf weeds, including herbicide resistant weeds. Talinor is a premix liquid formulation of bicyclopyrone (Group 27) and bromoxynil (Group 6) for use on spring wheat, durum wheat, and barley with an application range from the two-leaf stage... Read More
A former minister of agriculture is returning to his old post in Premier Wab Kinew's new NDP government in Manitoba. Kinew's cabinet was unveiled and sworn in on Wednesday, with Ron Kostyshyn returning to the ag minister role that he held from 2012 to 2016. Having won the Dauphin riding on the west side of... Read More
Editors note: Since this piece has been written, Jordan has fallen short in the second vote. In the first vote for U.S. House Speaker on October 17th, Representative Jim Jordan of Ohio fell well short of securing the majority need to claim the gavel. Jordon was expected to be within 8-12 votes of the threshold... Read More
When it comes to growing a high yielding crop, nitrogen can be one of most prominent nutrients for crop growth and yield potential. However, like most things in the world — there simply can be too much of a good thing, and focusing solely on nitrogen is no different. As Wes Anderson, vice president of... Read More