Donald Trump doesn't think highly of the document John Weekes spent several years of his life helping craft in the '90s. "My wife teases me about it. 'You hear that? The worst deal ever!'" jokes Weekes, in our conversation below. Having served as Canada's chief negotiator for the North American Free Trade Agreement, he has... Read More
Category: Western Canada
With the rise in acres of glyphosate-resistant soybeans and corn across the prairie regions of the U.S. and Canada there is a growing thirst for additional options in canola traits. At least this is what Cibus is banking on. Sulfonylurea-tolerant (SU) canola has been approved in the U.S. but the varieties are still waiting for... Read More
Borrowing at 0% interest is about as good as it gets. When only 20% of producers are using available cash advance programs, like the one administered by the Canadian Canola Growers, you have to question why more farmers are not taking advantage of effective borrowing programs. According to David Derwin, of PI Financial, only 5... Read More
A farmer from Gray, Saskatchewan, has been elected president of the province's general farm group. Todd Lewis was chosen to lead the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan at the organization's annual general meeting in Regina this week. He replaces Norm Hall of Wynyard, who stepped down after five years as president. Hall and Ian Boxall... Read More
Wheat and barley growers across North America have been waiting for advancements in breeding techniques to make the crop types more competitive with corn, soybeans, and canola. At the recent Montana Grain Growers Association convention in Great Falls, Shaun talked to Dr. Hikmet Budak about a new advancement in plant breeding that really excited the... Read More
It's estimated that an average of 350 acres of arable land per day are gobbled up in Ontario alone. While urban sprawl may have less of an acres-per-day impact in less populous provinces, the permanent loss of farmland is and should be a major concern not just for farmers, but for urbanites, too. When's the... Read More
It took an election over the Oval Office, but it seems some of the Internet’s biggest companies are now saying, just maybe, they have a role to play in wrangling up false and fake news. Google and Facebook have both announced that they will cut off the advertising revenue for websites that produce fake news.... Read More
John Deere’s new intelligent nozzle control system promises to help sprayer operators maintain consistent droplet size and pattern through a range of speeds, while reducing overlaps, skips, and drift. The ExactApply system was unveiled earlier this year at the Farm Progress Show in Boone, Iowa. In this video, John Deere product manager Lydia Thomas explains... Read More
Update, as of Dec. 6: The offices for all three commissioners at the Canadian Grain Commission are empty. The offices for the top three positions at the Canadian Grain Commission — the government department that regulates the country's grain industry — will be vacant as of next week. The chief commissioner's chair has been empty... Read More
$16.7 million has been set aside for an AgriRecovery program to help cattle producers in Alberta affected by the bovine TB quarantine. While Alberta's Treasury Board has yet to approve the funding, federal Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay announced the dollar figure in the House of Commons on Wednesday. The "2016 Bovine Tuberculosis Assistance Initiative" will... Read More