Manitobans voted for change in their provincial election on Tuesday, electing a majority New Democrat government led by Premier-designate Wab Kinew after seven years of Progressive Conservative rule. As of early Wednesday, the NDP was elected or leading in 34 seats, with the PCs holding 22, and the Liberals down to only a single seat.... Read More
Category: Western Canada
The federal and Saskatchewan governments have announced funding of $5 million for the Saskatchewan Food Industry Development Centre in Saskatoon. The funding, delivered through the Sustainable Canadian Agriculture Partnership (SCAP), will support the Food Centre's work to enable the continued growth of value-added revenue and agri-food exports in the province over the next five years.... Read More
Details on anticipated AgriRecovery programs to assist drought-stricken livestock producers in Alberta and Saskatchewan could be coming soon — possibly in the next week, according to Saskatchewan's agriculture minister. Federal officials signalled back in August that they had agreed to move ahead on offering AgriRecovery disaster relief programs together with the Alberta and Saskatchewan governments.... Read More
SeedMaster Manufacturing has announced a new 10-year partnership with Olds College of Agriculture and Technology that includes sponsoring seeding equipment for the Olds College Smart Farm. SeedMaster, based at Emerald Park, Sask., says the new partnership with the college is part of the seeding technology company's commitment to innovation to help farmers grow crops more... Read More
Forage and turf seed company DLF has acquired Corteva Agriscience's alfalfa breeding program. The deal, announced last month, includes Corteva's global alfalfa germplasm and breeding program, the Alfred Seeds brand name, and trademarks including Hi-Gest alfalfa technology, Hi-Ton performance alfalfa, Hi-Salt salinity tolerant alfalfa, and msSuntra hybrid technology, current commercial alfalfa varieties and select Corteva... Read More
SwarmFarm Robotics has launched a "dock and refill" option for autonomous robots. This advancement promises to untether equipment size from productivity by enabling robots to autonomously refill and refuel themselves, the company says. "Many people see the issue of farm equipment, like tractors, planters, and harvesters getting bigger and bigger and the inflexibility to customize... Read More
The federal government has rolled out its new Dairy Innovation and Investment Fund, which includes a federal commitment of up to $333 million in public funding over the next decade to help dairy processors across Canada increase processing capacity for a growing surplus of solids non-fat (also known as SNF.) The program, which was previously... Read More
Persistent drought has been hard on the Saskatchewan cow herd, but the lack of workable business risk management programs will be harder on it still. Jeff Yorga, first vice president with the Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association, says that ranchers in the province are still waiting for the the federal government to finalize details on the... Read More
Cash cattle prices have remained "amazingly flat" in recent months, says Anne Wasko of the Gateway Livestock Exchange. "We've had basically two months of an Alberta fed cattle market, where we've been between $231-$235 per hundred weight. So we're kind of done for trade up here for the week because of the holiday," she says... Read More
The carbon tax, that "price on pollution," as the Liberal government calls it, is supposed to encourage Canadians to move away from fossil fuel use by making diesel, gas, natural gas, and propane more expensive. What the government has done or plans to do with the tax proceeds is a post for another day, but... Read More