Syngenta's SeedCare Institute is officially setting up shop in Canada. The company’s Canadian facility, located at its Honeywood research facility in Plattsville, Ontario, is now part of a network of 12 centres of excellence around the globe, focusing on advancing seed treatment technology and innovation. At the official launch last week, Anja Pires, Syngenta Global... Read More
Category: Western Canada
A sad sign of how tough things have been in the cattle feeding business — one of Canada’s largest feeding operations is shutting down. Good news! A deal to keep Canadian canola flowing into China has apparently been reached, while canola growers are voicing concerns about the Bayer-Monsanto deal. And farmers and rural residents in... Read More
The Prime Minister says a deal has been reached with China to maintain Canadian canola exports into early 2020. "This is great news for our Canadian canola farmers. Our progress on this file goes to show how two countries willing to collaborate can solve difficult challenges together," said Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, speaking Thursday morning... Read More
It's hard to believe regulators would allow one company to own 95 percent of the canola traits on the market, but executives from Bayer and Monsanto are not offering any hints on whether they expect to be forced to divest canola seed assets as part of their proposed marriage. Both Robb Fraley, chief technology officer... Read More
More than $140,000 over the past three years. That’s the latest tally for SeCan’s ongoing ‘Grow a Leader’ program that sees the seed company contribute $1 for every unit of soybean seed purchased by grower customers during its ‘early order’ week in October. SeCan communications manager Brenda Trask explains that the program is based on... Read More
Economic times in the cattle industry have been very difficult lately. In coffee shops across Western Canada many have asked, how can some of these feedyards get through these losses? For one of Canada's largest feeding operations that question was answered today. Western Feedlots Ltd. released a statement today disclosing they will be exiting the... Read More
Georgia cash cropper Randy Dowdy has been farming for less than ten years. In that time he has broken the world record for corn yield, and now he’s laid claim to the soybean yield record. Earlier this month Dowdy’s record 171.8 bushel/acre soybean yield was celebrated at a press conference hosted by the University of…Read More
There's a big durum crop coming off in Western Canada, but wet conditions have resulted in high disease levels in much of it. The Statistics Canada report released Tuesday pegged total Canadian durum production at 7.3 million tonnes, up from 5.4 million in 2015 and 5.2 million in 2014. Meanwhile, last week the Ministry of... Read More
Statistics Canada published its second annual set of crop production estimates based on a model that uses satellite imagery on Tuesday. The model-based report, which incorporates satellite info, weather conditions and data from previous farm surveys, replaced the September Farm Survey starting last year. The algorithm says the canola crop will be almost 8 percent... Read More
Canola grower organizations say Bayer's proposed acquisition of Monsanto is "a cause of serious concern to Canada's canola farmers" due to the consolidation that would occur in the canola seed, trait and crop protection markets. The Canadian Canola Growers Association, along with the Alberta Canola Producers Commission, SaskCanola, the Manitoba Canola Growers Association and Ontario... Read More