Saskatchewan-based AGT Food & Ingredients and North Dakota-based JM Grain are two of the first companies to sign on to use a new 'Made with Pulses' food packaging label unveiled by the Global Pulse Confederation in Chicago on Monday. With the launch coinciding with the UN's International Year of Pulses, the new seal and Pulse... Read More
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Monsanto's Board of Directors says Bayer's latest offer to buy the company is still "financially inadequate and insufficient to ensure deal certainty." Last week, Bayer said it had raised its bid to acquire Monsanto and addressed Monsanto's concerns about regulatory and financing issues. The per-share cash offer was raised from US$122 to US$125. Bayer also... Read More
Lyndsey Smith Rejoins Real Agriculture Smith returns to the content creation team this September Picture Butte, AB. – July 18, 2016 – RealAgriculture is pleased to announce that Lyndsey Smith will be returning to the company as a member of the content creation team. Lyndsey will step in for Debra Murphy who is going on... Read More
Mobile phones have become an essential piece of equipment on most North American farms. A study just completed by Ipsos underlines what we've seen here at Real Agriculture — how farmers have fallen in love with and come to rely on their smartphones, even more than the general public. The research firm found over 80... Read More
With fat cattle prices in Alberta $40 lower than they were a year ago, the view from where the cattle feeders will be sitting come this fall's sale season will look different than it did in 2015. "Estimated losses in July for cattle finishing in Alberta on a spot-to-spot basis are about $350 to the... Read More
Just over a year after Manitoba's former NDP government implemented its cosmetic pesticide ban, the province's new PC government says it wants to hear from Manitobans on the impact of the "Non-Essential Use of Pesticides Regulation." “The purpose of the legislation is to reduce the exposure of people and pets to herbicides used in lawn... Read More
Pea aphids populations have been reaching problematic levels in some parts of the Prairies over the last few weeks. In this Pulse School episode, Dennis Lange, provincial pulse specialist in Manitoba, says they're still a concern in some areas. "We're at the stage where some of the later seeded pea fields are in the late... Read More
When Monkton, Ontario-based dairy producers Rick and Theresa Portena planned their recent expansion they decided that a 40-stall herringbone rotary milking parlour would anchor their operation. The Portenas considered milking robots but they’re big fans of parlours. They like to get the milking done as fast and efficiently as possible and they don’t like to... Read More
Grain markets this week stepped up the plate, took a swing on some expected weather forecasts and new demand numbers from the U.S.D.A. on Tuesday July 12th, and hit one out of the park. However, the play was reviewed, and with updated weather information, the home run was called back and things ended up lower... Read More
A Dutch tractor manufacturer has developed a stabilizer system to improve safety and driver comfort when operating articulated loader tractors. Giant's Stabilo System made its Canadian debut at Canada's Farm Progress Show in Regina last month, participating in the Farm Progress Innovation Showcase. As Frank Michielsen of Prairie Side Equipment at Taber, Alberta explains in... Read More