More than 300 Ontario farmers consider lambsquarters Ontario’s worst weed. Results from a months-long online survey show lambsquarters narrowly edged out Canada fleabane by a half-dozen votes to take the title. “They were neck in neck,” says survey coordinator David Bilyea, weed specialist with the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs in Ridgetown.... Read More
Category: Western Canada
Dear Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific Railway, It's only the middle of June right now, but there's potential for a big crop in Western Canada this fall. Alberta's latest crop report pegged growing conditions at 80 percent good to excellent, eight percent better than the five-year average. The Saskatchewan ag ministry's most recent update... Read More
Grains through the middle of May saw fund buying continue to try keep the elevated prices where they’re at after some bearish weather and crop progress reports. Some warmer temperatures in the forecast for June across many parts of North America’s major growing regions have been offset by some timely rains in many locations. More... Read More
A Swedish company is bringing its mechanical and selective weed cutter to North America with a promise of giving farmers another method for fighting weeds. The CombCut is designed to comb through the leaves of a cereal crop, bending over flexible crop stems, cutting stiffer broadleaf weeds with its static knife. "You comb through your... Read More
The lumberjack show has become a tradition at Canada's Farm Progress Show in Regina. West Coast Lumberjack Shows has returned to the show this year, hosting three shows daily just outside Hall 12. Our hard ag news-only journalist duo of Kelvin Heppner and videographer Jason Stroeve caught up with Darren and Lauren for a Facebook... Read More
We're at Canada’s Farm Progress Show in Regina this week… Markets have rallied over the last month or two, but are the weather concerns behind the rally real? We’ll find out from Drew Lerner of World Weather Inc on this week's TWORA podcast. Meanwhile, the board of Alberta’s Ag Financial Services Corp has been let... Read More
Moisture is finally scattering across the prairies, and yield potential is looking good, but what is behind the agricultural commodity complex rising? Can this rally sustain itself over the rest of 2016? Or is it just an imposter rally sucking in the unsophisticated longs? At Canada's Farm Progress Show in Regina Saskatchewan, Shaun Haney caught... Read More
Saskatchewan Pulse Growers has reached a five year, nearly $23 million pulse crop breeding deal with the Crop Development Centre at the University of Saskatchewan. The arrangement, which spans from 2015-16 to 2019-20, fulfills the third five-year term in SPG's 15-year breeding deal with the CDC, focused on developing new varieties of peas, lentils, chickpeas,... Read More
Transport Canada has launched a new drone safety campaign, while at the same time working on simplifying regulations to focus on minimizing the risks with unmanned aerial vehicles. Marc Garneau, Minister of Transportation, was joined by representatives from law enforcement and the aviation industry at the Ottawa Airport on Monday to unveil the initiative —... Read More
The House of Commons has approved a one year extension to grain transportation rules implemented in 2014 to move grain during the rail backlog in Western Canada. Several provisions that were part of Bill C-30, the Fair Rail for Grain Farmers Act, were scheduled to be repealed on August 1, 2016. MPs unanimously voted in... Read More