It's been an exciting year for Fendt's forage branch. The company presented their brand new rotary hay rake at Agritechnica in November and have since received two silver awards for the innovation. The first, from Agritechnica itself, and the second from the International Agricultural Machinery Fair, FIMA, in Spain. "We believe that there is a... Read More
Category: Western Canada
Picture Butte, AB – May 11, 2016 – With traffic and revenue increasing at an aggressive pace, the time has come for RealAgriculture to add to its team to ensure clients have the best experience possible. Relationships with clients have always been integral to the success of RealAgriculture and as opportunities increase, it becomes even... Read More
Richardson International says it has completed a $140-million expansion of its export terminal on the North Vancouver waterfront, nearly doubling the storage and receiving capacity of the facility. The addition of an 80,000 tonne concrete storage annex boosts the terminal's capacity to 178,000 tonnes. That will enable the port to handle more than six million... Read More
Wondering why your winter wheat is looking so...blah? Or how it can be safe to seed soybeans when it's still cold outside? Peter Johnson, resident agronomist for RealAgriculture, returns to answer questions and share his agronomic insight in his weekly update — the Word. Have a question for Wheat Pete? Call 1-888-746-3311, send him a... Read More
In the pursuit of healthy living, we're working against some pretty incredible obstacles, like 6 million years of evolutionary biology and 15 thousand years of human civilization. At least, that's how founding director of Yale University's Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center and president of the American College of Livestyle Medicine, David Katz explains it. "We live... Read More
Agrocorp Canada is expanding its pulse origination network in Western Canada, announcing a deal to purchase a Saskatchewan pulse processor and exporter. The acquisition of Veikle Grain, with its facility on the CP Rail mainline near Cut Knife, will expand Agrocorp's presence in northwest Saskatchewan. “We continue to accelerate our bulk vessel and containerized business... Read More
The USDA sent the oilseed market soaring on Tuesday with the release of its May supply/demand report, which included the first estimates for 2016-17 ending stocks. Old and new crop soybean futures spiked more than 50 cents/bushel, with the nearby July contract hitting the daily limit of 65 cents at one point. Soymeal futures finished... Read More
News of the growth and success of the Canadian Dairy XPO helped attract a number of international companies to the Stratford, Ontario industry showcase. CDX, which for 2016 moved from its traditional February dates to April 6 and 7, attracted 14,900 visitors over two days. Farmers visiting the new WeCover Cow Coliseum discovered a hub... Read More
Early last week, leaders from the Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (CRSB) met with Earls Restaurants to discuss sustainable sourcing. By mid-week, the company announced it had made a mistake. "I think it was unfortunate that it happened in the first place," Fawn Jackson, executive director of the CRSB, told Shaun Haney in an interview,... Read More
"Innovation" is a buzzword in today's world, often associated with technology, but it's not necessarily about gadgets, as our guest for this episode in the Mind Your Farm Business series points out. "Innovation really is about grabbing ideas from other parts of the planet or other ideas you see people doing and bringing that back…Read More