David Phillips, senior climatologist with Environment Canada, is not going to predict the first frost of the fall, so let's just get that out of the way right now. As he says in the interview below, an over-arching weather trend says nothing about occasional frosts — that's what averages are for — so the date... Read More
Category: Western Canada
Western grains and oilseeds producers who have been unable to market their crops due to rail transportation challenges and flooding have been granted more time to repay their 2013 cash advances under the Advance Payments Program (APP), the federal government has announced. A stay of default on the repayment of advances for producers who received... Read More
Near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy is widely used in research today. In medicine, NIR assists in non-invasive assessments of the brain, blood glucose levels and oxygen concentration in muscles. For agriculture, NIR is largely used in determining the quality of feedstuffs, as it's quick and relatively inexpensive. Related: NIR Workshop Offers Beef Producers Another Way to Improve... Read More
Using glyphosate as a harvest aid and weed management tool most certainly has its place on the farm, but it carries a measure of risk, as well. Go in too early and not only can you rob the crop of yield, but the resulting seed may also end up damaged by the chemical application. Related:... Read More
Adjuvants Plus Inc. (API) has reached a licensing agreement with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s (AAFC) Office of Intellectual Property and Commercialization (OIPC) for the patented technology to prevent fusarium head blight in cereals with a fungal organism called Clonostachys rosea strain ACM941. Clonostachys rosea strain ACM941 is a patented organism that protects plants against fungal... Read More
It's been a while since the Roundup Ready trait revolutionized growing canola for Western Canada. Monsanto Canada is looking to kick weed control up a notch yet again with the (eventual) introduction of the TruFlex Roundup Ready trait. Visitors to Monsanto's Momentum Tour were treated to a first-hand look at how the TruFlex trait performed... Read More
Cargill’s AgHorizons farm customers now have the ability to sign a grain delivery contract online, the company announced today. Cargill is the first line grain company in Canada to offer the service. Fran Burr, assistant vice-president of marketing for Cargill Limited says, “..What we’re hearing right now is that (farmers) want simplified solutions when it... Read More
By Dave McEachren, McEachren Seeds, Glencoe, Ont. It was 1945, and my grandfather was purchasing his first farm. The 100 acres of southwestern Ontario clay-loam soil was much like the land his father before him had farmed. The man he bought the farm from warned of the trouble with modern tractors. “Don’t go buying a... Read More
With thirty seven employees and six offices (including one each in Japan, Taiwan, Mexico and Shanghai), Canada Beef Inc. is an independent, national organization that works to promote and market Canadian beef and cattle globally. The organization is funded by cattle producers and the national check off, a $1/head levy on cattle sales that also... Read More
One of the few Latin American countries to expand agricultural production since the mid-1900s, Brazil's deforestation has long been in the limelight of global scrutiny. The vast topographical change is concerning, but with the agricultural industry so important to the Brazilian economy, it's easy to see there are incredible economic incentives fuelling the destruction. Commodities... Read More