Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz and Transport Minister Lisa Raitt announced Monday, May 5, 2014, that the Fair Rail for Grain Farmers Act (Bill C-30) passed third reading in the House of Commons and has been referred to the Senate. This legislation aims to put into law measures for Canada's logistics system to move agricultural products,... Read More
Category: Western Canada
The Manitoba Outstanding Young Farmers have announced the Major Jay Fox Memorial scholarship in honour of Major Jay and the contribution that he made to agriculture in Canada. Major Jay Fox died suddenly at the age of 32 in December of 2011. A 4-H alumni, family man, rancher and dedicated agriculture enthusiast, Fox valued a... Read More
Farm Management Canada (FMC) is bringing back its annual Agricultural Excellence Conference, starting in Winnipeg, November 19-21 2014. The Agricultural Excellence Conference is focused on bringing diverse industry experts and stakeholders together from across disciplines, regions and commodity sectors to share and explore beneficial farm management practices, advice, and insight with leading farm business thinkers,... Read More
As the cool, wet spring drags on in Ontario, many farmers are wrestling with whether they have time for tillage or should they just plant as soon as the soil is fit. In this episode of the Agronomy Geeks Ontario podcast, Bernard Tobin talks tillage strategy with Salford Farm Machinery's Jim Boak. Are certain types... Read More
Grain markets this week were up and down with the close of one month, the transition to a new front-month contract, and trade limits changing on the exchanges. Also affecting things were the U.S. Wheat Quality Council’s winter wheat crop tour in Kansas and some violent weather in the Delta. All in all, if there’s... Read More
Farmers often hear about the years of work and painstaking trials it takes to bring a new crop variety to market, but how many years do you think it takes for a new crop protection product to make it to market? Randy Smith of Dow AgroSciences sits down with RealAgriculture editor Shaun Haney to discuss... Read More
The federal government's proposed Bill-30, dubbed the "Fair Rail for Grain Farmers" act, hit a snag while moving through the legislative process yesterday, as the bill was sent back to committee over an amendment being deemed "out of order." At issue was the amendment proposing railways compensating shippers over poor service — what some have... Read More
This week, I had the distinct pleasure of experiencing a Beefbooster bull sale. I thought I was a veteran at bull sales, and was looking somewhat forward to the blast of the auctioneer's voice through the speakers, being enveloped in the smell of a crowd, hamburgers and coffee and the fast pace of a heated... Read More
I've learned a few things about myself as my career in agriculture media has evolved — I thrive on face-to-face interaction, retain more information if I discuss a topic with someone else (or re-write notes) and that the more I learn about farming and the agriculture industry the more I feel there is to know... Read More