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Major investment to build Farmers Edge’s data power

By Dave Bedard January 27, 2016

Canadian precision agronomy and farm data management firm Farmers Edge plans to keep taking its services to previously underserved acres around the world, with a major cash infusion from a group of its backers. Japanese commodities trading and investment firm Mitsui, Toronto commercial real estate company Osmington and the Green Growth Fund operated by investment […] Read more

Riparian habitat at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. (FWS.gov/refuge/Malheur)

Livestock, Reuters

FBI sets up checkpoints around Oregon refuge after deadly confrontation

By Peter Henderson January 27, 2016

Reuters — U.S. and state officials in Oregon on Wednesday set up checkpoints around Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, where an armed group pledged to prolong its standoff with the government a day after one protester was shot and eight others were arrested. Authorities said the new security involves a series of checkpoints along key routes […] Read more

Inventor Gerard Roney points to the bars that control how much grain animals can lick up each visit.

Beef Cattle, Cow-Calf

Not your average creep feeder

Supplement rationing with a self-feeder

By Debbie Furber January 26, 2016

The 3IN1Feeder takes self-feeding to a new level with its advanced adjustment system to control the amount of grain consumed during each feeding. Several small feedings during the day helps reduce swings in rumen pH and in turn the animals are able to more efficiently utilize forages. “The big thing is keeping rumen pH in […] Read more

News

LIVE BLOG: Alberta FarmTech 2016

Event begins Tuesday, Jan. 26 and runs to Thursday, Jan. 28

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff January 26, 2016

Edmonton’s EXPO Centre at Northlands is the place to be for producers and the public during Alberta FarmTech 2016, running from Jan. 26 to Jan. 28. Want up-to-the-minute information on what’s going on at FarmTech? Check out our live blog page here! FarmTech features more than 50 sessions and a world class lineup of speakers providing […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

Environment commissioner criticizes neonic registrations

By David Ljunggren January 26, 2016

Ottawa | Reuters — Canada’s official environmental watchdog on Tuesday expressed concern that authorities were allowing the long-term use of pesticides linked to bee deaths despite not having enough information about the products. Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) can grant a five-year provisional license to some products to give manufacturers time to provide […] Read more

Dr. John McKinnon, second from right, is presented with the 2015 Canadian Beef Industry Award for Outstanding Research and Innovation by BCRC chair Tim Oleksyn (l) and nominators Brad Wildeman and Sandy Russel. (BCRC photo)

News

Cattle nutrition researcher hailed with national honour

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff January 26, 2016

A national award has officially put the “outstanding” label on the work and career of one of Canada’s leading researchers and experts on beef cattle nutrition. Dr. John McKinnon, the Saskatchewan Beef Industry research chair at the University of Saskatchewan and a regular contributor to Canadian Cattlemen, was presented last week with the inaugural Canadian Beef […] Read more

Livestock, Weather

Ontario weighs mandatory beekeeping practices in draft plan

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff January 25, 2016

Fresh off limiting farmers’ use of neonicotinoid seed treatments, the Ontario government now wants public comment on further moves it might make to improve the health of bees and other pollinators in the province. Among the “potential actions” up for consideration in the province’s new draft action plan are the use of public lands to expand […] Read more

Crops

Feds scrap ‘conditional’ pesticide approvals

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News January 21, 2016

Federal crop chemical regulators this summer will stop granting “conditional” registrations for new pesticides — a practice already largely on the way out, they note. Health Canada, which oversees the federal Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA), said Tuesday it plans to stop granting new conditional registrations starting June 1, describing the move as an “important […] Read more

Pacific Ocean sea surface temperature (SST) anomalies for the week centred on Jan. 6. (CPC.ncep.noaa.gov)

Livestock, Reuters, Weather

FAO seeks help for drought-ravaged Ethiopia

By Reuters January 15, 2016

Rome | Reuters — Ethiopia faces its worst drought in decades, leading the United Nations’ food agency to call on Friday for an emergency cash injection of US$50 million to help the country overcome the crisis. Crop production has fallen up to 90 per cent in some regions and failed completely in the country’s east, […] Read more

Livestock, Weather

U.S. forecaster sees El Nino conditions weakening

By Reuters January 14, 2016

Reuters — The El Nino phenomenon currently affecting weather is expected to weaken during the Northern Hemisphere spring and transition to normal conditions by late spring or early summer, a U.S. government weather forecaster said Thursday. The Climate Prediction Center (CPC), an agency of the National Weather Service, was in line in its monthly forecast […] Read more

U.S. livestock: Hog futures hit contract highs on shock herd decline

Alberta Crop Report: Harvest more than three-quarters finished

NFU says proposed plant breeders’ rights come at farmers’ expense

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U.S. livestock: Hog futures hit contract highs on shock herd decline

Alberta Crop Report: Harvest more than three-quarters finished

NFU says proposed plant breeders’ rights come at farmers’ expense

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Major investment to build Farmers Edge’s data power

FBI sets up checkpoints around Oregon refuge after deadly confrontation

Not your average creep feeder

LIVE BLOG: Alberta FarmTech 2016

Environment commissioner criticizes neonic registrations

Cattle nutrition researcher hailed with national honour

Ontario weighs mandatory beekeeping practices in draft plan

Feds scrap ‘conditional’ pesticide approvals

FAO seeks help for drought-ravaged Ethiopia

U.S. forecaster sees El Nino conditions weakening

Canadian Cattlemen Presents: Depth of Field

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