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Where Food Comes From (WFCF) is now the second auditing body for the Canadian Beef Sustainability Acceleration (CBSA) pilot. (WhereFoodComesFrom.com)

Sustainable beef pilot passes first-quarter mark

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff March 16, 2018

The packer behind the pilot of a Canadian value chain for certified sustainable beef says its first three months are proof the model is scalable as well as functional. The pilot’s first quarter “proved that a significant volume of beef can be successfully traced through a certified supply chain for the participating customers,” Gurneesh Bhandal, […] Read more

Cow-Calf, News, News Roundup

To creep feed or not?

Feeding: News Roundup from the March 2018 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Kathleen Shore, Kristin Thompson March 15, 2018

Creep feeding is the practice of providing a highly digestible supplemental feed source to beef calves. Implementation of a creep-feeding strategy allows for increased pre-weaning weights, improved cow body condition score and increased pasture availability by reducing average forage consumption per calf. A successful creep-feeding program also requires access to clean, fresh water at all […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Reuters

Walmart patents hint at future where its drones tend the farms

By Nandita Bose, Tom Polansek March 15, 2018

New York/Chicago | Reuters — Walmart’s patent filings hint that it may see a future where farmers use its drones to not only spot crop problems but selectively apply chemicals or even disperse pollen to bring shoppers the freshest and cheapest food possible. The world’s largest retailer applied for six patents last year on drones […] Read more

General, Machinery, Markets

Enjoy stable diesel market while you can, analyst says

By Dave Sims March 13, 2018

CNS Canada — The short-term outlook for the diesel market in North America calls for current prices to remain largely untouched through spring planting — but it could change drastically after that. According to Tom Kloza of the Oil Price Information Service in New Jersey, prices for diesel could even get higher than crude oil. […] Read more

Crops, Weather

Late-season snowstorm brings Prairies moisture

March 8, 2018

CNS Canada — After a winter spent waiting for snow, farmers across the southern Prairies were happy when the forecast was right and Western Canada received a late winter snowstorm. “We’ve heard moisture’s coming before and it doesn’t show up or it goes around us. So when it started snowing and it started adding up […] Read more

History, Our History

History: A Proposed New Method of Assessing Land for Tax Purposes

Reprinted from the January 1951  issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff March 1, 2018

A Proposed New Method of Assessing Land for Tax Purposes By T. H. Freeman, Director of Assessments for Saskatchewan ‘As a preface to the subject, it might be advisable to review very briefly the methods used in the past for assessing grazing land or what is technically described as Land Class 1. In 1939 a […] Read more

Forages, Research

Pasture blends

Research on the Record with Reynold Bergen

By Reynold Bergen February 28, 2018

Most forage seed companies offer a pasture blend. Some customize their blend to the customer’s situation, but others use a least-cost formulation to produce a more attractively priced blend. Ideally, the blend should contain grasses and legumes that grow well together, are well adapted to the environment and soil type they will be seeded in, […] Read more

Sea surface temperature anomalies (in degrees Celsius) over the equatorial Pacific for the week centred on Feb. 21. (CPC.ncep.noaa.gov)

Crops, Weather

Spring outlook cooler for Prairies, warmer for Ontario

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff February 27, 2018

Growers in parts of Ontario may get an early start on planting this spring, while Prairie fields may see lingering snow and later-than-average last frosts. WeatherFarm’s spring forecast, powered by U.S.-based DTN Progressive Farmer, projects a cold start to the spring as likely for the western half of Canada, reversing the milder conditions shown over […] Read more

The Svalbard Global Seed Vault, built in Norway in 2008, is the world’s largest secure seed storage site. (Matthias Heyde photo courtesy Government of Norway via Flickr)

Crops, Reuters, Weather

Norway to upgrade ‘doomsday’ seed vault

By Reuters February 23, 2018

Oslo | Reuters — Norway plans to spend 100 million Norwegian crowns (C$16.1 million) to upgrade a doomsday seed vault on an Arctic island built 10 years ago to protect the world’s food supplies, the government said on Friday. The Svalbard Global Seed Vault is meant as a natural deep freeze to back up the […] Read more

Southern Ontario’s farmland prices have jumped, despite stagnant crop prices. (John Greig photo)

Crops, Markets

Southern Ontario median farmland price jumps in 2017

By John Greig February 22, 2018

The threat of interest rate increases hasn’t dampened the prices southern Ontario farmers are paying for land. The annual Valco study of land values showed an increase in value of 9.76 per cent for farmland sold in 2017 over 2016. This increase is the largest since 2013. The median price for land in the surveyed […] Read more

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures continue rally on constrained supply

A missed opportunity for farmers says analyst

CBOT Weekly: Trade focuses on crop tour

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U.S. livestock: Cattle futures continue rally on constrained supply

A missed opportunity for farmers says analyst

CBOT Weekly: Trade focuses on crop tour

Sustainable beef pilot passes first-quarter mark

To creep feed or not?

Walmart patents hint at future where its drones tend the farms

Enjoy stable diesel market while you can, analyst says

Late-season snowstorm brings Prairies moisture

History: A Proposed New Method of Assessing Land for Tax Purposes

Pasture blends

Spring outlook cooler for Prairies, warmer for Ontario

Norway to upgrade ‘doomsday’ seed vault

Southern Ontario median farmland price jumps in 2017

Canadian Cattlemen Presents: Depth of Field

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