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The eye in the sky is watching your cows

By Duane McCartney December 29, 2016

In the mid-’70s, as a research scientist at the Melfort Research Station, I helped Saskatchewan Agriculture evaluate the first button-type electronic ear tags on our cows at the Pathlow pasture research project. At the time, I also had a big satellite remote sensing project to monitor pasture productivity. I would tell my colleagues that our […] Read more

Crops

Syngenta, DuPont patent new herbicide chemistry class

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff, GFM Network News December 21, 2016

The crop chemical arms of DuPont and Syngenta are working together on a new class of herbicide chemistry they’ve jointly patented and taken to the “pre-development” stage. DuPont Crop Protection and Syngenta announced Monday they’ve published a joint patent, titled “Substituted cyclic amides and their use as herbicides,” and expect to launch herbicides based on […] Read more

Gerry Taillieu of Tomahawk Cattle Ranch received ALUS Canada’s Producer Innovation Award.

News Roundup

A year of firsts for ALUS

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff December 16, 2016

A celebration at Toronto’s Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in recognition of the W. Garfield Weston Foundation’s $5 million contribution to the ALUS (alternative land use services) program in support of conservation and agriculture across Canada marked the formal relaunch of ALUS as “ALUS Canada – a Weston Family Initiative,” and the debut of the New […] Read more

Livestock, Reuters

Australia approves sale of giant Kidman pastoral holdings

By Colin Packham December 9, 2016

Sydney | Reuters –– Australia on Friday approved the A$386.5 million (C$379.3 million) sale of the country’s largest private landholder S. Kidman and Co. to a consortium led by the country’s richest woman Gina Rinehart, after blocking two previous bids. Rinehart and her minority partner, Chinese developer Shanghai CRED, will now complete the purchase of […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Fertilizer prices ‘float along’ with eyes on China, corn

By Dave Sims December 8, 2016

CNS Canada — It’s shaping up to be a typical winter season for fertilizer prices, according to an industry expert, but he cautions plant expansions in the U.S., corn acreage and the murky world of Chinese exports will all play a part in determining any price spikes in coming months. “We’re probably expecting a typical […] Read more

Anomalies in weekly averaged sea surface temperature (Celsius) over the Pacific for the week centred on Nov. 30, 2016. (CPC.ncep.noaa.gov)

Livestock, Reuters, Weather

U.S. forecaster sees weak La Nina likely to fade in early 2017

By Reuters December 8, 2016

New York | Reuters — A U.S. government weather forecaster on Thursday said weak La Nina conditions were present but favoured to dissipate in the coming months. The National Weather Service’s Climate Prediction Center said in a monthly forecast that conditions were likely to transition back to neutral during January through March. The report said […] Read more

Features, Forages, Livestock

Beating back burdock

Invasive weed species can affect both pasture and profit

By Heather Smith Thomas December 6, 2016

Burdock is an invasive plant that causes problems for livestock and crops, and is generally considered a noxious weed. The tall burdock plant, a native of Eurasia, is a biennial, which means it lives for two growing seasons. The first year, it merely grows leaves and accumulates food reserves in its roots, like a carrot. […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock

Quarantined Alberta ranches to get AgriRecovery

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff November 30, 2016

Ranchers in southeastern Alberta having to feed and maintain quarantined cattle they can’t move or sell can expect a federal/provincial AgriRecovery plan to help cover those costs in the next few days. Federal Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay and his Alberta counterpart Oneil Carlier on Wednesday announced producers faced with “extraordinary costs” due to federal quarantines […] Read more

Livestock, Machinery

Farming work exempt from proposed Alberta helmet law

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff November 28, 2016

Farmers and ranchers at work would be exempt from a proposed new law requiring off-highway vehicle (OHV) users to wear helmets while operating on public land in Alberta. Provincial Transportation Minister Brian Mason on Monday announced proposed amendments to Alberta’s Traffic Safety Act that would require recreational users of all-terrain vehicles (ATVs), snowmobiles, motorcycles, amphibious […] Read more

Dr. Edward Bork,  Mattheis Chair,  Rangeland Ecology.

Features, Livestock, Pasture

The case for carbon storage

Alberta grasslands study to help develop policies

By Debbie Furber November 28, 2016

Good-news stories for beef producers are beginning to flow out from a massive dataset collected during a three-year carbon benchmarking study done to evaluate the effects of long-term grazing on native grasslands of Alberta. Some of the findings won’t surprise beef producers who see the positive effects first hand, but this is the first time […] Read more

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Feeder cattle hit contract highs on tight supply

U.S. grains: Soybeans tumble on doubts over U.S.-China trade progress

Alberta harvest wrapping up: report

Pasture

The eye in the sky is watching your cows

Syngenta, DuPont patent new herbicide chemistry class

A year of firsts for ALUS

Australia approves sale of giant Kidman pastoral holdings

Fertilizer prices ‘float along’ with eyes on China, corn

U.S. forecaster sees weak La Nina likely to fade in early 2017

Beating back burdock

Quarantined Alberta ranches to get AgriRecovery

Farming work exempt from proposed Alberta helmet law

The case for carbon storage

Canadian Cattlemen Presents: Depth of Field

Blogs

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