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Bob Sandford of the United Nations University says agriculture productivity needs to be increased, but with limited impact on earth systems. (John Greig photo)

Canada’s soils still degrading, albeit more slowly

By John Greig, GFM Network News September 8, 2017

The rate of degradation of soils in Canada has slowed, but it still is happening at a significant rate and there is still a lot to learn. There are no soil-perfect systems yet for crop production, attendees at the Summit on Canadian Soil Health held recently in Guelph heard repeatedly. No-till farming has declined in […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Farmers to deal with stronger loonie for rest of 2017

By Terry Fries September 7, 2017

CNS Canada — Higher interest rates and a stronger Canadian dollar relative to U.S. currency is giving Canadian farmers a double whammy. According to Farm Credit Canada’s chief agricultural economist, it’s also a situation farmers will likely have to deal with for at least the remainder of the year. J.P. Gervais said he thinks farmers […] Read more

Crops

New Brunswick splits agriculture, aquaculture files

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff September 5, 2017

Ministerial oversight of agriculture and aquaculture will be split between two cabinet ministers in New Brunswick following a shuffle Tuesday. Premier Brian Gallant on Tuesday named Carleton-Victoria MLA Andrew Harvey as the new minister of agriculture, mines and rural affairs. Saint John-area MLA Rick Doucet, who until now also handled the ag file, remains as […] Read more

Alanna Koch appears with her family on a new website for her candidacy as Saskatchewan Party leader. (Alannaforleader.ca)

Crops

Koch to seek Saskatchewan Party leadership

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff August 29, 2017

A long-time Prairie agriculture policy player who last year became Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall’s seniormost bureaucrat has joined the race to replace him. Alanna Koch, who farms with her husband at Edenwold, Sask., about 40 km northeast of Regina, announced her candidacy Monday for the leadership of the province’s governing Saskatchewan Party. Koch was the […] Read more

General, Markets, Reuters

U.S. takes tough lines as NAFTA negotiations begin

By Anthony Esposito, David Ljunggren August 16, 2017

Washington | Reuters — The United States drew a hard line for renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement on Wednesday, demanding major concessions aimed at slashing U.S. trade deficits with Mexico and Canada and boosting U.S. content for autos. At the start of talks in Washington, U.S. President Donald Trump’s top trade adviser, Robert […] Read more

(Photo courtesy ARS/USDA Northern Plains Ag Research Lab, Sidney, Montana.)

Crops, Machinery

Aerial crop sprayers grounded in Western Canada

By Phil Franz-Warkentin July 21, 2017

CNS Canada — Aerial crop sprayers are spending more time on the ground than in the air in Western Canada this season, with hot and dry weather limiting disease pressures and changing the economic threshold for insect applications. “The crops came out of the ground very aggressively and good, but there was a prolonged hot […] Read more

Livestock, Reuters

U.S. makes lower trade deficit priority in NAFTA talks

By David Lawder, lesley-wroughton July 17, 2017

Washington | Reuters — The United States on Monday launched the first salvo in the renegotiation of the 23-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), saying its top priority for the talks was shrinking the U.S. trade deficit with Canada and Mexico. In a much-anticipated document sent to lawmakers, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said […] Read more

This trial near Beeton, Ont., was thought to have been lost, but timely drainage has saved it. (Photo courtesy Eugenia Banks, Ontario Potato Board)

Crops, Potatoes, Weather

Pearce: Heavy rains cause losses in Ontario potato fields

By Ralph Pearce June 27, 2017

After a month of good growing conditions and positive reports amid sporadic news on disease potential, word from one of Ontario’s potato-growing regions is that roughly 1,000 acres of potatoes have been lost due to flooding. Drenching rains in midwestern Ontario have left both commercial fields and variety plots ruined. Rainfall amounts from June 22 […] Read more

Eugenia Banks, a consultant with the Ontario Potato Board, has test plots featuring Spartan Chipper (pictured) and AAC Glossy, a fresh market potato. (Photo courtesy Eugenia Banks)

Pearce: Tests negative, weather positive for late blight in Ont. potatoes

By Ralph Pearce, GFM Network News June 20, 2017

Aside from concerns regarding drier conditions in different potato-growing regions of Ontario, some growers are testing for late blight. Spore traps near Delhi came back negative recently — but did indicate an increase at the end of the experiment. Eugenia Banks, a consultant for the Ontario Potato Board, stated such a “signal” might indicate an […] Read more

Planting in the Delhi region on April 18. (Supplied photos)

Crops, Potatoes, Weather

Pearce: Rain expected to stall Ontario potato planting progress

By Ralph Pearce, GFM Network News May 4, 2017

Rainfall expected for much of southern Ontario is expected to narrow what’s been a relatively early planting window for Ontario’s potato growers. Two weeks ago, the reports from the Ontario Potato Board were full of warm temperatures and dry soils, and growers, particularly around Leamington and Delhi, took full advantage. One farmer in the Delhi […] Read more

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Potatoes

Canada’s soils still degrading, albeit more slowly

Farmers to deal with stronger loonie for rest of 2017

New Brunswick splits agriculture, aquaculture files

Koch to seek Saskatchewan Party leadership

U.S. takes tough lines as NAFTA negotiations begin

Aerial crop sprayers grounded in Western Canada

U.S. makes lower trade deficit priority in NAFTA talks

Pearce: Heavy rains cause losses in Ontario potato fields

Pearce: Tests negative, weather positive for late blight in Ont. potatoes

Pearce: Rain expected to stall Ontario potato planting progress

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