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Rain gives farmers relief, for now, from three-year drought

By Rod Nickel June 25, 2019

Winnipeg | Reuters — With drought turning Chad Ross’s pastures brown, the southeastern Saskatchewan rancher sent 140 head of cattle to slaughter earlier than usual this spring, as the Prairies’ three-year drought made them too expensive to feed. The ranch and feedlot near Estevan has lost money two straight years. Long-awaited rains that swept the […] Read more

Canadian chain Pizza Pizza has added two plant-based options to its roster of pizza toppings. (CNW Group/Pizza Pizza Ltd.)

Crops

Pizza Pizza steps into plant-based proteins

By GFM Staff June 25, 2019

A Canadian pizza chain offering up vegan cheese and vegan crust options is now adding plant-based sausage substitutes to its menu. Toronto-based Pizza Pizza on Monday launched its Super Plant Pizza, billed as “the first plant-based protein topping recipe available on the menu.” The company said it partnered with Yves Veggie Cuisine and Greenleaf Foods’ […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Less canola, more barley area expected in next StatsCan report

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm June 24, 2019

MarketsFarm — Canadian farmers will likely grow less canola and more barley in 2019, though the jury is out on exact acreage numbers ahead of Statistics Canada’s seeded area estimates due out Wednesday. Barley prices have hit “historic highs” thanks to inclement corn-growing weather in the United States, which has buoyed most feed grain prices. […] Read more

A 2017 Chevrolet Silverado pickup. (Media.gm.com)

General, Machinery, Reuters

Canada opens probe into GM pickups, SUVs over brake performance

By Reuters June 20, 2019

Reuters — Transport Canada, the auto safety regulator, has opened a probe into braking issues in nearly 250,000 General Motors full-size pickups and SUVs after U.S. officials launched a similar probe last year, the agency said on its website. The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) in November into 2.73 million U.S. 2014-2016 model […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Peas, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: India’s drought could be field pea opportunity

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm June 19, 2019

MarketsFarm — Though India has curbed its pulse crop imports from Canada in recent years due to disagreements over crop control and fumigation, a challenging growing season in India could make Canadian pulses more attractive. Drought-like conditions in key growing areas of India have killed dozens of people and endangered crops. According to Reuters, key […] Read more

Crops, Pasture, Weather

Prairie drought reaches tipping point

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm June 19, 2019

MarketsFarm — The Prairie provinces have been under the influence of a large ridge of high pressure for a number of weeks, which has produced prolonged dryness with little precipitation. That high pressure system has pushed low-pressure, precipitation-carrying systems to the south, where the U.S. Midwest has already received significant rain. Environment Canada estimated the […] Read more

A chickpea crop in India. (Nikhil Patil/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

Trump and Modi’s lavish farm payouts prompt questions at WTO

By Tom Miles June 17, 2019

Geneva | Reuters — Massive farm-support plans in the United States and India are being scrutinized by other World Trade Organization members, questions submitted to the WTO’s quarterly agriculture committee meeting showed on Monday. The WTO has strict rules about the size and nature of payments, and member governments keep a close watch for any […] Read more

Crops

Cannabis edibles clear for legal launch before year-end

By GFM Staff June 14, 2019

Food products containing cannabis are expected to be on the retail market by mid-December at the earliest under new federal regulations announced Friday. Health Canada on Friday announced amendments to the Cannabis Regulations will be published June 26 to come into force Oct. 17, laying out rules for legal production and sale of edible cannabis, […] Read more

A federal ban on plastic bags won’t extend to bags such as these, shown here at a recycling depot, stewardship group Cleanfarms says. (CNW Group/Cleanfarms photo)

Crops, Machinery

Agricultural plastics not part of federal ban

By GFM Staff June 14, 2019

The federal government’s plan to halt Canada’s consumption of single-use plastics such as shopping bags, straws and stir sticks over the next couple of years won’t extend to farm chemical containers and grain bags. Cleanfarms, the national industry stewardship body operating waste management and recycling programs for agricultural packaging, said Thursday that plastic products such […] Read more

Bayer’s cross symbol hangs in a terminal at Frankfurt International Airport. (Typhoonski/iStock Editorial/Getty Images)

Crops, Machinery

Bayer to invest $7.5 billion in new herbicides

By Reuters, GFM Network News June 14, 2019

Berlin | Reuters — Bayer said it would invest five billion euros (C$7.5 billion) in developing new weedkillers and reducing its environmental impact by 30 per cent by 2030, as it seeks to address the fallout from U.S. class-action litigation over glyphosate. “While glyphosate will continue to play an important role in agriculture and in […] Read more

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn fall on harvest pressure

U.S. livestock: Hog futures slide in technical correction

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation: Acknowledging the past, seeking a better future

Daily Network News

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn fall on harvest pressure

U.S. livestock: Hog futures slide in technical correction

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation: Acknowledging the past, seeking a better future

Pulses

Rain gives farmers relief, for now, from three-year drought

Pizza Pizza steps into plant-based proteins

Less canola, more barley area expected in next StatsCan report

Canada opens probe into GM pickups, SUVs over brake performance

Pulse weekly outlook: India’s drought could be field pea opportunity

Prairie drought reaches tipping point

Trump and Modi’s lavish farm payouts prompt questions at WTO

Cannabis edibles clear for legal launch before year-end

Agricultural plastics not part of federal ban

Bayer to invest $7.5 billion in new herbicides

Canadian Cattlemen Presents: Depth of Field

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