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A ship is docked for unloading at G3’s St. Lawrence River terminal at Trois-Rivieres, Que. (G3.ca)

St. Lawrence Seaway sees increased tonnage in 2023

The seaway saw the longest scheduled shipping season in history

Cargo movement through the St. Lawrence Seaway was up by more than 3.4 per cent in 2023 compared to the previous year, with nearly 38 million tonnes of cargo moved through the binational system, according to a joint report from the Canadian St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation (SLMC) and the United States Great Lakes St. Lawrence Development Corporation (GLS).

Minor changes to a mineral and vitamin feeding program can make a big difference to animal health and productivity.

Calving, Cow-Calf, Livestock, Nutrition

Changing feeding programs after calving

Nutrition with Barry Yaremcio

By Barry Yaremcio January 31, 2024

Cows and bred heifers require 25 per cent more nutrients after calving than during late pregnancy. Milk production peaks eight weeks after calving. Feed intake increases until 12 weeks after calving. The increased feed intake is the result of the digestive system expanding to fill the space that was occupied by the fetus and reproductive […] Read more

Markets

India looking at large lentil crop, but pulses down overall

Delayed onset of northeast monsoon slowed harvests, shortened planting window

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News January 30, 2024

India may be looking at a record large red lentil crop in 2023/24, although poor monsoon rains are expected to cut into total pulse area and production, according to reports out of the country.

Parliament Hill, in Ottawa – Ontario, Canada. Photo: Ulysse Pixel

General

Motion to squash Bill C-234 amendments put to MPs

Pass the bill as-is now, or risk passing nothing at all says Bloc

By Geralyn Wichers, GFM Network News January 29, 2024

Bill C-234, which would amend the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Price Act, was once again the subject of debate as Parliament resumed today. Conservative MP Ben Lobb tabled a motion to essentially reject the Senate’s amendments to the bill.

CBOT Soybeans ZSH24 on Jan. 29, 2014 with Bollinger bands. (Barchart)

Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soy hits 2-yr lows on South American crop prospects, demand worries

Chinese demand less certain as real estate crisis deepens there

By Julie Ingwersen, Reuters, GFM Network News January 29, 2024

U.S. soybean futures fell to two-year lows below $12 a bushel on Monday, pressured by improving prospects for large South American harvests and worries about demand as top global soy buyer China struggles with a real estate crisis, analysts said.

File photo of the facade of the U.S. Department of Agriculture building in Washington, D.C. (Camrocker/iStock/Getty Images)

Markets

USDA attaché reports from Canada, other countries

Drought, grasshoppers among concerns cited for Canadian Prairies

By Glen Hallick, GFM Network News January 29, 2024

The Global Agricultural Information Network of the United States Department of Agriculture issued a series of reports during the week ended Jan. 26. Of those, some of them could have an affect on the North American markets.

French farmers drive their tractors on a highway as they protest over price pressures, taxes and green regulation, grievances shared by farmers across Europe, in Longvilliers, near Paris, France, January 29, 2024. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier

General, Reuters

Angry French farmers block highways in bid to step up pressure on government

Belgian farmers also protesting in Brussels

By Marco Trujillo, Reuters, Sarah Meyssonnier, GFM Network News January 29, 2024

Long lines of tractors blocked highways near Paris and across France on Monday, as angry farmers sought to put pressure on the government to do more to help them weather inflation, compete with cheap imports and make a living.

File photo of sunset over port facilities at Odesa. (Mixarde/iStock/Getty Images)

General, Reuters

Ukraine to punish firms for violating farm exports rules to Eastern Europe

Cheap Ukrainian exports have sparked protests in neighbouring countries

By Reuters, GFM Network News January 29, 2024

Ukraine on Monday said it has tightened rules related to certain food exports, imposing a six-month trading ban for any companies violating the regulations, to ease tensions with bordering countries.

General

Farmers demand incentives for environmental changes

A final strategy was to be released in late 2023 but feds now say it will be sometime this year

By Karen Briere, GFM Network News January 25, 2024

A federal environmental strategy for the agriculture sector should be viewed through an economic lens, says a report from consultations on the proposed Sustainable Agriculture Strategy.

Farmers protesting in Toulouse, France, on January 16, 2024, with tractors bearing placards that read ‘Macron still an effort, soon all farmers will be dead’. Photo by Alain Pitton/NurPhoto via Reuters

General, Reuters

Explainer: Why are French farmers protesting?

Many farmers feeling pinched by costs, imports, environmental regulations and disregarded by French society

By Gus Trompiz, Reuters, Sybille de La Hamaide, GFM Network News January 24, 2024

French farmers are blocking roads across the country to demand government action to address numerous grievances, as protests in the European Union's agricultural sector spread. Here are some of the issues that have prompted the growing protest movement and how the government could respond.

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

St. Lawrence Seaway sees increased tonnage in 2023

Changing feeding programs after calving

India looking at large lentil crop, but pulses down overall

Motion to squash Bill C-234 amendments put to MPs

U.S. grains: Soy hits 2-yr lows on South American crop prospects, demand worries

USDA attaché reports from Canada, other countries

Angry French farmers block highways in bid to step up pressure on government

Ukraine to punish firms for violating farm exports rules to Eastern Europe

Farmers demand incentives for environmental changes

Explainer: Why are French farmers protesting?

Canadian Cattlemen Presents: Depth of Field

Blogs

Cows ain’t coal

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AGCanadaTV: In case you missed it; your national ag news recap for Sept. 5, 2025

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