In what’s being described as a milestone for Manitoba’s Hudson Bay port at Churchill, the Kapitan Sviridov, a Russian vessel, arrived today bearing cheaper fertilizer for Prairie farmers. The arrival of the Murmansk Shipping Co. vessel represents the first shipment under the “Arctic Bridge” concept that’s proposed to link Russian and Canadian Prairie markets, said […] Read more
Imported fertilizer crosses “Arctic Bridge”
Alta. to offset farmers’ costs with $165M
Alberta will soon launch a provincial farm recovery plan with $165 million in “transitional” payments to help offset its farmers’ rising feed, fuel and fertilizer costs. Agriculture Minister George Groeneveld announced in a release today that the province will start delivery of the farm recovery plan (AFRP) for eligible farmers in early November, to be […] Read more
Market potential limited for “local food”: report
Demand for “local food” is on the rise but can’t expand nearly as far some of its promoters claim it will, according to a report released today by the George Morris Centre. Martin Gooch, a research associate at the Guelph-based agricultural think tank, writes that “the extent to which some proponents have predicted the size […] Read more
Later-seeded Alta. crops wait for dry weather
Cool, wet weather has combined with late-seeded crops to cause “major” harvest delays in parts of Alberta, particularly the west-central, northwest and Peace River regions, the province reported Tuesday. Alberta Agriculture and Food said in its crop report for the period ending Oct. 11 that the crop overall was estimated to be 85 per cent […] Read more
Rain stalls last of Sask. harvest
The last four per cent of Saskatchewan’s crops had to wait on the field for a few days due to showers, the province reported Monday. In the last of Saskatchewan Agriculture and Food’s weekly crop reports, the harvest is 96 per cent complete, up from 94 per cent a week earlier and the five-year average […] Read more
Weather holds back last of Man. harvest
Wet and cool conditions last week have delayed what little is generally left of Manitoba’s 2007 harvest campaign, the province reported Monday. In the last of its weekly crop reports for the season, Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives (MAFRI) reported that weather hasn’t co-operated with farmers on a few isolated flax and canola fields […] Read more
Syngenta rolls out concentrated glyphosate
Syngenta Crop Protection has released Touchdown Total, a higher-concentration version of its Touchdown iQ glyphosate product. Compared to Touchdown iQ, which is concentrated at 360 grams per litre acid equivalent of glyphosate, Touchdown Total is formulated at 500 grams per litre, the company said in a release Monday. “This means less product handling is required […] Read more
Maple Leaf rebrands Elite Swine
Maple Leaf Foods’ hog production company Elite Swine has been renamed Maple Leaf Agri-Farms, the company announced Monday. The move is the latest step in the reorganization the company announced in October last year, in which it planned to refocus on value-added meat and meals. As part of that move, Maple Leaf said at the […] Read more
Alta. puts up $4.5M for biodiesel project
The Alberta government has put up $4.46 million in grants toward Canadian Bioenergy Corp.’s planned biodiesel plant near Fort Saskatchewan, just northeast of Edmonton. The company will get the grants through the province’s bio-refining commercialization and market development program, and through the bioenergy infrastructure development program, both run through the province’s $239 million Nine-Point Bio-energy […] Read more
FCC fuels up Accelerator Loans for second year
Farm Credit Canada has brought back the Accelerator Loan for another year, the federal farm lender announced Monday. The Accelerator Loan program, which targets farmers under age 40, allows young farmers to maintain cash flow to build equity and build their farms, by providing flexibility in payment options and down payments as low as zero. […] Read more
Canadian Cattlemen Presents: Depth of Field
