Monsanto Canada will sell Bayer’s canola fungicide Rovral Rx on the Prairies under a supply agreement the two companies signed this week. Rovral, a Group 2 (Iprodione) foliar fungicide, is used on the Prairies to protect against sclerotinia in canola and alfalfa seed crops. Bayer CropScience markets it on the Prairies under the name Rovral […] Read more
Monsanto to market Rovral on Prairies
Alta. drafts new land-use policy framework
New ways to stem the loss of Alberta’s farmland against “fragmentation” by other uses are among goals of a draft land-use framework the province unveiled Wednesday. The framework is meant to give the province “a strategic blueprint for all levels of government and Albertans as we make decisions today about the province we want in […] Read more
New “Made in Canada” rules up for comment
The federal government has drafted a discussion paper on its proposed new rules for the labeling of food as “Product of Canada” and “Made in Canada.” The new rules, released on Wednesday for public comment, “are designed to redefine Canadian food content labels to better reflect the true origins of products in today’s global marketplace,” […] Read more
Viterra to boost two elevators’ rail spots
Viterra has announced plans to expand the rail car loading capability at two of its Prairie elevators to 112 cars each. Canada’s largest grain handling company on Wednesday announced it will put a total of $3.7 million into the two capital projects, both of which are sited on Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) track. The company’s […] Read more
Masterfeeds to buy Land O’Lakes Ont. business
Animal feed company Masterfeeds has signed a deal to buy the Ontario feed business of Land O’Lakes Canada and two Growmark feed mills. Masterfeeds, which is based in London, Ont. and runs 13 feed plants in Ontario, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Quebec, expects to close this deal by June 2. Land O’Lakes Canada (LOLC) was formed […] Read more
WTO text made worse: Canada’s SM5
Canada’s supply-managed commodity groups say a new draft modalities text aimed at a global trade deal on agriculture is worse for their sectors than earlier versions. A group representing Canadian ag exporters, however, has praised the text as closing several gaps and building on consensus reached in world trade talks in recent months. Crawford Falconer, […] Read more
ICE feed wheat contracts end Wed. night
The former Winnipeg Commodity Exchange will remove its December 2008 and later feed wheat contracts from trading, starting Wednesday evening. ICE Futures Canada, as the WCE has been known since January , announced its decision Tuesday in a notice to exchange participants. The removal of December 2008 and subsequent contracts will take effect on ICE’s […] Read more
N.S. “pumpkin king” Howard Dill, 73
Howard Dill, an Annapolis Valley pumpkin breeder known worldwide for his giant pumpkins, died Tuesday of cancer at age 73, according to reports from Nova Scotia media. Dill, a self-taught plant breeder, earned business from competitive giant pumpkin growers and ordinary gardeners from as far away as Thailand and Turkey, CBC said Wednesday. According to […] Read more
Sask. stock growers name new GM
An articling agrologist with a background in water stewardship is the Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association’s new general manager. Chad MacPherson, the former Moose Jaw River Watershed Stewards stewardship co-ordinator, was the first source water protection plan co-ordinator in the province, the SSGA said in a release Wednesday. MacPherson replaces consultant Adele Buettner of AgriBiz Communications, […] Read more
Alta. pulse growers name new director
The Alberta Pulse Growers Commission has named a pulse crop researcher as its new executive director. Sheri Strydhorst, who farms with her husband at Neerlandia, 150 km northwest of Edmonton, recently earned her Ph.D. from the University of Alberta and has worked on nitrogen fixation and increasing the use of pulses in Alberta’s cropping systems. […] Read more
Canadian Cattlemen Presents: Depth of Field
