Bayer CropScience plans to bring its farmer customers, retail outlets and business partners into WeatherBug’s network of local weather monitoring stations across the Canadian Prairies. WeatherBug, a U.S. weather monitoring firm, announced in August last year that it would work with the Canadian Wheat Board and JRI’s Prairie grain handling subsidiary, Pioneer Grain, to establish […] Read more
Bayer to join WeatherBug’s Prairie network
Ont. growers’ groups back on merger track
Ontario’s corn, wheat and soybean growers’ groups have signed a new memo of understanding toward forming one organization. The MOU, announced Thursday, commits the boards of the Ontario Corn Producers’ Association, Ontario Soybean Growers and Ontario Wheat Producers’ Marketing Board to hold votes among their farmer members on their merger under a new name, “Grain […] Read more
Smoky diesel trucks in B.C. face fines
British Columbia drivers who don’t keep a lid on emissions from heavy diesel trucks will now be liable for fines and warnings, the province announced Tuesday. The B.C. transportation ministry has moved its AirCare On-Road (ACOR) program from “educational” to “enforcement” mode, now allowing for fines of $95 and warnings for drivers to get trucks […] Read more
N.B., Yukon approve APF extensions
The New Brunswick and Yukon governments officially agreed Wednesday to extend funding for some federal/provincial Agricultural Policy Framework (APF) programming in their provinces. Both the province and the territory announced they will extend their share of funding up until April 1, 2009 at the latest. The extension applies to four ag programming pillars of the […] Read more
Alta. pledges $85M for southern irrigation
The water delivery agency for about 400 southern Alberta farmers’ irrigated land will get $85 million from the province to fix up its canals and add off-stream storage. “It’s a huge step forward in helping improve water efficiency, which is a key priority under Alberta’s Water for Life strategy,” Environment Minister Rob Renner said in […] Read more
Beef packer Gencor Foods shuts doors
Citing new federal regulations that made it uncompetitive, cull cow packer Gencor Foods (GFI) has shut down its Kitchener, Ont. plant effective Tuesday, laid off its 124 workers and announced plans to file for bankruptcy. GFI, a subsidiary of Ontario’s producer-owned livestock genetics company Gencor, formed three years ago to process cull cows after the […] Read more
Lorox L cleared for use in herb crops
Growers of coriander, caraway and dill can now use DuPont Canada’s Group 7 herbicide Lorox L on several broadleaf weeds as well as some grasses such as green foxtail. The company has picked up the added registration on its linuron herbicide brand, which DuPont described as a “mainstay” of the fruit and vegetable sectors, for […] Read more
Program caps led Stomp into protection: SaskPork
Limits on ag support payments to larger producers have led “directly” to Saskatchewan’s second largest pork producer filing for bankruptcy protection, according to the provincial pork development board. SaskPork said in a release Wednesday that Stomp Pork Farms (SPF) filed to buy time to develop a new plan and restructure its debt with creditors, while […] Read more
Yellow mustard beats weeds hardest in study
Yellow mustard, compared and contrasted against other canola and mustard types in a recent Prairie study, comes out on top in terms of suppressing weed growth around it. But the message farmers should take from this three-year plot study, done by federal ag department researchers at sites in Saskatchewan and Alberta, is the wide range […] Read more
Nominees wanted for “Seed of the Year”
SeCan and the University of Guelph want nominations for Seed of the Year, a competition designed to recognize a publicly developed Canadian field crop, forage, fruit, vegetable or herb variety that has made a significant contribution to the agri-food industry. Two separate awards will be given, one for Eastern Canada, and one for Western Canada. […] Read more
Canadian Cattlemen Presents: Depth of Field
