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Operation Pollinator to create friendly spaces for bees and other pollinators on the Prairies

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff April 24, 2017

Syngenta Canada and the Soil Conversation Council of Canada have signed on to a multi-year partnership to promote the dedicated spaces for pollinators on the Prairies. Under the program, farmers can sign up to establish Operation Pollinator sites on their farms. In exchange for converting one to two acres of lower productivity land, the farmer […] Read more

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Grain Growers applauds move to accelerate CGC outward inspection fee reduction

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff April 24, 2017

Grain Growers of Canada says it is pleased to see an April 22 Canada Gazette notice that proposes an early reduction of Canadian Grain Commission outward inspection fees as of August 1, 2017. The accelerated reduction is ahead of the original schedule of new user fees which would have started April 1, 2018. “This move […] Read more

Crops, Livestock

OPR threatened, organic industry officials say

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff April 24, 2017

The organic industry is mounting a protest against pending changes for its Organic Products Regulation (OPR) that it says has potential to “undo the entire Canadian organic supply chain.” In 2012, the passage of the Safe Foods for Canadians Act resulted in a number of regulations, including the OPR, being combined into a single document […] Read more

Camelina oil, seed and feed pellets. Photo: Alberta Agriculture

Crops, Livestock

CFIA approves camelina oil for use in Atlantic salmon feed

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff April 24, 2017

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has approved mechanically-extracted camelina oil as a feed ingredient for farmed salmon and trout, Genome Atlantic says in a release. That paves the way for the oilseed to serve as a new rotation option for Maritime potato farmers. Camelina sativa, or false flax, is a hardy oilseed plant that […] Read more

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New lawsuit claims CWB kept $145 million of farmers’ money

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff April 24, 2017

Brookdale Manitoba farmer Andrew Dennis has filed a statement of claim in the Manitoba Court of Queens Bench claiming the now-defunct Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) withheld money owed to farmers to help finance its transition to a private grain company. Dennis is seeking certification of a class action lawsuit on behalf of all farmers who […] Read more

Crops, Weather

Alberta farm groups want provincial action on unharvested crops

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff April 24, 2017

A coalition of Alberta farm groups calling itself “Team Alberta” is meeting with the province’s agriculture minister and representatives from the Agriculture Financial Services Corporation (AFSC) on Wednesday seeking immediate action regarding approximately one million unharvested acres still sitting in farmers’ fields. They are recommending that farmers in the hardest hit areas of Alberta be […] Read more

Shane and Arron Nerbas bale graze their herd through five-acre pods in winter to renovate lower-quality soils and reduce winter feed costs.

Crops, Features, Forages

Forages for all seasons

Nerbas family’s grazing program focuses on quality

By Debbie Furber April 21, 2017

The Nerbas family’s grazing program wouldn’t be the success it is without cattle that thrive in a forage-only system and the breeding program wouldn’t be the success it is without quality forage to optimize the cattle’s genetic potential. Figuring out how to mesh everything together to support three families has been a work in progress […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat fall but close above session lows

By Mark Weinraub April 21, 2017

Chicago/Reuters – U.S. wheat futures fell on Friday, with key contracts hitting all-time lows as the outlook for Canadian plantings topped expectations and threatened to add to the already abundant global stockpile, traders said. Corn futures also eased, dipping to their lowest since late December, on expectations of improving weather for planting in the U.S. […] Read more

KAP president Dan Mazier. Photo: File/Shannon VanRaes

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Keystone Agricultural Producers defends cash ticket deferrals

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff April 21, 2017

Manitoba’s Keystone Agricultural Producers has joined other farm groups in calling on the federal government to keep a regulation that allows farmers to defer grain sales into the following year for tax purposes. The government announced in its recent budget that it is considering eliminating grain ticket deferrals because it is a left over from […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Soybeans

Canadian producers to plant record canola crop, boost soybean acres

By Dave Sims April 21, 2017

CNS Canada – Canadian oilseed acreage is set to boom according to the latest acreage estimates from Statistics Canada. Today, the agency released its Principal Fields Crops Acreage Summary for 2017/18 on April 21. It pegged canola acreage at a record 22.387 million acres, a jump of 2.02 million acres over last year. “It’s no surprise […] Read more

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Crops

Operation Pollinator to create friendly spaces for bees and other pollinators on the Prairies

Grain Growers applauds move to accelerate CGC outward inspection fee reduction

OPR threatened, organic industry officials say

CFIA approves camelina oil for use in Atlantic salmon feed

New lawsuit claims CWB kept $145 million of farmers’ money

Alberta farm groups want provincial action on unharvested crops

Forages for all seasons

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat fall but close above session lows

Keystone Agricultural Producers defends cash ticket deferrals

Canadian producers to plant record canola crop, boost soybean acres

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