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This plot was left unseeded intentionally. A wide variety of weeds took hold and participants were challenged to see how many they could correctly identify. Photo: Leeann Minogue

Minogue: Back to school for hands-on learning

By Leeann Minogue July 27, 2016

On the first day of Saskatchewan Agriculture’s annual Crop Diagnostic School about 100 ag retailers, agronomists and farmers gathered in Swift Current to get a hands-on look at common real-world crop problems. Anyone working in agriculture today has 24/7 access to online information about crop disease and pests, but there is no substitute for seeing […] Read more

South African holistic management specialist, Ian Mitchell-Innes from South Africa, discussed management tactics with a group of Manitoba producers in Lenore on July 12.

Forages, Livestock

Focusing on nutrition will also help the pasture

World-renowned holistic management specialist  says green is not the only right colour for grass

By Jennifer Paige July 26, 2016

Many graziers have a theory that if you look after the soil, the rest of the operation will take care of itself, but Ian Mitchell-Innes looks at it the other way around. “The biggest mistake that people make after learning about holistic management is they try and save the ground. I did this also when […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: U.S. wheat tumbles on ample supplies, Euronext declines

By Michael Hirtzer July 26, 2016

Chicago / Reuters – Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures plunged as much as 3 per cent on Tuesday, their largest daily losses in three weeks, on pressure from ample global grain supplies and following declines in Euronext wheat, traders said. Wheat on the Paris exchange fell sharply for the second straight session, correcting after […] Read more

Crops

Federated Co-operatives builds new fertilizer terminals

By Federated Co-operatives Limited July 26, 2016

Saskatoon, Sask. – Federated Co-operatives Limited (FCL) has announced it will spend $75 million to build two new state-of-the-art, high-throughput fertilizer terminals in Western Canada. “These are not only investments in agriculture, they are investments in western Canadian communities,” said Scott Banda, CEO of FCL. “The fact that we are building these facilities in a challenging […] Read more

Cereals

New crop year reminders for western producers and industry

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff July 26, 2016

The Canadian Grain Commission is reminding the grain industry and producers about grain grading changes that come into effect on August 1, 2016 in Western Canada. Primary and export grade determinant tables for the new Canada Northern Hard Red and Canada Western Special Purpose wheat classes take effect. Canada Western Feed, Canada Western General Purpose […] Read more

Cereals, Crops, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Weak U.S. wheat futures watching European crops

By Phil Franz-Warkentin July 26, 2016

Commodity News Service Canada – U.S. wheat futures are trading just above their weakest levels in 10 years, but the lows may be in for the time being as funds are already holding large short positions and attention turns to problems with the European crop. “We’re really just following the EU,” said wheat-broker Austin Damiani, of […] Read more

Canola, Crops

Proposed Chinese canola dockage rules worry Canadian industry

By Dave Sims July 26, 2016

Commodity News Service Canada – It’s a nervous time for Canada’s canola industry as it lobbies the Chinese government over a plan to impose new dockage rules on imports of Canadian canola on Sept. 1. That’s when China’s quarantine agency, AQSIQ, says the dockage allowances for Canadian canola will be pegged at one per cent, down […] Read more

“This is a major blow to us, especially when there appears to be an exceptionally large crop coming.” – KAP President Dan Mazier. Photo: File/Shannon VanRaes

Crops

Farmers dismayed over Port of Churchill closure

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff, MarketsFarm Team July 26, 2016

Manitoba’s largest general farm organization Keystone Agricultural Producers is calling on the federal government to keep the Port of Churchill operating until the end of the 2016 shipping season and beyond. Workers at the Port of Churchill were told Monday there would be no grain shipments going through the port this season, leaving approximately 10 […] Read more

Crops

Port of Churchill closing, blindsiding workers, industry alike

By Erin DeBooy July 26, 2016

Commodity News Service – The largest employer in Churchill, Manitoba will shut its doors, leaving employees and loaded cars alike stranded on the tracks. Workers at the Port of Churchill were told Monday, July 25, there would be no grain shipments going through the port this season, leaving approximately 10 per cent of Churchill residents out of […] Read more

Crops, Weather

Okanagan producers adopt climate adaptation strategy

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff, GFM Network News July 25, 2016

Agricultural producers and local governments in the Okanagan region are getting ready for the possibility of hotter, drier summers and different pest pressures under climate change. The B.C. Agriculture and Food Climate Action Initiative (CAI) brought agricultural producers together with local governments and provincial agencies to identify collaborative solutions and actions to adapt to the […] Read more

Klassen: Feeder market remains volatile

Under Trump, U.S. cedes its share of China’s beef market to Australia

U.S. livestock: Hog futures hit contract highs on shock herd decline

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Klassen: Feeder market remains volatile

Under Trump, U.S. cedes its share of China’s beef market to Australia

U.S. livestock: Hog futures hit contract highs on shock herd decline

Crops

Minogue: Back to school for hands-on learning

Focusing on nutrition will also help the pasture

U.S. grains: U.S. wheat tumbles on ample supplies, Euronext declines

Federated Co-operatives builds new fertilizer terminals

New crop year reminders for western producers and industry

Weak U.S. wheat futures watching European crops

Proposed Chinese canola dockage rules worry Canadian industry

Farmers dismayed over Port of Churchill closure

Port of Churchill closing, blindsiding workers, industry alike

Okanagan producers adopt climate adaptation strategy

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