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Farmers closer to carbon tax relief, but not for heating fuel

Hiking canola yields starts with plant density
Seeding rate and survivability are the two factors growers must pay attention to when working to maximize production
Canadian farmers are expected to increase canola plantings by 4.4 percent this spring, according to Agriculture Canada’s latest Outlook for Principal Field Crops report. Amid tightening domestic supplies and record prices for near-term futures contracts, 2021-22 canola plantings are forecast to jump to nearly 22 million acres this spring and total production is expected to […] Read more
Report paints agriculture as part of climate change solution

Seed royalty settlement largest ever reached
Alberta farm accused of infringing on three companies’ plant breeders rights agrees to pay $738,000 to settle case
An unnamed farming operation from southern Alberta has agreed to pay a penalty of nearly $738,000 in what is being billed as the largest plant breeders rights infringement settlement ever reached in Canada. The settlement was reached after the farming operation conceded to making unauthorized advertisements and illegal sales of PBR-protected wheat and barley varieties […] Read more
Alta. straw plant site selected

Pedigreed seed supply looks in great shape

Grain drying relief moving forward

AWC expands cash advance program

Lines put forward for registration
CDC and Agriculture Canada unveil lines to be introduced at this week’s meetings held by the Prairie Grain Development Committee
Last year’s COVID-related restrictions challenged plant breeders across the West. Nonetheless, pedigreed seed growers and commercial grain growers will have access to new and improved plant varieties. In a Seed Talk Series presentation hosted by the Saskatchewan Seed Growers Association (SSGA) on Feb. 11, seed growers and grain farmers learned that numerous new crop lines […] Read more