The Canadian Grain Commission has asked farmers to consider delivering harvest samples directly to CGC offices, services centres or approved drop offs as Canada Post strike delays mail.
Jeff Melchior
Stories by Jeff Melchior
Farmers urged to be grain-safe this fall
Drowning in grain can happen fast, along with other safety risks when farmers work around grain bins: Experts have five tips to help avoid grain-related accidents
Working around grain bins comes with risk, from farmers falling to drowning in grain: Experts have five tips to help avoid grain-related accidents this harvest.
Controversy fails to prevent PGR use in oats
Plant growth regulators received bad press last year, but some oat growers maintain that they can be helpful
Some Manitoba oat growers are still using chlormequat chloride — the active ingredient in Manipulator —and sometimes to measurable success.
A new vaccine for bovine tuberculosis? Maybe not yet, but a step closer
Canadian research suggests bovine TB vaccine candidate MSX-1 may finally offer some protection without intering with tuberculosis test results, but it’s still early days
Bovine TB vaccine candidate MSX-1 may finally offer cattle some disease protection without intering with tuberculosis test results, but it’s still early days.
Media reports suggest U.S. dairy access to Canada a topic of conversation in Ottawa
Globe and Mail article suggests U.S. dairy access to Canada is back as a topic of conversation in Ottawa
Precision 4R cuts farm greenhouse gas emissions
Lower areas in your field tend to emit more greenhouse gas, research shows that precision 4R nutrient stewardship practices can help mute the trend
Lower areas in your field tend to emit more greenhouse gas, research shows that precision 4R nutrient stewardship practices can help mute the trend
Farmers need truth sleuth mindset
It has never been easier to fake information. Farmers today must be able to sort quality knowledge from misinformation and disinformation
Agriculture needs to start taking misinformation and disinformation in the digital age more seriously, experts who study the subject warn.
Wool group expands made-in-Canada product certification
The Canadian Wool Collective adds a new level to their certification program noting fibre products as made with Canadian wool
Canadian Wool Collective throwing a wider net for products able to be sold with logos certifying them as being made with Canadian wool
Canadian economy going ‘under the speed limit,’ says FCC analyst
Farm Credit Canada outlined less than impressive numbers for Canada’s economy Sept. 18, and that will spill over into agriculture.
Mixed results on new African swine fever vaccine
The new African swine fever vaccine still has issues, but also gave researchers insight into how virus strain impacts protection against the deadly pig disease
The new African swine fever vaccine still has issues, but also gave researchers insight into how virus strain impacts protection against the deadly pig disease.
