Crop Management
The province, which contains about 70 percent of Canada's national cattle herd, is now heading into what are typically summer months with little precipitation. Although the dry conditions are also affecting crop production, an ongoing lack of feed coupled with damage to forage crops is causing increasing concern among Alberta's beef producers.
Crop Management
Port strike affects container shipments
Clause 87.7 of the Canada Labour Code states longshore workers must continue to provide the services they normally provide to "ensure the tie-up, let-go and loading of grain vessels at licensed terminal and transfer elevators, and the movement of the grain vessels in and out of a port." But the clause mentions nothing about container movement at container facilities.
Flax prices not expected to increase
Agriculture Canada is forecasting there will be 275,000 tonnes of stocks to start the 2023-24 crop year, which is more than a typical export program of late.
Sask. irrigators left without water for weekend
At least one irrigator wondered how this could happen, especially during a weekend expected to be extremely hot. “The crops are burning and we have heavy damage coming up,” said Jan Konst.
Black Sea wheat estimates difficult to pin down
Black Sea wheat production forecasts are all over the map as analysts grapple with lingering uncertainty in that region. “There’s wildly varying estimates on production,” said MarketsFarm analyst Bruce Burnett. Global supply of wheat could swing by millions of tonnes depending on which forecast proves correct. “This is the largest wheat-exporting region in the world […] Read more
Richardson buys U.K. maltster
Richardson International is now in the malting business. Richardson announced July 7 that it had purchased Anglia Maltings, a company with headquarters in Great Ryburgh, England. “As experienced handlers of malting barley in North America, this is an exciting next step in our long-term strategy, which includes the diversification of our business and continued growth […] Read more
India lifts duty on U.S. peas and lentils
The U.S. was shipping 300,000 to 350,000 tonnes of pulses to India annually prior to the tariffs. That trade has completely evaporated.
Show me the money, Agtech accelerated
Sixteen companies pitch new products to woo potential investors at Canada’s Farm Show in Regina last month
The highlight of the three-day Canada's Farm Show, which was held in Regina June 20-22 this year, was the Launch Pad stage that hosted product launches and panel discussions on topics that included agtech investing, producer perspectives on agtech and how technology is accelerating agriculture.
Introduction to drone data gathering
The drone school was organized by Matt Johnson, vice-president of Volatus Unmanned Services (Volatus Aerospace) which provides UAV training in Manitoba. Johnson said the one-day school exposes high school students to academic research activities using drones.
Eye in the sky speeds forage research on saline soils
Working under the supervision of forage crop breeding researcher Bill Biligetu with the Crop Development Centre at the U of S, Alex Waldner is tackling a frequent headache for producers: how to manage Saskatchewan’s often saline soils.
